Friday, May 25, 2012
Come on Pumpkin let's be Creative
You would think given the creative outlook on new ideas and the ways of thinking we have in this day an age more people would be able to think outside the box of carving a simple Jack-O-Lantern and stepping it up a notch. People have ideas, even if they don't know they do; so why don't they use them?! i'm pretty sure I'm not the only one getting tired of seeing the same old carving at every house on Halloween. This Holiday is the one time out of the year where you can be creative and be someone or something new and no one will judge you; so if you can put so much work on making an out of this world outfit than why not decerate some other worldly Jack-O-Lanterns for your creepy house, think outside the box. I understand that sometimes carving pumpkins can be fustrating and can damn right get under your skin with how fragale a pumpkin can be, but the joy you get when someone appreciates how creative and spooky your finished work can be.
Here's some quick tips that can help you keep a falling pumpkin together; and its only one simple thing, a toothpick. toothpicks are the pillers to a Jack-O-Lantern's foundation to survive, sometimes even tape is a useful tool to help make your creation come alive, even if it is for one night. also, when carving try to slide the knife through the pumpkin rather than stabbing it like a lovely horror film, this will allow you to prevent damage to your finished Jack-O-Lantern.
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yes why not be creative and turn simple pumpkin into a pice of art. Thanks for the helpful hint Armando. you inspire me and can't wait for next Halloween to carve some pumpkin with my kids.
ReplyDeleteArmando you are totally right, it may be we are in culinary and stuff but making a cute little pumpkin look evil is more exciting especially for halloween its fun and scary, but this coming halloween I'm going to ask you to help me to see how you carve them so it could be fun and scary not innocent looking and boring.
ReplyDeletePeople just need to open their creative minds and let their ideas run free.
DeleteIf you need something bigger you can use bamboo skewers like for kabobs. That's what I did for my pumpkins last year. I had carved the symbol for the band Chimaira, and messed up, thus the whole thing was falling apart and had to be held together by broken kabob sticks. :) Something I've also picked up is not to over do your pumpkin. The more you carve out of it the less it will have to hold itself up and it will rot faster. One year (2008) I carved Violent J on one side and Shaggy 2 Dope on the other (from Insane Clown Posse) and within 2 days that pumpkin collapsed. Also try not to carve everything out of it. Leave the walls pretty thick. It will be harder to carve but that's what tools are for.
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