My dad picked up a Dremel-style tool marketed for pumpkin carving because it made him think of me.
This is a huge breakthrough in the world of strange things I do to squash.
I didn't do any pumpkins last year with my new-to-me Xacto carving set, so everything I have online was done with a couple paring knives and a darning needle. No, I'm not kidding.
This is a huge breakthrough in the world of strange things I do to squash.
I didn't do any pumpkins last year with my new-to-me Xacto carving set, so everything I have online was done with a couple paring knives and a darning needle. No, I'm not kidding.
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I did a wolf last year. Then again I had just gotten out of the hospital. Normally I do two myself and my baby sis will do one.
I really like that wolf pumpkin you did!
I'm looking at doing the Pirate Skull from Pumpkin Masters' freebie patterns for my next Cub Scout pack meeting. The October program theme is Shipbuilders so I think it's fitting.
I owe her another request because the last one I did for her was Little Mikey (Mike's stuffed monster in Monsters Inc.) in 2002 and I don't think I have a photo of that online.
The idea of not carving all the way through I picked up from a 1970s book on food carving I found at a yard sale. I should scan some of the photos out of it sometime because it went way beyond the radish roses and carrot shapes I knew how to carve before reading the book.
I bet you could rig something like this to do precision carving in pumpkins.
btw, that container filled with apple sauce in my picture post? a pressie from you, makes me smile widely every time i see it! *hugs*
I have the container's bigger sibling! It holds Laurel's Zoo Pals Funtensils so I get two reasons to smile while plating her breakfast in the morning. (:
once in a while i'll run across one of the little things the kids used to eat out of, and it's so sweet...the tiny big bird bowl, etc.
i have a secret, killi keeps trying to steal that smiley face container. yeah! anytime i tell her to grab a bowl with a lid and take some food, she always goes for that one. no, darling girl, mommie deserves some good stuff too. then i usually remind her she's a married woman and can afford her own stuff! hehe.
Last year I acquired an Xacto carving set (about $15 in craft and hobby stores) but didn't carve a pumpkin. This year I'm armed to the teeth and ready to go!