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Do you go for something scary, funny, or creative? I always go scary with a hint of creativity.
View Poll Results: What kind of Jack o Lantern?
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Creative
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Scary
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Thread: When Making Jack o Lanterns.....
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When Making Jack o Lanterns.....
Zombie
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When Making Jack o Lanterns..... –
10-06-2008,05:13 AM
Happy Halloween!!!
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10-06-2008,07:28 AM
i carve a little bit of everything. Always have to carve a haunted mansion looking house first though
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10-06-2008,07:34 AM
Same.
Originally Posted by Satchman
I'm a huge fan of the good 'ol classic JOL.
Purely and simply evil
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10-06-2008,07:47 AM
YAAAAY for the scary!
I had to carve a Tigger pumpkin last year for my friend's little girl and I kept telling mysef over and over "it's ok...it's not for you...don't worry about carving a cutesy pumpkin...it's ok...it's not for you". hah hah
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Seer of All
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10-06-2008,08:57 AM
Those really artistic carvings fascinate me and my son is really good at those but I just usually stick to some variation of the classic jack face. I know my limits!
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10-06-2008,09:25 AM
I actually have no skill at all for making my own patterns but I can carve like mad if given a pattern!
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Typical Ghoul Next Door
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10-06-2008,09:41 AM
You didn't do a selection for "all of the above"
My hubby and I carve anywhere between 6-12 JoL. We do scary, funny, traditional, abstract, artsy....I'm a Halloween Bride! 10/31/2002
Where there is no imagination there is no horror.
~Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Zombie
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10-06-2008,09:44 AM
Good point! lol Originally Posted by Frankie's Girl
Happy Halloween!!!
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The Great Pumpkin
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10-06-2008,09:45 AM
This is true "all of the above" works better for me. I went with "creative' because I do a lot of those pumpkin patterns like the haunted house, headless horseman, werewolf, raven on a skull, etc. I usually pick the scariest versions of these, but I consider them "creative", rather than "scary", since I think "scary" was intended to mean a scary face, right? Maybe you should add a "pattern" selection too!
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10-06-2008,11:22 AM
I've carved hundreds over the years. I've made "will you marry me?" pumpkins for friends, portraits, houses, sports teams...you name it.
My favorite tip is to carve out the "drain" hole at the bottom of the pumpkin. You don't have to worry about a lid that might cave in. It is easy to light a pumpkin this way. You can also buy all the pumpkins that other people do not like because they do not stand straight. It is easy to correct that if you make the hole at the bottom.
The pumpkins seem to last longer this way. You petroleum jelly on all your cuts. This also makes the JOL last longer.
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