This week we visited the Stony Creek Farms Pumpkin Fall Festival in Noblesville, Indiana. What a fun time we had! A hay ride took us up to the pumpkin patch which was all among Christmas trees. We searched high and low and found the “perfect pumpkin” for carving.
At home, daddy helped the Princess carve her pumpkin while Little Man watched with glee.
We got the pumpkin carving idea from last week’s post Alternatives to Halloween.
I think our Christian pumpkin carving turned out great!
Here’s a Fish and Cross pumpkin carving template!
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Carving Tips
- Actually carving your pumpkin is simple enough. Here are some tips to make carving easy and effective:
- Saw steadily with a continuous up and down motion, and don’t press too hard or try to go too fast.
- When you’re finished cutting out a standalone piece (like an eye), pop it out of the pumpkin wall with your finger, not your carving tool.
- To cut clean, sharp corners, remove and reinsert the carving tool.
- Carve starting from the inside of the design and working your way outward.
- Resist the urge to put your free hand inside the pumpkin while carving. Only do so if you can clearly see where all of your hand is.
- If you accidentally break off a part of your carving as you work, such as a protruding tooth, stick it back on with a toothpick!
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Connie says
Gotta love pumpkin carving!!
Connie from Sadieloohoo
kewkew says
Great carving. Have you ever seen the Pumpkin Carving prayer? I did it one year with my kids after learning about it at a Christian Day Care I worked at. This year I have 5 little pumpkins and we were going to carve J E S U S in them but I forgot until right now. Guess it may be a little late.
LaVonne says
I have not seen that carving prayer. I will have to Google it. I love that idea of doing J-E-S-U-S in 5 little pumpkins. Great idea!
Joyce says
Great carving job. We still have to buy ours.
BusyWorkingMama says
Super cute!!
Danielle Royalegacy says
I love the Christian theme!
orangeheromama says
LOVE the Christian carving!
geanina says
Nice pictures! 🙂 Happy Halloween!
Emilee says
What a great idea! I love it!! I’m definitely going to check out your Alternatives post as well! 🙂
Trisha G. says
It turned out great! =)
Jay @craftyspices says
Very nice…
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Art of RetroCollage says
VERY skillfully done! You must have picked a pretty thick-walled pumpkin to get those deeply-carved lines to stay so neat (whenever I try it, my pumpkins collapse).
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mircea florescu says
nice
Minnie says
It’s not scary!!!!
Happy Halloween!
Carrie Symes says
Love that carving!!
Rosey says
The pics are great and so’s the pumpkin. Happy holiday!
Sophia says
How cool. We made one like that too.
Sophia
Monica says
Very beautiful, I love all the great carvings people have done this year!