If you are new to the hard work of carving, we advise you to start with the classics and make a regular Jack-o'-lantern. The “face” of such a pumpkin is familiar to everyone: its nose and eyes are in the form of triangles, and its mouth is ominously bared. To make the lamp a success, the main thing is to choose a round and as symmetrical vegetable as possible. Wash the pumpkin, degrease the surface with alcohol, cut off the “cap” and scoop out the pulp and seeds with a spoon. Then apply the desired pattern and cut it out with a knife. So that the vegetable does not dry out, it is good to coat it inside with petroleum jelly or a fat cream. Finally, place a candle or electric garland inside.
Who said Halloween pumpkins have to be scary? Her “face” can be given any expression, or you can not be limited to just this, creating entire compositions! Funny pumpkins, angry and predatory pumpkins, pumpkins with teeth, winking, frightened, laughing - all these variations can make a vivid impression on your Halloween guests.
In the west, pumpkins are mostly carved by children, so it's no surprise that spidermen, Pokémon, members of the Adams family, and other fictional characters stare at passers-by from every doorstep. At the same time, it is not necessary to completely copy the image of the hero, some characteristic detail is enough. For example, for Bart and Ernie from Sesame Street, these are round noses, furry eyebrows and forelocks. If this method of preparing a pumpkin seems too complicated for you, you can simply paint a face on it with acrylic paints.
The mummy is a popular Halloween costume, so why not give it a touch to the pumpkin as well? To do this, it is not even necessary to engage in carving, you can simply wrap the vegetable with bandages and draw a mouth on top and glue the eyes. If you want to end up with a lantern, you still have to make a few holes. Preparatory stage the same as for any Jack-o-lantern: wash, degrease, clean the cavity, cut out the face.
Zombies are another popular Halloween look, and pumpkin looks very organic in it. The main thing for such a character is to make a leaky brain, which will have to be pretty tricky. As in the standard version, the fetus must be washed, the cavity should be cleaned through the side hole, the nose, mouth and eyes should be cut out. Then cut off the peel at the top of the pumpkin, leaving a fairly thin layer of pulp. Then it's up to the small - with the help of a pen, a manicure stick or other thin object, depict the cerebral convolutions and folds.
The pumpkin looks interesting in the form of a witch's house, and if you have the strength and desire, you can create a whole witching quarter. Making a hut is even easier than a regular Jack-o'-lantern. To do this, you need to draw a picture on the surface of the vegetable, and then cut out windows, doors, the moon, stars and other details of your composition. At the end, do not forget to put a candle inside the pumpkin. The mysterious light pouring from the windows of the house will remind you and your guests that you are not the only one who does not sleep on Halloween night.
If all the options above did not impress you, then we suggest making a smoking pumpkin. To do this, you need glycerin, which is easy to buy at a pharmacy or a store with goods for creativity, and can. The pumpkin needs to be cleaned from the inside and cut out a face, then place a lit candle in the vegetable. Cut the tin in half, leaving the "legs": you should get something like an aroma lamp. Cover the candle with this design, and pour glycerin into the recess on top. Under the influence of heat, it will smoke, creating a truly demonic effect.
Such a lantern is suitable for those who have already filled their hands enough for previous holidays. Cutting out a pattern or some kind of picture (especially with an abundance of small details) is much more difficult than the usual Jack's face. The best option for beginners - use a paper stencil, which must be attached with tape to the pumpkin. Walk along the contours of the picture with an awl and only after that take up the knife. Important nuance: the more complex the pattern, the thinner the walls of the pumpkin should be.
Such a pumpkin will not be able to become a full-fledged Jack-o-lantern, but it’s quite a nice detail of a festive interior. In this case, you do not need to cut off the stalk, extract the pulp with seeds and think about how best to put a candle. But you have to take care of something else - a decent set of tools for carving. Wood cutters are ideal, but you can try working with a peeling knife. To make it easier, it is worth cutting out the pattern using a stencil.
History keeps somewhere deep in its annals, under seven silver seals, the memory of a certain Jack, an Irishman who, for the first time in history, newest world decided to have fun with the Devil himself, brazenly fooling him.
And it was like that. Jack was known in the area as a stingy and cruel farmer who often went to a local tavern. He always borrowed a couple of glasses of strong there, drank, and brawled to the fullest. But that evening they refused to pour him without money. And then the lord of Hell offered his services to the distressed Jack. Like, I'll pay for your drink, and you give me your soul. Everything, as in the best modern scenarios beloved by many, horror films. Jack accepted the offer without hesitation. He really wanted to drink. And the Devil, in order to pay for alcohol, turned into a coin. And Jack, instead of paying off the innkeeper, took that coin and put it in his pocket, where he always carried his mother's silver cross. Oh, and what happened to the Unclean! He began to cry and beg to be released "from the bosom of God", moreover, he agreed to accept any conditions of Jack. And he, except for a few years of a comfortable and carefree life on this Earth, asked to sign an oath, according to which the Devil will never take his soul to Hell! He was very cunning, that Jack!
After living happily for a few more years, Jack died. But the road to Paradise was closed for him (after all, he was a notorious sinner on earth), and the Devil did not take him to Hell, fulfilling the terms of the contract. Rumor has it that the distressed Jack is still wandering the earth as a restless soul between Heaven and Hell. Although, seeing off the poor fellow on such a hopeless journey, the Devil decided to do a good deed for him: he took out a few coals from the infernal fire and gave them to Jack so that he could light his way. And Jack, so that the Unclean gift would last him longer, carved a lantern from a turnip and placed the coals inside. Superstitious people believe that Jack still roams the earth with his lantern, lighting the way with smoldering hellish embers.
In ancient England and Ireland, Jack with a turnip lantern was a constant hero of mystical street theatricals on All Saints' Night (from October 31 to November 1). He symbolized a reminder of Hell as such, and at the same time, he protected the houses of decent, kind people from evil spirits. But when Halloween "migrated" to the North American continent, turnips were replaced with pumpkins. Why this is so, to this day, no one knows for sure. And yes, it doesn't matter at all! After all, the main thing is that the fact remains undeniable: Jack's lantern pumpkin, with candles inside and a unique terrible "entourage" outside, has become an absolute symbol of an unusual night holiday. Even in our country, far from American traditions (and the scale of the celebration), almost every year they organize a competition for the most original lantern pumpkin. That's it for those who are going to participate in something similar, our next ten extraordinary pumpkin ideas!
To begin with, let's learn how to make the simplest face. And already “filling our hand” we will try to do something more difficult! Follow instructions!
1 step. Cut a hole in the pumpkin. In order to make a lantern with a face, you need to take a medium-sized pumpkin, almost even and symmetrical in shape. Cut off the tail cap.
2 step. Select internals. Then, with a special scraper that looks like a spatula for plaster, carefully select the pumpkin pulp and seeds. Rinse and dry the finished shell.
3 step. Apply a drawing. Initially - draw a full-scale face (such as you would like to see on a pumpkin) on a piece of paper. Then - apply paper template to the pumpkin and using a sharp awl, transfer the pattern from paper to the berry.
4 step. Cut out the drawing. Remove the template and use a jigsaw to cut out the mouth, nose, and eyes of the flashlight. You can also use a drill with a ½" or 3/4" bit to cut out hard to reach areas.
5 step. Light. To illuminate the faces, you can use both a standard candle and an electric garland. If you like the candle option more, be sure to follow the rules fire safety. And also, so that the pumpkin does not darken in particularly hot areas, grease it thoroughly from the inside with sunflower oil or petroleum jelly. If you like the option with a garland, fix it inside the pumpkin so that the wires and bulbs do not touch each other (the ideal option is to wind the garland on a glass jar). For good lighting medium-sized pumpkins, a garland with 20 light bulbs will suffice.
If you don’t want to mess around with the “face”, you can make a simpler pumpkin lantern: first, carefully cut off the “lid” of the pumpkin, then select the pulp and seeds with a spoon, let it dry a little. Then - drill neat holes, giving their combination the shape of an intricate pattern.
And one more "pumpkin-technical" tip: you can cut holes in a pumpkin with a regular hammer and metal cookie cutters. Set the mold in the right place and carefully, gently tapping with a hammer, make a hole.
That's all! Be afraid of your health! These five steps are the algorithm for making a Jack-o-lantern pumpkin for Halloween. Based on them (adding advice with cookie cutters and openwork cutters with an electric drill), you can make a lot of interesting, mysterious, very creative and even glamorous lamps. Don't believe? Then read on!
With a little creative fantasy you can create a unique theater of emotions from pumpkins! Your pumpkins, thanks to you, will be formidable and harsh, or they will smile benevolently at your guests! All you have to do is change the angle of your smile and the shape of your eyes!
You can slightly enhance the effect of "pumpkin emotion" by initially painting each berry in white and black. Black pumpkins, of course, will act on the side of evil (and therefore they will show crooked teeth), and white pumpkins will be on the side of good (these, of course, will smile sweetly at passers-by).
Well, this family cannot but touch! They look like children's favorite ghosts from the Casper cartoon. Such a range of emotions on their orange faces is simply a masterpiece of the artist who worked on them with all his heart!
The highlight of your personal pumpkin at the festival of Darkness can be just the similarity of your appearance, with the appearance of the character in your hands. Hair from threads, a cap, beads - and you are already almost the same face!
Another interesting approach to decorating pumpkins is drawing faces. Emotions in such creatures are much brighter! True, there is one minus - their faces are visible only during the day, "night illumination" through the painted eyes will not be visible.
This kind pumpkin is also with painted eyes. But really, the main work of art here is not even she herself, but her intricate witch hat, decorated with leaves, berries, branches! Super! With such a pumpkin, you will definitely win the competition!
Such pumpkins need to paint faces with waterproof paints. technical purpose, or - use the application by cutting out the "details of the faces" from metallized cardboard or plain colored paper!
Another interesting element, which also works great to enhance emotions - fur eyebrows and mustaches glued to a pumpkin with rubber glue. How do you like these hot Caucasian men?
In the United States, Halloween pumpkin lanterns are mostly made by children. Accordingly, many of the mysterious "coal" creatures resemble modern monsters and good superheroes. Among the favorite fairy-tale characters of children, superheroes from the Incredibles - Elastica, kids, Ice, etc., are most often embodied in a pumpkin.
Although, you can often see a pumpkin in the window - a special agent who is trying to merge with the environment in order to see and hear as much as possible ...
However, among the fabulous creatures - pumpkins, you can also meet a pumpkin in a magic cap, a theatrical mask and a benevolent smile on his fiery red face.
Well, the most beloved hero of last year, embodied in a pumpkin, was Mike Wazowski, a green one-eyed good-natured monster from Monsters, Inc. Making such a pumpkin is not difficult. True, it is important to be able to draw well, since the monster's face is not cut out, but applied with resistant paint in several stages. First - the green base color, then (when it dries out) - the white of a huge eye, and only then - the pupil, horns and mouth.
Well, and one more indisputable leader, who deservedly can be given the audience award - pumpkin - Spiderman. Very organic image for Halloween, isn't it?
The mummy is also one of the leaders of the "October masquerade of evil spirits." Among the scriptwriters of Hollywood horror films, this image does not lose its popularity, respectively, it is the first thing that comes to mind before making a pumpkin for fans of such films. If you also love films about resurrected mummies - dress up a pumpkin, preparing for the feast of All Saints, in bandages!
Bright tennis balls (instead of eyes) and black spiders can be interesting expressive details for such an image of a mummy pumpkin!
When preparing a pumpkin for Halloween, it is not necessary to limit your imagination to the image of a restless Jack - a drunkard, and his lantern. You can look deeper into the philosophy of the holiday, for example, remember the constant companions and helpers of all evil forces: night scarecrow owls, bats, and, of course, witch black cats!
Another pumpkin variation is the orange vampire! Its fundamental difference from the other pumpkins we described earlier is a “false jaw” with real, huge fangs!
To make such a pumpkin bloodsucker, you will need: a jigsaw (to carefully cut out all the necessary holes), two tailor's pins with large red "heads" and a plastic jaw (which can be bought at any theater props store).
And sometimes an artist, in order to satisfy the flight of his imagination, is not enough to choose one canvas. If you are seriously separated, preparing for Halloween, and one pumpkin is not enough for you to embody the image of the hero that you would like to see at the door of your house on a Terrible Night, it does not matter! You can connect several pumpkins together and create a three-dimensional composition! Put on her a bathrobe, for example, and get the most original pumpkin.
For example, to make such a giant orange spider,
or - create a pumpkin snowman (after all, winter is just around the corner!).
And since we are talking about complex and voluminous pumpkin compositions, we will offer you a few more options with which (if you like them) you will have to tinker hard! But believe me, the game is worth the candle (both in direct and in figurative meaning this statement)! We guarantee that no one will have a repeat at your personal exhibition! Now let's explain why.
For example, to make such a ferocious Viking with a baby in his mouth, you need to have not only manual dexterity and skill in using a tool, but also great artistic talent, skills in creating theatrical masks, taste, and good light perception.
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Well, the witch is worthy of all praise! By the way, it's a great idea to make a hole for the candle on the opposite side (leaving the lid with the tail intact). The old woman’s nose didn’t even have to be modeled! Nature has taken care of everything!
As you can see, we gradually moved from scary to beautiful (after all, art is wonderful!), You can talk a little about pumpkin shining glamour. After all, it is not necessary that all Halloween faces be evil, scary! On this night, there is certainly a place for goodness (it has always been like this, because remember that white always defeats black!). And in general, sometimes you can convey the emotion of the holiday without even modeling the faces themselves! Here are some creative, kind examples of very glamorous holiday pumpkins - color, sequins, lace - it's all there!
You can also master the technique of decorative painting by Halloween. A painted pumpkin is creative, original and beautiful, and you can also say with absolute certainty that you will not find another such pumpkin anywhere and no one. And also this great gift guests to the end of the celebration! In order to recreate such beauty, you need simple brushes, acrylic paint, several contours on glass and a pair of toothpicks.
And, of course, finishing our short pumpkin educational program, we cannot forget about the wonderful fairy tale, on which more than one generation of our Russian girls has grown up! Do you remember how the beautiful Fairy Godmother turned a pumpkin into a carriage for Cinderella? If you want to show off originality, make something similar for the pumpkin holiday - fabulous, magical and insanely beautiful!
I hope you enjoyed our pumpkin tutorial! And our top ten world pumpkin ideas inspired you to create something extraordinary, fabulous, your own! Try, experiment, embody fantasies in pumpkin images! I am sure that very soon it will be your works for this year's Halloween that we will offer our readers as an example! Good luck and inspiration!
There are people who are perfectionists. And if one of these comrades undertakes to cut halloween pumpkin, then he definitely will not be limited to a toothy grin and slits for the eyes. No. He will carve a really cool pumpkin the size of a carriage, from which furious zombies climb in different directions! Such a creation will not be repeated for a long time - after all, the basis of the sculpture is largest pumpkin in the world.
The author of this vegetable sculpture is an American sculptor and Ray Villafane, already well known to readers of Culturology.Ru. We've already admired his Halloween pumpkins and sand sculpture... Ray's talent is highly regarded around the world. And the new challenge that the sculptor gave himself was two huge pumpkins at once: a 761-kilogram vegetable harvested by the Bordsen couple, and an 825-kilogram titan of vegetable gardens grown by Jim Bryson. The second pumpkin is the largest in the world! So Villafane's work was epic before it even started.
The Boardsens and Bryson knew who to trust with the pumpkin. Villafane did not spare the texture and natural shape of a huge vegetable, covered it with cracks, and cut out zombies from the insides of a smaller pumpkin. The texture of the fetus is the best suited for the image of the risen dead.
It is unlikely that anyone will repeat the masterpiece of carving, and even more so, it will surpass: after all, for this you need to take even more epic vegetables! Ray Villafane's Halloween Pumpkin will be exhibited in the New York Botanical Garden (and this, believe me, is a great honor) throughout the holiday. And if it seems to you that the pumpkin came out too scary, and you should have carved something more optimistic - well, you probably don’t understand something about Halloween.
The night from November 31 to November 1 is traditionally considered a gloomy holiday associated with rampant evil spirits and the change of seasons. According to ancient beliefs, it is the bright light of a candle enclosed in a pumpkin that can drive away the undead. The bared mouth of the orange vegetable symbolizes the head of the Irishman Jack's flashlight, which was able to circle around the devil himself several times!
Since then, according to legend, the restless soul of Jack wanders around the world, lighting his way with a pumpkin with coal, which became the last gift of Satan.
There are several ways to help make your own Halloween pumpkin. The richer your imagination, the more frightening your pumpkin will turn out. You can use fabric, paper, plaster, plasticine and any materials suitable for crafts at home.
In order to make a spooky Halloween pumpkin lantern, you must first choose the right vegetable. Choose a large and ripe orange-colored pumpkin, pay attention to the shape: pumpkins should be as round as possible.
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