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It took over two hours, but I finished my first Hannah Montana pumpkin. It features the logo (minus the "Disney" part, since that's too hard to carve), plus a guitar on the left side, a few music notes around the logo , and a star above. I'm extremely happy with how it turned out!
I have a couple hints for those of you who are sick of doing triangle eyes and jagged teeth, but are concerned about the success of trying a more intricate design...
-invest in a couple different sizes of actual pumpkin saws. You can get them at most dollar stores in the couple weeks before Halloween. They make it waaaay easer to cut the pumpkin, and often are safer than using your kitchen's butcher knife.
-find a stencil online, re-size it to fit your pumpkin, and print it off. Cut several lines from the edge of your stencil to make it conform to the shape of the pumpkin. Tape it on.
-get out a fork or a metal corn-cob poker. Perforate the lines of the stencil into the pumpkin. No need to poke all the way through.
-remove the stencil, but don't throw it out because you might want to look at it while you're working. Rub flour on the part of the pumpkin with all the holes - it will make them easier to see.
-do your cutting, using your larger pumpkin saw for longer lines, and smaller pumpkin saw for more intricate parts. Do not rest your hand on parts that have already been cut so that you don't accidentally rip your pumpkin. Be patient, and don't use excessive force.
-Problem solving: if a small part of the pumpkin accidentally gets cut off, no need to fret. Take a paper clip or small piece of wire, poke half of it into the part of the pumpkin that it came off of, and the other half into the piece that came off. It will stay in place, and nobody has to know! For larger pieces, use multiple pieces of wire.
In other news, I'm dressing up as Hannah Montana for work tomorrow, because everyone accuses me of being lame and/or no fun if I don't dress up. No worries, I'll post pictures. Really, I'm Hannah Montana on the inside anyway, so tomorrow my inside and outside will match. The other good news is that since I know every word to about 7 Hannah Montana songs, I'll be able to bust out if anyone asks me to. "We haven't met, and that's okay, 'cause you will be askin' for me one day. Don't want to wait in line, the moment is mine believe me! Don't close your eyes, 'cause it's a chance worth takin', and I think that I can shake you!" Well, you know where I'm going with this. But just incase you don't...
"I know where I stand, I know who I am, I would never run away when life get's bad, it's everything I see, every part of me, gonna get what I deser-er-erve, I GOT NERVE!"
Okay, I'll probably leave it at that maybe. Or will I? Yes I will. I kind of want to go on though. But anyways.
No I'm going to make brownies because there's a potluck lunch at the office tomorrow, so in addition to being a rockstar, I will be eating brownies... Like the brownie-eating rockstars that chowed down on Thanksgiving monday this year (wink!). (Turn this park into a club, the stars are lights and the moon is so bright from abo-o-ove!)
Yes. So that marks the end of this entry, except a last thought to say that if fireworks are banned in a city, that should include native reserves. What's the point of a ban if you can literally walk across the street and get some fireworks? It makes me sick!
I have a couple hints for those of you who are sick of doing triangle eyes and jagged teeth, but are concerned about the success of trying a more intricate design...
-invest in a couple different sizes of actual pumpkin saws. You can get them at most dollar stores in the couple weeks before Halloween. They make it waaaay easer to cut the pumpkin, and often are safer than using your kitchen's butcher knife.
-find a stencil online, re-size it to fit your pumpkin, and print it off. Cut several lines from the edge of your stencil to make it conform to the shape of the pumpkin. Tape it on.
-get out a fork or a metal corn-cob poker. Perforate the lines of the stencil into the pumpkin. No need to poke all the way through.
-remove the stencil, but don't throw it out because you might want to look at it while you're working. Rub flour on the part of the pumpkin with all the holes - it will make them easier to see.
-do your cutting, using your larger pumpkin saw for longer lines, and smaller pumpkin saw for more intricate parts. Do not rest your hand on parts that have already been cut so that you don't accidentally rip your pumpkin. Be patient, and don't use excessive force.
-Problem solving: if a small part of the pumpkin accidentally gets cut off, no need to fret. Take a paper clip or small piece of wire, poke half of it into the part of the pumpkin that it came off of, and the other half into the piece that came off. It will stay in place, and nobody has to know! For larger pieces, use multiple pieces of wire.
In other news, I'm dressing up as Hannah Montana for work tomorrow, because everyone accuses me of being lame and/or no fun if I don't dress up. No worries, I'll post pictures. Really, I'm Hannah Montana on the inside anyway, so tomorrow my inside and outside will match. The other good news is that since I know every word to about 7 Hannah Montana songs, I'll be able to bust out if anyone asks me to. "We haven't met, and that's okay, 'cause you will be askin' for me one day. Don't want to wait in line, the moment is mine believe me! Don't close your eyes, 'cause it's a chance worth takin', and I think that I can shake you!" Well, you know where I'm going with this. But just incase you don't...
"I know where I stand, I know who I am, I would never run away when life get's bad, it's everything I see, every part of me, gonna get what I deser-er-erve, I GOT NERVE!"
Okay, I'll probably leave it at that maybe. Or will I? Yes I will. I kind of want to go on though. But anyways.
No I'm going to make brownies because there's a potluck lunch at the office tomorrow, so in addition to being a rockstar, I will be eating brownies... Like the brownie-eating rockstars that chowed down on Thanksgiving monday this year (wink!). (Turn this park into a club, the stars are lights and the moon is so bright from abo-o-ove!)
Yes. So that marks the end of this entry, except a last thought to say that if fireworks are banned in a city, that should include native reserves. What's the point of a ban if you can literally walk across the street and get some fireworks? It makes me sick!