Shortly before Halloween you can see them everywhere again: beautiful and intricately carved pumpkins in all sizes and shapes. We show how easy it is to carve the pumpkin.
Carving a pumpkin: this is how it works
What you need for the DIY pumpkin face:
- a pumpkin of your choice, in the desired size (among the pumpkin varieties the Hokkaido pumpkin is best)
- a pumpkin tool / carving set (an ice cream scoop or spoon can do it too)
- pointed, sharp knives in different sizes
- possibly kitchen gloves
- large bowl for the pumpkin meat
- smaller bowl for the kernels and fibers
- Candle / tealight
So you can Pumpkin yourself in four easy steps to carve:
1. Clean the pumpkin
- The pumpkin clean from the outside and wipe thoroughly, removing soil and dirt.
- Mark the cut line of the lid below the stem and then the Cover with a pointed, sharp knife split off. To do this, cut about 2 cm deep into the shell and then cut the cut once straight around the pumpkin. If you want, you can carve a zigzag line into the pumpkin.
2. Remove the pulp and pumpkin seeds
- Put on gloves and by hand, a spoon, or an ice cream scoop the pumpkin hollow out. Also remove stubborn fibers and seeds so that they don't rot. You can use the seeds as seeds, for example, and grow new pumpkins.
- Now with that Ice cream scoop or a scraper that Peel the pulp out. Definitely don't throw it away. You can cook and bake many delicious things with pumpkin. How about pumpkin soup, pumpkin risotto, or even a pumpkin pie?
- You can tell whether you've removed enough pulp by the fact that you can use a flashlight to shine through the peel from the inside out.
- Now you need a little patience: Den Wipe the pumpkin and a bit let dry.
3. Carve the face in the pumpkin
- Now comes the exciting part of pumpkin carving: We carve the face in the Halloween pumpkin. Therefore a template choose. You can simply carve a classic face out of triangles into the pumpkin or get inspiration from the pumpkin artists on Instagram and Co. There are more ideas for this below.
- The Print out the image template and place on the pumpkin. Fasten with adhesive tape.
- Trace the lines of the carving template with a knife or scissors and thus the contours for the Transfer the pumpkin face to the peel.
- Remove the template and start carving in the next step: With a sharp knife cut along the contours and gradually remove the pieces from the pumpkin.
- Work particularly carefully on narrow, filigree areas and it is best to remove them first so that nothing breaks off. At the beginning the pumpkin is still stable, later it gets a little more difficult.
4. Preserve and set up the pumpkin
When you've finished carving the pumpkin, it's special important to himto make durable, otherwise it will dry out or go moldy. And it would be a shame to just leave it standing on Halloween.
You can delay that as long as possible by adding the cut edges and the Inside of pumpkin with vaseline coated. Simply put the Vaseline on a little kitchen paper and rub it over the pulp.
If you keep it in the fridge for a few hours or overnight, you give your carved pumpkin a little freshening up.
Tip: Ask your Candles or tea lights not directly into the pumpkin, but in a mason jar or similar. Then you can conveniently place it outside without the wind blowing out the flame.
Nice variant of the classic pumpkin carving
It can also be just pretty decorative pumpkins for Halloween. You can also achieve impressive effects by not removing the entire shell while carving, but simply carves or scratches only superficially. These carved contours are later beautifully illuminated and illuminated by candlelight.
Scary ideas for pumpkin faces for Halloween
Gone are the days when the pumpkin heads were simply given a laughing face. Carved Halloween pumpkins, grimaces and scary portraits have long been an art in themselves, which hobby hobbyists from all over the world spend creatively on.
We have collected the most exciting faces from the social networks for you. Maybe as an inspiration for your next Halloween party?
You can also prepare great recipes from the different types of pumpkin. From pumpkin jam to pumpkin pie to pumpkin lasagna – we have the best recipes on our Pinterest pin board. Simply delicious!
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So that you don't have so much work with the pumpkin, there are helpful cutting tips with which you can easily cut and peel the pumpkin:
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