Pumpkin Carving

Sticking with the pumpkin theme from last week, this week's new post is going to be all about pumpkin carving! This is such a great activity that all families can do together! This craft will also give you and your kids another chance to hit the local pumpkin patch to pick out pumpkins!

Materials needed:

-Pumpkins (any size; the larger the pumpkins, the easier to carve)
-Pattern (can be found online)
-Xacto knife (or any knife that has a sharp end will do)
-Scissors

Directions:

*Be sure to place down newspaper wherever you may be doing this because it could get messy!*

1. You will want to cut out the top of the pumpkin where the stem sits, at about a 45 degree angle.
2. Clean out the pumpkin.
3. Using the scissors, cut out the pattern in the places that you will want to carve onto the punpkin.
4. Tape the pattern onto the pumpkin. You can either trace around with a marker where you are going to carve, or you can score the pattern and at the end connect the dots together.
5. Place either a candle or a battery powered light. If  you are going to use the light, it would be a good idea to cut the bottom of your pumpkin in the beginning as well!

Until next time, happy carving!