Anxiety Head-and-Shoulders Silhouette Pumpkin

From pumpkin to porch

1. 1

   Transfer and plan the cut order

   Scoop to 3/4 inch and dry the exterior. Transfer the full stencil by pin wheel, marking the arch edge, the silhouette boundary, the interior face holes, and each pupil bar clearly. Write the cut order on paper before you begin: arch, then body outline, then face holes.

2. 2

   Cut the arch opening

   Open the large arch first with a narrow detail saw. The arch forms the outer glowing frame of the design. Leave the hair at the top broadly attached to the arch edge and keep the shoulder contacts at each side intact throughout this pass.

3. 3

   Cut the body silhouette boundary

   Work around the outside of the head-and-shoulders silhouette to remove the rind between the character body and the arch edge. This creates the glowing halo gap between the silhouette and the arch wall. Move slowly around the hair and shoulder contact points to avoid severing the three attachment bridges.

4. 4

   Cut the interior face holes

   With the silhouette isolated, carefully cut the eyes, nose, and mouth as true open holes inside the retained head. Adults handle all cutting here. Keep each hole cleanly separated from the others by solid retained rind.

5. 5

   Cut the pupil bars

   Add the wide vertical pupil bars across the eye openings. Each bar is a narrow retained strip left when you cut around it from both sides. The bars must be at least 3/8 inch wide or they will flex and break.

6. 6

   Light and check

   Place an LED light inside and look for even illumination around the full arch and through all interior face holes. The silhouette should appear as a dark shape surrounded by glow. Shift the LED closer to the arch wall if the character shadow looks too dim.

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