Barred Eyes and Scalloped Teeth Vintage Pumpkin Lantern

From pumpkin to porch

1. 1

   Map the complete pattern before cutting anything

   Hollow to a 20mm wall. Using a full-scale template, transfer every feature: the two round eye outlines with their central bars, the stacked brow positions, all tooth apertures with their rind bridges, and every comma and diamond cutout. Confirm with a ruler that no two adjacent marks are closer than 10mm rim-to-rim. Mark any crowded areas and shift the positions in marker before cutting.

2. 2

   Cut the round eyes with retained vertical bars

   Cut each round eye as two semicircular sections, leaving the central bar fully intact. The bar must be at least 12mm wide. Clean the semicircular edges with a detail knife and confirm the bar is firmly attached at both top and bottom before moving on.

3. 3

   Cut the stacked eyebrows and face center features

   Cut the stacked brow slots above each eye, working through all brow positions while surrounding rind is solid. Then add any nose feature and score the rind bridges between the tooth apertures before cutting any tooth window.

4. 4

   Cut the tooth apertures row with rind bridges intact

   Score all vertical rind bridge lines between planned tooth openings deeply before removing any window. Cut each rounded rectangular tooth aperture individually, working from inside each window outward toward the scored bridge lines rather than through them. Check that every bridge is firm after each window is removed.

5. 5

   Cut the diamond cutouts

   Work through all diamond holes using two-angle converging tip cuts. Place these cuts with at least 10mm of rind between adjacent diamonds and between diamonds and the face features. Work in alternating passes to distribute the structural load evenly around the face.

6. 6

   Cut the comma cutouts and display on a garden wall

   Each comma is a curved teardrop-like shape with a rounded head and a tapering tail. Cut the rounded end first, then taper the saw toward the pointed tail. Position the pumpkin on a garden wall at dusk where the glowing commas are visible at eye level and their distinctive curved forms reflect in any nearby wet surface.

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