Retained Full T. Rex Oval Window Jack-O-Lantern Carving

From pumpkin to porch

1. 1

   Prepare a large, flat-faced pumpkin

   Scoop to one inch of wall thickness. Mark the oval boundary with a template or an oval object before cutting anything. Confirm the oval is large enough to contain the full T. rex body with connection room at all four contact points.

2. 2

   Transfer the complete design

   Pin-punch the oval frame, the T. rex outline, the leg-base connections, the snout-right connection, the tail-left connection, the eye hole, and the jaw opening. Use two marker colors to distinguish cut-through from retained sections.

3. 3

   Saw the oval outer frame

   Cut the oval boundary cleanly and remove the outer waste in sections. Work around the arc in short passes rather than attempting a single continuous oval if your blade tends to wander on tight curves.

4. 4

   Rough-cut the background waste

   Remove the background inside the oval around the T. rex body, cutting roughly and leaving a margin around the figure outline. This step removes the bulk of the material before the fine refining cuts.

5. 5

   Refine the T. rex silhouette

   Trim the retained figure to its final outline, maintaining all four connection points: both leg bases, snout right, and tail left. Keep the wide chest and short arms broad so the figure reads clearly. Cut the small eye hole and jaw opening with teeth last, using a detail blade.

6. 6

   Light and display on gravel at night

   Insert a bright LED and place on a gravel garden edge. Photographing from slightly to the side at night captures the cool sky fill behind the pumpkin, which makes the retained T. rex look almost three-dimensional against the glowing window.

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