Scraped Ghost Face Pumpkin With Glowing Oval Eyes

From pumpkin to porch

1. 1

   Hollow the pumpkin

   Cut the lid, remove seeds, and scrape the interior front wall to about an inch thick. An even wall is especially important here because both scraping and cutting are applied to the same face.

2. 2

   Transfer the ghost outline

   Trace the ghost silhouette onto the surface using a stylus. Mark the oval eye positions and the wide mouth outline inside the ghost shape. Confirm all outlines are clear before picking up any tool.

3. 3

   Scrape the ghost body

   Use a linoleum cutter to shallowly scrape within the ghost outline, removing only the orange skin to reveal the pale flesh beneath. Work from the outline edges toward the center and avoid scraping over the marked eye and mouth areas. The scraped region should look uniformly pale.

4. 4

   Cut the oval eyes

   Use a fine-toothed pumpkin saw to cut the two oval eye openings completely through the wall. These openings are inside the already-scraped ghost body, so the wall is slightly thinner there. Use lighter pressure and shorter strokes than usual.

5. 5

   Cut the wide mouth

   Cut the broad mouth opening completely through. Keep the mouth wide relative to its height for a ghost expression rather than a jack-o-lantern grin. Push freed pieces inward.

6. 6

   Light and compare glow levels

   Place an LED inside, replace the lid, and dim the room. The scraped ghost body will emit a soft even glow while the eyes and mouth emit bright direct light. Photograph from straight on to capture the layered lighting effect.

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