Snarling Ten-Fang Scary Pumpkin Mouth with Diamonds

From pumpkin to porch

1. 1

   Hollow and sketch

   Scoop to one inch of wall. Draw the large snarling mouth boundary with ten fang positions marked inside: five rooted at the upper lip, five at the lower, alternating. Also sketch four slanted wrinkle slots at the mouth corners and six diamond hole positions.

2. 2

   Score the wrinkle corner slots

   Cut the four slanted wrinkle slots at the mouth corners first, before touching the main mouth body. Each slot is a short angled channel about a quarter inch wide. Cut them while the surrounding rind is fully intact to keep the corner area controlled.

3. 3

   Cut the outer mouth boundary

   Cut the full outer boundary of the snarling mouth, including the outer edges of all ten fang shapes. Work around the entire perimeter before removing any interior pieces.

4. 4

   Remove the mouth body around the fangs

   Cut the gap on each side of every fang from the outer boundary down to the broad fang base. Remove each gap piece individually from inside. Ten fangs means twenty gap-side cuts total: work methodically so no fang base gets inadvertently narrowed.

5. 5

   Cut the diamond holes

   Punch the six diamond holes last, placing them as marked above or beside the mouth. Leave rind between each diamond and between the diamonds and the nearest wrinkle slot or mouth edge.

6. 6

   Light and display

   Insert a battery LED and view in darkness. The wrinkle slots at the corners give the snarl a muscular tension that simple fang mouths lack. Display at roughly waist height so viewers see the snarl slightly upward, which emphasizes the menacing tilt.

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