Golem is watching you.
My favorite method is to draw a picture on the pumpkin with whiteboard markers, in a "paint by number" method where you have 3 "numbers." I tend to choose photos or movie stills off the internet that have the character in stark lighting with good contrast, or something in the glow of a fireplace.
If drawing by hand is too boring a task, just print out your picture, trim out the character and tape it to the pumpkin, then use a needle or push-pin to put dots along the edges of the areas you will cut:
- Highlights: cut holes straight through the pumpkin into the interior. Use tiny tools for the delicate detail work! If you accidentally cut off a piece you need, just shove it back on there with a toothpick and then wrap the pumpkin with plastic wrap to keep it very moist until needed... nobody will really notice.
- Lowlights: remove the skin of the pumpkin so that the yellow flesh shows. On the inside of the pumpkin, use a large stiff metal spoon to scrape away layers of flesh until it is thin enough to just barely glow when you shine a flashlight from inside the gourd.
- Shadow/Background: don't alter the pumpkin in these areas.
Last year I did Golem from The Lord Of The Rings... here is an example of what he looks like, in a pumpkin trimmed with this method:
It looks better in the dark.
Have a spooky holiday!
What are you carving this year?
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