How to make a pumpkin lantern in various variations

2024 Author: Sierra Becker | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-26 03:46

When Halloween approaches, Americans, and after them, most of the English-speaking population, just go crazy. They prepare costumes, decorate houses and, of course, make pumpkin lanterns. In Russia, the holiday has not received such a wide spread, but still there are people who are not averse to celebrating All Saints' Day. Especially for all those who want to decorate their home for the holiday, we will tell you how to make a pumpkin lantern in various variations.

Classic

The easiest way to make a pumpkin lantern is to carve an evil face on a vegetable. To do this, we need a table knife, a small penknife, a spoon, and a medium-sized orange beauty. Let's get started.

First of all, you need to cut off the top of the pumpkin. We cut it in a circle, and this must be done carefully. After all, this spare part should subsequently be in its original place. Now you need to take out all the pulp with a spoon.

The most difficult and interesting part of the work remains - to make the eyes, nose and mouth of the pumpkin lantern. In the classic version, all the constituent parts of the orange beauty's face should be close to a triangular shape. The eyes areequilateral triangles, and the nose is isosceles. A smile is also drawn in the form of this geometric figure, both the lower and upper jaw.

After the face is drawn, cut out the holes first with a large knife, and then with a small one we correct the shape. Everything is ready. It remains to insert a candle and close the pumpkin with a “lid”.

Modern interpretation

Since Halloween is not celebrated in Russia, there is no tradition of carving funny faces on pumpkins in our country. But we have a lot of craftsmen, and they often use vegetables as objects for creativity. Therefore, many craftsmen, paying tribute to tradition, carve entire works of art on pumpkins by October 31.

You can see all kinds of trees, complex abstract compositions, as well as a whole amusement park. How to make a pumpkin lantern for Halloween in a modern interpretation, we will tell.

To cut out a complex plot, in our case, a carousel with horses, you need to prepare a pattern. You can print it on a printer, or you can draw it by hand. Next, we transfer the drawing to the pumpkin. And here begins the most difficult part of the work. A lot of small details need to be cut along the pencil outline. To make this easier to do, the pumpkin needs to be prepared before work.

We do everything the same as in the classic version. Cut off the top of the pumpkin and scoop out the flesh. Now it will be convenient to cut through the horses. To make your work easier, you need to take a ripe vegetable with a soft peel. When the drawing is cut out, we give the shape of a "hat"and attach it to our finished lantern with toothpicks. It remains only to insert a candle and enjoy the beauty.

Pumpkin in pumpkin

People's imagination is limitless. Today you can see pumpkin lanterns not only in the classic and modernized versions. Masters make mini-compositions from vegetables of different sizes. One of the popular motifs is pumpkin eating pumpkin. Let's figure out how to make such a creative lantern.

First, prepare two pumpkins, cut off the tops, clean and put on the "caps" back. To keep the "hat" of a small pumpkin better, we pin it with toothpicks. Cut out a face full of horror on a small vegetable. To give a grimace that inspires fear to a large pumpkin, first we outline the eyes, nose and mouth with a pencil. Immediately try on a small pumpkin and circle it. Draw teeth.

Let's start cutting. When we move on to the mouth, remember that in order to hold a small pumpkin in the hole, the hole should be slightly smaller than we drew it. It is better to expand the hole if necessary. If you still miss the size and the little pumpkin falls in, no problem, just attach it with toothpicks.

Creative installation

If you've already made the classic pumpkin jack-o'-lantern, it's time to inject some creativity into your creations. How to do it? You can come up with a terrifying composition that can pretty scare your friends.

Cut out the classic version of the lantern or attach it to the pumpkinany other person of your choice. Next, we make a severed human leg. To do this, we need old jeans, a sock and an unnecessary shoe. Cut off one leg from the jeans and stuff it a little. We fill the sock and put it in the trousers. Well, we put shoes or boots on the improvised foot. Everything is almost ready. It remains to add blood for the surroundings. It can be made from ketchup or gouache paints.

Owl Lantern

On a pumpkin, you can carve not only the already classic evil face. With the same success, with a little more effort, you can get a very original lantern in the form of an owl.

Why do Americans carve this particular bird on pumpkins? In Irish culture, where, in fact, the holiday came from in the United States, the owl was considered a devilish bird. Hearing her hoot, everyone fell silent. They thought that a night hunter could harm not only small rodents, but also people.

How to carve an owl-lantern from a pumpkin for Halloween? We need a fairly large vegetable, and elongated in length. We cut off the hat and clean the pumpkin. To make it easier to draw on a vegetable, we first print a stencil. You can transfer it to a pumpkin both with a carbon paper and with the help of punctures made with an awl or a thick needle. We cut out all the holes with a small knife and remember that the more “feathers” our owl has, the more light the lantern will give.

Lantern as table decoration

On Halloween, it is customary to present treats to guests innontrivial form. So you can surprise your friends with, for example, pumpkin porridge with a rather interesting serving. How to cook a delicious treat, decide for yourself, but we will be happy to tell you how to make a pumpkin lantern for decoration.

This time we don't need a whole vegetable, but only the top part of it. We take out the insides from half of the pumpkin. And now we cut into it two round eyes and a mouth-smile. Optionally, you can add a neat nose. From a piece of pumpkin we cut out a semblance of a tail. It may be small, but you should not make it less than 15 cm, otherwise it will be disproportionately small compared to the head. If desired, you can also cut out the fins. We put a candle on a plate, cover it with a cut out muzzle, put porridge on the dish and stick the tail and fins into it. A beautiful and original candlestick-whale is ready.