How to Carve a Pumpkin (Beginner’s Guide)
The step-by-step method: choose, cut the lid, scoop, trace the stencil and carve.
1 hr Cost $ 7 items
Pumpkin Carving Tools You Actually Need
A small serrated saw and a scraper make carving easier and safer than a kitchen knife.
What you need
- Small serrated saw (kit saws are ideal)
- Ice-cream scoop or scraper
- Poking tool or thick pin
- Washable marker
- Battery tea lights
- Petroleum jelly (seal cut edges)
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