{"id":3292,"date":"2014-10-29T17:00:03","date_gmt":"2014-10-30T00:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.litalane.com\/lita_wp01\/?p=3292"},"modified":"2014-10-28T08:38:13","modified_gmt":"2014-10-28T15:38:13","slug":"jack-o-lantern-carving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.litalane.com\/lita_wp01\/jack-o-lantern-carving\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack-O-Lantern Carving"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Carving a Jack-o-lantern<\/span><\/strong><\/em> isn’t an easy task.\u00a0 But every year you get better at it, and besides it’s a wonderful way to unleash your scary, creative side.<\/p>\n

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The past few years, I’ve resisted carving the now readily available faux pumpkins, as I couldn’t see the value.\u00a0 Well, last year our daughter carved the most fabulous pumpkin, but it was gone after a few short days.\u00a0 So the light bulb went on and I made a mental note to try a faux pumpkin this year, mainly because it could last forever and it allows you to work on your carving masterpiece over a period of days, not minutes, AND it is mess free.<\/p>\n

I did some research on Google and decided on the “hot knife” method and ordered a Walnut Hollow Professional Hot Knife on-line for roughly $10.00.<\/p>\n

Here are the few, very simple steps to carve your Jack-o-lantern<\/span><\/strong><\/em> masterpiece.<\/p>\n

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  1. Choose your theme, idea and stencil.<\/li>\n
  2. Tape the stencil to the pumpkin, I use a heavy duty packaging tape, then using a sharpie, trace the outline of your stencil.<\/li>\n
  3. While you’re doing the above steps, make sure your hot knife is heating up as the hotter the knife the better.<\/li>\n
  4. Very slowly, start cutting. Don’t apply any pressure; just let the knife do the cutting.<\/li>\n
  5. Embellish as you wish!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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