How to Make Pumpkin Candle Holder

Pumpkin candle holder provides a soft, warm glow while a group of them hung outdoors from hooks or tree branches provide light and decoration for an outdoor party. The creation cost almost nothing but decoration will make perfect for your living room or dim party night. No matter how you cut it, these steps will make easy work of carving a pumpkin.

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Materials

• Pumpkin
• Pumpkin-carving tools
• Flat-edged ice-cream scoop or scraper scoop
• Paring knife
• Masking tape
• Ballpoint pen
• Pushpins, corsage pins, or straight pins
• Petroleum jelly
• Candle
• Pencil
• Scissors

What to Do

• Choose a pumpkin that is an appropriate size and shape for the design you wish to carve. Tall pumpkins may lend themselves better to faces. For designs with lots of cutouts, look for large, round pumpkins with smooth surfaces. Look for a pumpkin with a flat bottom that will sit upright.
• Wipe the pumpkin clean with a soft damp cloth and dry.
• For a lid: Draw a 6-sided lid with a V-shaped notch at the back. This notch will serve as a guide to replace the lid. For a bottom: Draw an opening on the bottom of your pumpkin if you want to sit it over a candle. Be sure to draw the opening large enough so that it will be easy to reach inside and scoop out the contents when cut.
• Only grownups should do the actual cutting. To do so, cut along the drawn lines for the lid or bottom opening with a sharp paring knife. If cutting a lid, angle the blade toward the center of the pumpkin to create a ledge that supports the lid. If cutting a bottom, cut straight into the pumpkin.
• Scoop out the seeds and strings from inside the pumpkin. Use a large spoon or ice-cream scoop or the plastic scraper scoop that is made for this purpose.
• Scrape the inner pulp away from the area of the pumpkin that you plan to carve until the pumpkin wall is approximately 1 inch thick. To check the thickness, insert a straight pin into the wall.

Step 1 Mark a dot design using a template or straight edge.


Step 2 Drill dot holes with electric screw-driver or cut out design with knife.


Step 3 Place candle inside pumpkin and secure to bottom with hot wax.

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