Drilling pumpkins

You may not be the Michaelangelo of pumpkin carving, but you can still have fun with these easy beginner Halloween carving ideas

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I haven’t carved pumpkins in a really long time. Why? Well, because this is how pumpkin carving seems to go… First you cut open the pumpkin and clean out all the guts. Lets face it…no one really likes this task. It’s kinda nasty. Then you carve it up, put it out on your front porch,...

Pumpkin carving tools are sharp, and carving with those tiny tools can take forever. Plus, lets be honest, it’s kind of a mess! I find pumpkin goop in my hair for days! If you trust your kiddos with a power drill (I guess this is no safer than the pumpkin carving tools..) or just a handheld screw driver, you might want to try carving your pumpkins with a drill! #pumpkin #carving #fall

If you want a different pumpkin carving idea, try our project on pumpkin carving with a drill! We have compelte instructions for our drilled pumpkins!

Drilled Pumpkin Light.. … . This idea is perfect for Fall time. Days will be getting shorter … give me all the lamps right?????. . This looks magical...

Now that we are on the topic of Halloween ideas, what's your favourite way of carving a pumpkin? I don't know about you, but I've always been pretty uncreative when it comes to jack-o-lanterns. I normally do triangle eyes, a triangle mouth and a smile with some big crooked teeth. Not this year though! My husband came across a photo on Facebook of a drilled pumpkin and I KNEW we had to try it! We had two pumpkins sitting on our porch that were just calling out to be cleaned up and drilled…

Fall wedding centerpiece/decorating ideas...carve the first letter of your new last name and put a light inside

Sweet Audra Brown on Instagram: "How to make our viral pumpkin toadstool lanterns from last fall! These pumpkin toadstool lanterns are a perfect autumn addition to your outdoor decor. Cut the two ends of a butternut squash flat. Stand it up and drill a hole in the top cut side the depth of a tea light candle, using a hole drill bit. Cut a hole in the top of a pumpkin, holding the knife at an out ward angle so the cut will be slightly larger towards the outside and smaller on the inside, a…

This is another awesome idea I found on Pinterest. And it was much easier than struggling to cut into the pumpkin with a large kitchen knife or one of those flimsy knives from the grocery store pumpkin carving kits. Although it was messier than I thought it would be. With every hole you drill, little