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A beautiful, healthy and scary Jack-O-Lantern made from a well-carved pumpkin welcomes trick-or-treaters and your party guests in the Halloween way, grinning wicked smile that all Halloween lovers love. Traditional ways of pumpkin carving include freehand carving done using some of the most basic tools. Here, we will describe the traditional way of making Hack-o-Lantern:
- You will need a large ice-cream scoop, a long and thin bladed knife and some newspaper for traditional pumpkin carving.
- Use the knife to make a hole at the top of the pumpkin by cutting it along with stem, holding it at an angle so that the lid and the hole are cone-shaped that lid won’t fall into the pumpkin.
- Make the hole large enough to allow you to scoop the contents of the pumpkin along with its seeds and scrape its sides.
- This hole can be round or can be in shape of a pentagon or hexagon.
- Choose which side of the pumpkin is best to carve the face you want on it and use crayon to mark the lines on it.
- Use the knife to cut through the lines and carefully push out the pieces using a pencil with a blunt tip.
- Scrape the bottom of the pumpkin until it is flat, so that it does not topple over easily.
- Traditional pumpkins are best illuminated with white pillar votive candles placed inside a clear glass candle holder for safety and brightness.
