No Halloween decor up yet? No time? No pumpkin carving kit/fancy knives/special tools? No previous pumpkin carving experience? No idea where to start?
No worries!
This is the Jack-o’-Lantern design you’ve been looking for!
My husband, our two and a half year-old toddler and I decided to do a last-minute, first time (!) pumpkin carving on the weekend… and within 30 minutes we’d gone out, found and bought a pumpkin, prepared possibly the most simple template EVER, cleaned and carved the pumpkin and lit the tea light candle inside. It really was that simple!
And the secret to this super-fast, super-easy DIY project?
This Jack’s face design contains NO curves and requires minimal cuts… but, as you will hopefully agree, it does not lack personality.
Straight lines are a cinch to cut (believe me, we only had one 9 year-old, medium-sized, non-serrated edge knife from IKEA to work with!).
Despite the easy, straight cuts, the curved nature of the pumpkin’s form helps create the illusion of curves within the facial features from certain angles. The simplicity of the design is perfect for smaller pumpkins (such as the one we bought) too.
So if you’re in urgent need of some Halloween-spirited decor and have little time to spare, download the FREE template here and get carving!
Happy Halloween, my pretties!
MM xx
cool!
Thanks so much 🙂
Reblogged this on Kentucky Fried Home and commented:
Great beginner Jack o’lantern tutorial!
That is super! Love the photo with the little helping hand.
Thank you so much 🙂 x
Little L was so excited about this project! Just before he headed out with his dad to get the pumpkin he said “Jag är glad!” (“I am happy!”, in Swedish) and let out a huge chuckle! He is really proud to have helped create our Jack 😀
How cute. And it is a great project for a family.
Brilliant, thanks!
Thank you! 🙂
Way cool, MM: what a great idea! Thank you 🙂
Thank you very much, Stefano! Very kind 🙂
You do so an amazing job on your presentation. Beautiful work!
Thank you so much! Lovely compliment 🙂 xx
*such not so LOL. I’m glad you knew what I meant. 🙂
hehe- cute 🙂
This is perfect! 🙂
Thanks so much, sweet Kenley! 🙂
Cool!:)
Thank you Sofia! x
Ah, now this is just my speed! I’m always over-ambitious in my jack-o-lantern designs and manage to damage something/myself in the process. Not to mention, I always wait until the last minute (just like this year again) so it’s a rush to figure out what to do. Thanks for sharing this simple fix!
Hi Hannah! Thanks so much!
I have never tried pumpkin carving before… but I imagine that I am the sort that’s prone to over-complication (and the odd boo-boo!) too 😀 Really happy you like this one 🙂 I am planning on trying the same design on a bell pepper (for Halloween dinner tomorrow) 🙂
x
SO cute!! He has kind of a happy but wistful look! We’re carving a pumpkin in my classroon on Thursday, so I’ll take this along… thanks!
Oh, that is SO lovely to hear, Rhonda! Really so very happy that you will share this with your class. I am touched and extremely happy that I shared this template now 😀 x
Happy Halloween to you and your little helper!
Awesome! Thanks for putting this up here. :3
You’re welcome :)! Thanks so much!
Very nice! Every year, Hubby would carve pumpkins with the kids and I have a bunch of pics of them. Maybe I’ll post them (or maybe next year).
Thanks so much! I’d love to see pics of your carvings! 🙂
Loving this! Your blog is great! 🙂
Thank you so much! 🙂 I am just checking out your lovely blog now!