How to make a pumpkin for Halloween

One of the traditional attributes of Halloween - carved pumpkin Jack. It is made on the eve of All Saints' Day, and placed on the verge or on the windowsill, to scare away evil spirits from the house. Make a pumpkin-lantern is very simple if you follow these instructions.

Choose a pumpkin. The shape and size does not matter, the main thing that it was ripe and fresh. Also, you will need:

Knife;
A spoon and a bowl for pulp;
Marker or awl;
Paper;
File;
Petrolatum;
Candle.

Now cut off the hat.

Gently clean the core, leaving a wall thickness of approximately 1-15 cm.

Select the template. Transfer it to paper.

Stencil, place the pumpkin on the pins and pin.

Outline template or an awl make small punctures along the contour.

Now carefully cut. The rush to anything. Ripe pumpkin on the awkward movement can crack.

Slices treat a file and grease with Vaseline.

On the hat pumpkin necessarily make holes through which hot air will go faster.

Ready! If in the process of vegetable povyal slightly, put it into the water for a couple of hours. To longer burning candle, hold them previously in the freezer. And inside the pumpkin grate cinnamon or nutmeg.