As much as I'm having fun carving my pumpkin with the following random tools...

[lucysmam]

Bradawl (for the pattern)
Cake checking skewer (for the holes)
Steak knife
Pumpkin sword from one of those cheapy sets
Craft knife
Metal cuticle pusher...

There must be an easier way to achieve this effect of scraped out bits...

I'm not even surprised it's you
🤣

Dd1's sat laughing at me & dd2's painted hers with the multi-surface craft pens 🤣

Grapefruit knife was deployed fairly successfully here

To be fair those tools are probably more effective than those cheap plastic 'pumpkin carving kits' you can pick up in the supermarkets

Diving, I don't have a grapefruit knife...yet 🤔

South they are quite a good selection tbh! I've never done a proper fancy ish pattern before & they're working alright for such a random assortment of things to use.

@lucysmam

Dd1's sat laughing at me & dd2's painted hers with the multi-surface craft pens 🤣

DD2 is a practical woman after my own heart. I love that child. 🤣

(obv I love you all❤)

I bought some carving tools from amazon no idea what half of them do but they did a good job and will come in handy next year

I use my miniature Swiss Army knife for the peeled bits, it’s tiny and perfect. For the main cutting I use a tiny saw I got in a kit years ago

Oops forgot the pic

I have no craft skills whatsoever but I was quite pleased with how well my cheapy supermarket carving kit worked.

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Grapefruit knife was deployed fairly successfully here

I was about to recommend that. I stole my parents unused grapefruit knife when I moved into my own place just for pumpkin carving. The double edged teeth where so much easier to use that the pumpkin carving sets where the blade always breaks off the handle.

I haven't done one for years, now that the boy is a man, but when I did, i did the majority with a power drill and a very thin drill bit, then used a craft knife to finish it off

Loving the pictures!

DH is currently using a scalpel for ours. In previous years he had employed power tools!

I'm going to have a google when we've made pizzas. Scalpel sounds like a good idea...it might be more delicate than the cuticle pusher and craft knife combo 🤔

Anywho...I'm rediculously pleased with my pumpkin

That looks great!

Oh wow that's amazing

Loving the designs, keep them coming! I'm an enthusiastic crafter/bodger and I'm always very jealous of people with proper artistic talent.

I can confirm that A metal Ice cream scoop is great for getting flesh out.

Love it. A Lino cutter set would probably work well. Mine is just a plastic handle with multi changeable blades.

That's what I used Cuck00, slightly too enthusiastically . I nicked a hole in the back that I've artfully plugged with the nose cut out bit!

I'll have a look at lino cutter sets too, thanks Wilderness.

Anywho...I'm rediculously pleased with my pumpkin

I would be too if I'd carved that pumpkin, it looks great.