Help! Pumpkin Carving and Stencils

A Complete Guide to Carving the Perfect Pumpkin

Amazon Price: $6.98 (as of 12/27/2009)

This easy to follow, step-by-step instructional DVD will have you carving like a professional in no time. The DVD includes printable templates for carving over thirty different pumpkins. Also includes a fifteen-minute loop of scary sights and sounds-just the thing to set the perfect Halloween mood at your party! Chapters include: Tools and Design, Carving the Pumpkin (Basic Carvings) and Pumpkin Painting and Advanced Carvings.

Extreme Pumpkin Carving: 20 Amazing Designs from Frightful to Fabulous

by: Vic Hood, Jack A. Williams

Amazon Price: $11.21 (as of 12/27/2009)

Providing a new twist on a holiday tradition, this book illustrates how to carve three-dimensional faces and scenes in pumpkins using tools ranging from kitchen knives to carving gouges and chisels. Complete information is provided for getting started, including an overview of tools and tips for finding the best pumpkin to work with. Step-by-step instructions are detailed for using handy household tools to carve dramatic Halloween figures and using professional tools for creating more elaborate and intricate details. Twenty pumpkin carving patterns are provided and include full-color photographs of each finished carving.

Extreme Pumpkins II: Take Back Halloween and Freak Out a Few More Neighbors

by: Tom Nardone

Amazon Price: $5.58 (as of 12/27/2009)

From the power-tool wielding author of the national bestselling Extreme Pumpkins and the popular website Extremepumpkins.com comes a new collection of even darker, creepier, and more outrageous do-it-yourself designs to impress friends and horrify neighbors. The demented designs include Projectile Sneeze Pumpkin, Baseball-in-the-Eye Pumpkin, Doll-Eating Pumpkin, and Full-Diaper Baby Pumpkin, along with cool gourd designs, practical jokes, and more. This gleefully gory guide reclaims Halloween from the cheerful, the cutesy, and the parent-sanctioned.

14-Piece Ultimate Pumpkin Carving Kit with 10 Pop-Out Stencils and Tools

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Patterns include witch, ghost, cat, alien, vampire, bat, spooky tree, headless horseman, and Grim Reaper.

Great Pumpkins: Crafty Carvings for Halloween

by: Peter Cole, Jessica Hurley

Amazon Price: $8.89 (as of 12/27/2009)

In the tradition of the best-selling Halloween Treats, comes a fantastic new guide to scaring up holiday fun. Great Pumpkins features pumpkin-carving ideas to light up every porch and window, from an evil witch on a broomstick sure to terrify the neighbors to cute little kittens to welcome 'frady cats of all stripes. Artist Peter Cole has created a delightfully clever array of pumpkin tableaux, including Pumpkinstein, a monstrous experiment in scary fun, and Cinderella's Magic Coach, a beautiful carriage flanked by two white gourd swans.

Simple instructions give novice carvers the know-how, while experienced carvers will find practical inspiration for show-stopping artistry. Step-by-step instructions for selecting a pumpkin with the potential for greatness and a look at carving supplies complete this whimsical guide. Plus, there's a selection of easy-to-use stencils created just for this book that guarantee success.

LamsonSharp Heirloom Pumpkin Carving Tool Set, Three Piece

Amazon Price: (as of 12/27/2009)

Create your spooky Halloween Jack-O- Lantern memories with the LamsonSharp three piece pumpkin carving tool set. The right tools for the job are imperative to carve a good jack o lantern. Made in the USA of the finest grade stainless steel with oiled walnut handles with brass rivets the Lamson set includes a generous scraper for removing the seeds, pulp and skin from the pumpkin, a poker tool for transferring patterns onto the face of the pumpkin and a decorative carving knife for fine detail work.

The decorative carving knife can also be used for garnishing tomatoes, squash, watermelons, cantaloupes and even grapefruit. The micro serrated edge is perfect for slicing through thick skin and the flexible 4 inch blade with spear point is extremely precise. The scraper's generous size and slight bend allows for ease in use and maximum pulp removal while scraping the inside of the pumpkin.

Martha Stewart Collection Pumpkin Carving Kit

Amazon Price: $79.99 (as of 12/27/2009)

I don't know about you, but wouldn't you surely expect that we would see Martha Stewart with a pumpkin carving kit or easy to use stencils?

Pirates of the Caribbean Pumpkin Carving Stencil Book Halloween Accessory (B68)

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Disney Pirates of the Caribbean Stencil Book includes:24 piece case pack.

Pumpkin Carving

by: Edward Palmer

Amazon Price: (as of 12/27/2009)

Turn plain pumpkins into fine decorations through this selection of over thirty patterns for original pumpkin designs. From spooky to smiling pumpkin faces, this juxtaposes color photos of completed carved pumpkins alight with the patterns which may be used for producing them.

Signature Brands #65528 Pumpkin Carving Kit

Amazon Price: $8.99 (as of 12/27/2009)

(Pack Of 24) Pumpkin Carving Kit. Each Kit Contains 17 Pieces, 12 All New Patterns & Instructions, 1 Scraper Scoop, 2 Saws, 1 Pounce Wheel & 1 Drill.

Pumpkin Masters Pumpkin Carving Stencil Pattern Maker CD-ROM (B68)

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Pumpkin Masters Pattern Maker CD-ROM includes: 20 Pumpkin Masters patterns, ability to create thousands of patterns, alphabet and numbers, mix and match facial parts and scenes, and PC and Mac compatibility.

Pumpkin Pals - Medium Stencil

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3 Overlays. 5 1/16" Tall x 6 1/4".

SAW Pumpkin Carving Kit

Amazon Price: $14.99 (as of 12/27/2009)

SAW the Movie Halloween Pumpkin Carving Kit includes: Punch Wheel, Plastic Scoop, Punch, Carving Saw and 6 patterns.

The Pumpkin Carving Book: How to Create Glowing Lanterns and Seasonal Displays

by: Deborah Schneebeli-Morrell, Debbie Patterson, Tessa Evelegh

Amazon Price: (as of 12/27/2009)

This perfect companion to pumpkin carving provides all the necessary instructions and step-by-step projects for producing original pumpkin lanterns for Halloween and other clebrations throughout the year. The 20 projects take advantage of the many colors, shapes and sizes of this versatile vegetable and offer a wide range of decorating ideas. Includes over 100 color photos.