Houdini Jack-o’-Lantern

By Tom Interval

Each year I carve a different Houdini-themed jack-o’-lantern, so here’s 2018’s offering.  If you’d like to know how I did this, the basic steps follow; below them are links to previous Houdini jack-o’-lanterns, which you can view on my Houdini blog. Happy Halloween!

 

As mentioned above, here are the steps I took to make this particular jack-o’-lantern.

1. Select an image.
   
2. Increase the image’s contrast and customize it for carving.
   
3. Print the design template and trace its outline.
   
4. Okay, we have everything we need (pumpkin-carving tools out of frame).
   
5. Clean and gut the pumpkin.
   
6. Tape the template to the pumpkin.
   
7. Use a safety pin to transfer the design to the pumpkin.
   
8. Use pumpkin-carving tools to carefully carve out the design.
   

To see my Houdini jack-o’-lanterns from previous years, click or tap on the following links:

2011
https://houdinimuseum.wordpress.com/2011/10/31/65/

2012
https://houdinimuseum.wordpress.com/2012/10/29/houdini-jack-o-lantern-2012/

2013
https://houdinimuseum.wordpress.com/2013/10/27/houdini-jack-o-lantern-2013/

2014
https://houdinimuseum.wordpress.com/2014/10/30/houdini-jack-o-lantern-2014/

2015
https://houdinimuseum.wordpress.com/2015/10/28/houdini-jack-o-lantern-2015/

2016
None for 2016

2017
https://houdinimuseum.wordpress.com/2017/10/30/houdini-jack-o-lantern-2017/

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