Monogram Pumpkin Tutorial

I know these tutorials and pictures have been floating around lately, but I had to share one of the pumpkins we did for Maddy.

By far one of the easiest "carved" {if you can call it that} pumpkins I have ever done.

What you'll need:

A pumpkin {not too small,  you need to fit your hands inside}

String of Christmas lights {I used 2 strings of 20 lights}

Drill, with a bit that matches the size of the light bulbs

Serrated Knife

Spoon

Embellishments {optional}

Stencil of a letter {optional}

Start by cutting a hole in the bottom of your pumpkin

Spoon out all the "guts", save the seeds for roasting.

{might I add - brown sugar and cayenne pepper for roasting - yummo!}

Using the spoon, or a scraper, scrape down the inside wall of the pumpkin until its
about 1/2" thick or less 

Now for the fun part.

Decide what you want to put on your pumpkin.

A letter, pattern, shapes, face...you name it!

I chose an "M" as one of mine, for Maddy of course.

Draw out your letter and tape it to the pumpkin.

Using a pen or something pointy, poke holes where you want the lights to go.

I wanted a light about every inch.

Remove the paper and start drilling baby!

This was the really fun part :)

And the hubs has NO IDEA I used HIS drill.

What he doesn't know won't hurt him.

Clean off the pumpkin and start pushing light bulbs into the holes, from the inside.
Push them in just until the tip pokes through the hole.
Leave the plug hanging out the bottom of the pumpkin so you can plug it in.

Plug her in and give her a test run!

Not bad :)

Add some embellishments if you'd like.

 Toss on the front step for a cheery Halloween greeting!

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