How to make a polk-a-dot pumpkin

Each year I brainstorm new ideas for making my pumpkins really stand out. This one just happens to be one of my all time favorites!

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• pumpkin
• hand-held drill
• knife
• big spoon

1. Using the knife, cut a hole in the BOTTOM of the pumpkin big enough to gut it.

2. Gut the pumpkin using a big spoon and your hands. Make sure to get all the loose strings so your pumpkin doesn't catch on fire when you put a candle in it!

3. Using the drill, drill holes randomly (or in a pattern, whichever you choose :)) around the pumpkin, making sure the holes go completely through to the inside.

4. Once your done drilling holes, you can either put a candle inside or for maximum lighting, string white Christmas lights throughout the pumpkin, putting a white bulb in each hole.

Tips & Warnings

• You can also experiment by using bigger and smaller drill bits to create different sized holes in your pumpkin.

[revisitingnixon]

on 9/26/2007 Hey, that's pretty cool. Check this article out:
http://www.ehow.com/how_2090979_make-a-melolantern.html