By
eHow Holidays & Celebrations Editor
Difficulty: Moderately challenging
Things You’ll Need:
Step1
Select a pumpkin with a flat bottom.
Step2
Place the pumpkin, flat side down, on a stable surface.
Step3
Draw a line all the way around the widest point of the pumpkin with a felt-tip pen.
Step4
Make a handle by drawing a wide band across the top of the pumpkin, which connects to the midpoint line.
Step5
Make the first cut into the pumpkin in the space between your mark on the widest point and the handle.
Step6
Cut down toward the midpoint line. Pumpkins are thick and tough; some serious hacking may be in order.
Step7
Follow your guidelines to cut away the excess pumpkin shell.
Step8
Remove seeds and pulp from the inside of the pumpkin with a large metal spoon.
Step9
You should end up with something that resembles a very large, orange Easter basket.
Step10
Fill the empty pumpkin with hot soup or stew - or line it with lettuce and fill it with cold potato salad or vegetables.
Comments
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 Using a small, flat-bottom pumpkin, carve to remove the top. Clean out the inside and use to serve dips such as spinach dip, vegetable dip, fruit dip or salsa and serve with crackers, chips, pita triangles, chunks of bread, vegetables or chunks of fruit.