How to Decorate Halloween Pumpkins With Christmas Lights
Pumpkins are a colorful way to decorate the house for Halloween. Although many people keep it traditional with a carved jack-o-lantern face and candle, you can decorate your Halloween pumpkin in various ways. One alternative incorporates Christmas lights, which offer a variety of color choices and are safer to use than candles. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Pumpkin carving kit or good carving knife
- Large spoon
- String of small Christmas lights
Instructions
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Cut a hole into the top of your pumpkin that is large enough to fit your hand through with your carving kit or sharp carving knife. Dump out all the pumpkin seeds, and scoop out any extra pumpkin guts with a large spoon. Try shaving off some of the inside walls with the spoon's edge, which will make the pumpkin easier to carve.
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Carve the design of your choice into your pumpkin, then cut a small hole at the back for the cord plug to thread through. and place the string of lights inside your pumpkin, giving your pumpkin a bright glow without the mess or danger of candles.
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Pile the string of lights inside your pumpkin and plug them in, giving your pumpkin a bright glow without the mess or danger of candles.
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Tips & Warnings
Punch small holes about a centimeter apart from the inside of the pumpkin with a screwdriver. When completed, your holes should form a design, such as a face or spooky ghost. Grab your string of small Christmas lights, and slowly push one through each hole of your design.
You can also use pumpkins and lights to decorate for other holidays, such as Christmas. Try painting your carved pumpkin white and stringing white lights around it, or play around with different Christmas colors and designs.
Create a bright and bloody effect by using a strand of red Christmas lights to mimic the look of blood. Carve a scary face, then string your lights through the top and out the mouth for a truly gory effect.
Cut a hole at the back of your pumpkin, instead of at the top, and remove the guts. Then, using the hole-punching method, punch holes throughout the top of the pumpkin, and push lights through to give your pumpkin some bright and colorful hair.
Small Christmas lights are safest to use, because they aren't high-wattage and have low risk of fire hazard.
