No need to be an expert carver. This clever front-yard decoration gets its good looks from simple, easy-to-find props. An old shirt, glove, and wire coat hanger help this hungry fellow devour his skewer of horror d'oeuvres.
Materials
- 1 large pumpkin
- 3 mini pumpkins
- Carving tools
- Used work glove
- Old shirt
- Leaves
- Wire hanger
- Rock
- Skewer
- Black permanent marker
Instructions
- Carve a pumpkin with an extra-large mouth.
- Stuff a work glove and one sleeve of an old shirt with leaves.
- Bend a support for the arm and hand from a wire hanger. Fit one end into the glove and feed the opposite end through the sleeve.
- Sit the pumpkin on the shirt. Brace the arm from behind with a rock and cover the rest of the shirt with leaves.
- Push a skewer through three mini pumpkins. Draw a face on each with black permanent marker, then set the skewer in place.