Take the felt or marker and draw a circle around the tail of the pumpkin. It is through this opening that the pumpkin will be emptied of its seeds and flesh. It must be large enough to be able to easily slide the hand and the spoon into it.
How to decorate a pumpkin for Halloween? How dig a pumpkin Halloween ?
- Choose a nice big pumpkin from Halloween .
- Cut off the top of the pumpkin.
- Dig the pumpkin for empty it (Keep the flesh).
- Draw a “monstrous” face on the pumpkin with a felt tip pen.
- Cut out the face and place the candle inside.
How to decorate a pumpkin without digging?
We first create an animal mask on felt, which we glue to the pumpkin. Then complete with pieces of felt around. You can even make paws with clementines! The most motivated will find a mask model here.
How to crochet a pumpkin?
With a needle, close the pumpkin and pass the thread inside the pumpkin so that he comes out through the magic circle of the start. Do the same gesture a total of 6 times: stitch at the bottom of the pumpkin, pull out the thread through the magic circle, tightening it firmly.
When to dig a pumpkin for Halloween?
Buy one just before Halloween.
Although you may begin to rejoice in the coming ofHalloween from the beginning of October (especially children), you do not have to buy your pumpkin too early. If you do, it has plenty of time to rot between one and two weeks before cutting.
How to dry an emptied pumpkin?
How to dry a pumpkin
- Choose from pumpkins blackberries. ...
- Choose an area in your house that is well ventilated and which is preferably exposed to the sun. ...
- Another effective solution is to, as with mushrooms, suspend the pumpkin to a solid structure and leave it slimming .
How to empty a butternut for Halloween?
Before digging your squash, rinse it with clean water for remove any soil residue, then wipe it off with a clean cloth. Then, plant the blade of the knife at the top of the fruit, at an angle, 5 or 10 centimeters from the green peduncle, depending on the size of your pumpkin.
How to decorate an easy pumpkin?
Cut the front of a pumpkin white and empty it. (If you can't find pumpkin white, cover a pumpkin white spray paint and wait for it to dry before cutting it.) Place an LED candle in the hole. To paint nails in black and hammer them around the cavity.
How to decorate a colocynth?
The colocynths can be decorated in a lot of ways: with spray paints, with masking tape, they can be painted as little figures or serve as small flower pots, you can stick small beads or buttons on them.
How to make a wool pumpkin?
To form the pumpkin, stuff with foam, or an old rag. Pass a thread of wool in the border and pull hard to close. Stitch a thread through the pumpkin from top to bottom, tied down and up, it gives the final, crushed shape.
How to store an empty pumpkin?
keep sa pumpkin Halloween by brushing with vegetable oil. The trick is also offered with paraffin. This is, once the pumpkin hollowed out, to coat it with a cooking brush with a protective film, in this case a fat.
How to store pumpkin flesh?
Remove its bark, cut it chair diced and blanch it for a few minutes in boiling water. Dive the dice pumpkin in ice water and drain them. Place them in freezer bags and store them for several months in your refrigerator.
How to keep a Halloween pumpkin for a long time?
Halloween : 9 tips to keep your pumpkin
- How keep your pumpkins more long time ? ...
- Wash your pumpkin . ...
- Dig it carefully. ...
- Absorb excess moisture ...
- Spray the surface and the inside of the pumpkin . ...
- Rehydrate it. ...
- Keep it cool. ...
- Dry the inside of your sculpture.
How to store a Halloween pumpkin for a long time?
To keep la pumpkin, don't dig it too deep long time before Halloween. It is then necessary to remove as much flesh as possible to prevent it from rotting. You can use hairspray inside and outside to get it conserve more long time.
How to dry pumpkins?
Initially, they should be turned regularly on each side (once a week in a room at 15 ° C) so that they dry properly. In the event of outside humidity, it is essential to ventilate the room. When the squash are dry, you can hear the seeds inside.
How to peel a butternut squash easily?
To peel your butternut even more simply, you can use your… microwave! In fact, by heating your squash for 5 minutes at full power, the skin of the latter will soften under the effect of the heat. You will then only have to use a peeler to peel your butternut.
How to remove the skin of the squash easily?
If the skin of your squash is thick, first cut it in half and then into quarters. Cut it into small pieces that you can then peel more easily with a paring knife. Don't forget to dig the squash with a tablespoon to get rid of their seeds.
How do you know if a butternut squash is good?
Squash is ripe when she is pinkish beige and its peduncle turns brown. Harvest your gourges butternut by cutting the peduncle with secateurs about 6 to 10 cm from the fruit. Good à know : for a good conservation, be sure to keep a piece of stalk.
How to store pumpkin?
Let them spend the winter in a room between 10 and 15 ° C clean, dry and ventilated, frost-free of course, and dark without being totally dark. A good humidity level, around 50 to 75%, is a plus. Lay them tail up, leaving space between each.
What is this squash?
12 different varieties of squash
- The pumpkin. The pumpkin is smaller than a pumpkin, it rarely exceeds 4 kg and it vaguely resembles an orange fig. ...
- The pumpkin. ...
- Pumpkin. ...
- La squash spaghetti. ...
- La squash butternut (or butter) ...
- The christophine. ...
- The courgette. ...
- The round zucchini.
How to keep colocynths?
Pick the colocynths with their peduncle when the weather is fine. When handling, be careful not to bruise them. Then dry the Cucurbitaceae by hanging them by the peduncle in a ventilated and heated room.
How to paint colocynths?
We start with to paint the colocynths with spray paints. I chose pastel colors from Edding: matte pink, lavender and peach. Then sprayed with painting in gold spray on the top of the colocynths by letting the surplus flow.
How do you keep a pumpkin from rotting?
Immerse the pumpkin in a bleach solution that covers it completely. Soak the pumpkin in the bleach solution for about eight hours. Take it out pumpkin of the mixture. Dab it dry with paper towels or sponges.
How to store a pumpkin once it has started?
We advise you to cut it into large cubes in order to store it more easily in the freezer, but this is only a tip. In any case, protect your piece of pumpkin by placing it in an airtight box or by wrapping it carefully in cling film.