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Pumpkin Crafts

How to Carve a Pumpkin

Learn the basics of carving a pumpkin for Halloween, then see our crafters' tools of choice.
Pumpkin Projects for Kids

What kid doesn't love carving a pumpkin? It's enticingly messy and squishy, and it's a tradition...
Halloween Pumpkin Creatures

On late-October evenings, pumpkins carved to look like animals start to skulk about, looking for...
Punch Bowl Prop

Fill this vessel with dry ice for a smoldering display, or use it to serve punch (omitting the...
Halloween Tricks and Treats

Trick-or-treaters and party guests may have to endure these naughty tricks in order to be rewarded...
Halloween Party Crafts

The simplest supplies can make the party. The shivery, candy-fueled thrill of trick-or-treating...
Pumpkin Creatures

Mischievous spirits, lacking bodies of their own, have been known to set up house inside scooped...
Mini Pumpkin Creatures

A witch's curse didn't shrink these pumpkins; they come in size small. Their petite portions are...
Translucent Pumpkins

Halloween custom calls for a fiercely lit, glowering jack-o'-lantern, but you might also...
Pumpkin Snake

To complete her front-door Halloween display, Martha assembles a row of pumpkins, mimicking the...
Paper Pumpkin Costume, Cat Costume, and Spider Princess

Spider Princess Costume...
Glittered Pumpkins

These decorations bring sparkle to tables and serving areas -- and they last far longer than...
Pumpkin Creatures: Tools and Techniques

Use these guidelines as you dream up your own Pumpkin Creatures. Our step-by-step instructions...
Pierced Openwork Pumpkins

Delicate openwork, inspired by eighteenth-century English pierced creamware, turns these pale '...
15 Years of Pumpkin Ideas

Pumpkins made an appearance in the first issue of Martha Stewart Living. They were used as soup...
Pumpkin Creatures: Cats

These cats have halved miniature pumpkins for paws. The curved stem of a large, oval...
Pumpkin Creatures: Spiders

Green gourds cut in half and attached with toothpicks turn a traditional jack-o'-lantern into a...
Stacked Jacks

Who knew a benign pumpkin patch could yield such other worldy creatures? Assume the role of Dr....
Rogues' Gallery of Pumpkins

The tradition of pumpkin carving hasn't always had such a lighthearted purpose. According to one...
Six Pumpkin Projects

Kids know that a fruit (yes, a pumpkin is a fruit) with such girth must be full of possibilities...