Animate Your Jack-O’-Lantern with an App
This easy pumpkin hack takes your jack-o-lantern and turns it into an animated cyclops using a free app and a cling-wrapped cell phone.
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Spooky Wi-Fi Jack-O-Lantern
I’ve often suspected that my Wi-Fi router was haunted so I can totally appreciate this cleverly spooky jack-o-lantern shared by comedian Megan MacKay.
How To: Smokin’ Pumpkin
Take your jack-o-lantern game to the next level with this terrific Smokin’ Pumpkin tutorial from Instructables user Noise Maker.
The Pumpket: A Jack-o-lantern from an Orange Bucket
For the pumpkin-less who are in need of a quick jack-o-lantern fix, here’s a suggestion from The Home Depot involving an orange bucket, a black marker, and a lantern, called a “Pumpket.”
How to Preserve a Jack-o’-Lantern
If you search Google for “how to preserve a jack-o’-lantern” you’ll get literally dozens of different preservation techniques. Here were just a few recommendations I came across:
“Jacob’s Lantern”
Nice Halloween stunt from maker Matt Coates, aka mattjackets. Illuminated from within by the classic traveling arc, Matt’s Jack-o’-lantern this year is carved with a high-voltage hazard symbol instead of a face.
Porch Light Jack-o’-lantern
I was late off the block for Halloween this year, and only decided yesterday that I wanted to pass out candy. I wanted a clear signal for trick-or-treaters that my house was open for business, and I didn’t want to spend any money. This is my last-minute solution.
