The Picture Perfect Pumpkin By Vanessa Coppola I have nothing against carving a few triangles into a pumpkin but who said that’s a Halloween requirement? Get crafty this year and try decoupaging your pumpkin. You can use a real pumpkin, or my pick is a craft pumpkin so it can be on display for years […]
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Hans Scharler just submitted this cool hack-‘o’-lantern to our Make: Halloween Contest 2009. It includes a motion detector, some LEDs, and a fog machine, and when someone approaches it lights up and shoots “steam” out of its ears.
Continue ReadingIt’s easy and fun to create adorable edible pumpkin decorations in no time. Just use delicious almond paste, or marzipan to sculpt as if you were working with clay. Almond paste just blanched almonds and sugar, ground into a paste. Marzipan is almond paste, plus flour. Either one will work perfectly for this project. I […]
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What’s that you say? It’s a little early in the month to be burning the gallery-of-dorky-jack-‘o-lanterns card? Not to worry. I’ve got four more where this one came from.
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He does not look happy. Another gem from ExtremePumpkins.com.
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Do you have some extra orange vegetables (or are they fruits?) in your yard? Get in the halloween spirit without having to actually carve anything, thanks to the help of peanut butter and squirrels!
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It must be a seriously contentious election if even the pumpkins are becoming politically charged. Jonah shared some political pumpkins with you last week , and here are a few more: Mccain’s, Obama’s, and the nice, neutral “vote” logos Barack O Lantern: complete with blue LEDs A zombie McCain! Note: neither I nor Make Magazine […]
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