Pumpkins

Step by step guide for how to make a really cool smoking pumpkin!

You can carve a pumpkin that smokes, has an LED display, or even one with the President's face on it, but if you want your jack-o'-lantern to really stand out—make it sing the Ghostbusters theme.

Halloween is less than a couple weeks away, so it's about that time you start thinking of cool ways to decorate your house (if you haven't already), and pumpkins are an obvious choice. Pumpkins are one of the cornerstones of Halloween celebrations, dating all the way back to the early 19th century. Carved jack-o'-lanterns are a great way to add some spookiness around the house, but that takes time, skill, and effort. Creating cool glow-in-the-dark pumpkins requires no carving at all—and looks...

For some, Halloween is all about the candy. For others, it's more about causing trouble. There's nothing wrong with a good laugh, but no one wants to be the target of a prank that will entail lots of cleaning later.

The little pumpkins you can buy at the store can be great decorations at the house around Halloween time, but why not make them a little more interesting? This time lapse will show you how to paint the familiar avian faces from Angry Birds onto them. As a bonus to the red bird, you will also see a pretty bruised up green pig.

Halloween just isn't Halloween without Jack O'Lanterns. Below, anything and everything you need to know on the art of pumpkin carving.

Pumpkin carving is one of the most fun and creative of the many fun and creative elements that make Halloween such a great holiday. If you need some tips for improving your pumpkin carving, you've come to the right place. This video will show you tips, tricks, and tools that will allow you to carve more elaborate, cooler pumpkins more easily.

Learn how to rig your Jack O'Lantern so smoke pours from its mouth! This is a simple and inexpensive Halloween pumpkin project. You need putty and incense to create the smoke special effect for your Jack'o'Lantern. Then light the incense inside the carved out pumpkin and it will glow and breathe smoke.

This collection of videos will show you, step by step, how to carve a tri-colored pattern into a foam pumpkin. The first video has an introduction, a greeting, and will show you the tools that will be used. Then follow along with the pumpkin carving, shading, and skinning processes in the rest of the instructional videos. Check out this video tutorial series and learn how to carve an elaborate Halloween Jack-o-Lantern.

Halloween is just around the corner! Check out this instructional carving video that demonstrates how to carve the details of an Elvis Presley portrait onto a pumpkin. This tutorial provides advanced carving techniques and assumes previous carving experience, but beginners can easily catch up by watching his other videos. Follow the instructions with this tutorial and carve Elvis Presley onto a pumpkin for this year's Halloween celebration!

Halloween is just around the corner! Check out this instructional carving video that demonstrates how to carve the details of a Frankenstein portrait onto a pumpkin. This tutorial provides advanced carving techniques and assumes previous carving experience. Follow the instructions with this tutorial and carve Frankenstein onto a pumpkin for this year's Halloween celebration!

Halloween is just around the corner! Check out this instructional carving video that demonstrates how to carve a portrait on a pumpkin for Halloween. This is part of an instructional tape made in 1997 that reveals pumpkin carving techniques with a portrait of Marilyn Monroe as an example. This video tutorial is great for beginners looking to carve creative pumpkins. Follow the instructions in this tutorial and carve your favorite celebrity onto a pumpkin for this Halloween celebration.