HOW-TO-- Samantha Bennett

  In this column it’s going to be giving some how-to’s on some fun stuff going on every season. Some of the stuff in this column will be How-to Make a Superhero Jack-o-lantern. This is going to be a column on some fun how to's . So since its almost Halloween we are going to show you how to make a superhero Jack-o-lantern! This is a really fun project especially since its almost Halloween!! The jack-o-lantern came from England and Britain where they would carve faces into vegetables like the turnip and the cabbage plant during halloween time. Then they found out that the pumpkin is a lot bigger and easier to carve. Typically you would carve a scary or funny face into your pumpkin, but I’m going to be showing you how to make a superhero pumpkin.

So now lets start!

What you will need:

1 medium pumpkin 

2 spoons (a small and a big one)

1 knife 

1 pumpkin carver- you can get that at Walmart or other grocery store during halloween

a lot of newspaper

a bowl

sharpie 

1 candle

STEPS:

1st: Lay the newspaper wherever you are going to carve your pumpkin, then set your pumpkin down.

2nd: Get the knife or the pumpkin carver, and cut a circle around the stem, get your spoon and get everything out of the pumpkin.

3rd: Once you have everything out then get out the sharpie and draw whatever superhero logo you want, I chose batman. You can do whatever one you want, for example Batman (which is the easiest), Superman (which is medium) and spiderman (which is more complicated then the others)

4th: Once you have your superhero logo get the pumpkin carver and carve out the shape. try to follow the lines that you drew.

5th: Once you have the logo completely carved out, bring it out side and set it wherever you want it. 

6th:  Then grab your candle and light it, then set it in and put the top on.

Then you have a superhero pumpkin!!!

Tips:

-If you can’t find a pumpkin carver than a knife is ok too.

-If you have a template for your logo you want to do than use that.

-Plus if you want to you can spray paint your pumpkin black.