One tradition we do every year is carving pumpkins together. I have so many photos of us all elbow deep in pumpkin guts and laughing or being grossed out while we make jack o'lanterns and as well as creating some brilliant looking pumpkins we've also made some really fun memories.
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| Last year's efforts L-R eldest daughter's, son's, youngest daughter's |
We all have our own way of making our pumpkins, my eldest daughter likes to carve a face freestyle and keeps working until she is happy with it. My son draws his design on the pumpkin first with a marker pen and then cuts it out. Last year he did a dinosaur and I think it turned out great! My youngest daughter lets me draw her a design first and then I help her cut it out, we made the cat pumpkin together last year.
This year she wanted to make a scary lantern so I drew her a face and coloured in the areas she needed to cut out. I used a yellow paint marker as it was easy for her to see but wasn't so bright that it would stand out if she missed cutting out any bits of it. We had cut off the top and scooped out the inside before I drew the face so I just gave it a quick wipe with a cloth to dry off the skin and then the pen worked well on such an odd surface.
We decided we wanted to make a cute pumpkin with the markers so we looked on Pinterest for inspiration and found some sweet doughnut designs. I used a bright pink Artline poster marker to paint some icing on the top and when it was dry we added some sprinkles using chalk, paint and poster markers.
I'm really happy with how they turned out! We've never drawn or painted on our pumpkins before but I love how colourful they are and they look great during the day too instead of just at night when they are lit.
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| Pumpkin prep |
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| Jack o'lantern in progress |
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| Scary face |
As the paint marker worked so well I thought I would try decorating some pumpkins with a few more Artline markers.
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| Pumpkins and Artline pens |
I tested some out on the back of one of the pumpkins and these are the pens that showed up best against the orange skin:
- Artline 70 high performance permanent marker
- Artline 900XF silver and gold metallic markers
- Artline erasable chalk marker
- Artline 444XF paint marker
- Artline poster markers
All of these pens gave me good coverage and dried easily without smudging. Once the inks were dry I tried rubbing my finger over them but they all stayed in place. They also stood up against pumpkin juice so overall I think they are ideal to decorate your pumpkins with.
We decided we wanted to make a cute pumpkin with the markers so we looked on Pinterest for inspiration and found some sweet doughnut designs. I used a bright pink Artline poster marker to paint some icing on the top and when it was dry we added some sprinkles using chalk, paint and poster markers.
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| Pumpkin spiced doughnut |
For our last pumpkin we wanted it to be another jack o'lantern but with some decoration too. I drew a haunted house using my Artline 70 marker and added stripes to any sections that needed to be carved out. Then I painted the house using my blue poster marker and waited for it to dry.
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| Haunted house |
The next step was to cut out the marked sections (I had already taken the top off and scooped out the inside) and then I added some stars to the sky using my Artline 900XF metallic markers.
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| Finished pumpkins |
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| All ready for Halloween! |
I'm really happy with how they turned out! We've never drawn or painted on our pumpkins before but I love how colourful they are and they look great during the day too instead of just at night when they are lit.
How do you make your lanterns? Traditional carving or do you add a splash of colour too?
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