Pumpkin Carving Ideas From Around the Smithsonian
Print out and tape these stencils to your Halloween pumpkin for a different kind of jack o'lantern
- By Brian Wolly
- Smithsonian.com, October 22, 2010
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Posted by cindy paul on October 26,2012 | 07:22 AM
Thanks, Smithsonian, for these wonderful templates! I have a friend who will be sworn in as a US citizen soon. I plan to use the Star Spangled Banner to hand quilt a congratulatory gift for him . . . Just perfect for pumpkin carving and other uses as inspired.
Posted by Stephanie Davis on November 20,2010 | 06:05 AM
As a retired employee of the Smithsonian Institution I am sorely tempted to carve a 'Castle' pumpkin - but am preparing to leave for a weekend seminar on Solar Plate Etching. I've put the template in my "Save" file - maybe next year.
Posted by Jean Andersen on October 29,2010 | 04:26 PM
Wonderful! Finally something different that isn't "dripping" in gore. I plan to use two of the images. Thanks.
Posted by Susan Pompa on October 28,2010 | 07:22 AM