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How to Carve a Pumpkin Into a Flaming Jack-O'-Lantern

From: Food Network Magazine

Food Network Magazine and Halloween Wars champion Shawn Feeney show you how to carve a cool pumpkin, step-by-step.

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You'll need: 1 medium round pumpkin, dry-erase marker, serrated carving knife, loop pottery tool or soup spoon, paring knife, bamboo skewer, battery-operated red light

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Draw your design with a dry-erase marker, making a flaming top, eyes and mouth as shown. Cut off the top with a serrated knife, following the lines, then remove the seeds and guts.

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With a loop tool or spoon, thin the flames near the tips by scraping away some of the inner flesh. Keep scraping until the tips become thin and pointy like real flames.

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Cut out the mouth, then remove the inner flesh, as in step 2, to create similar thin, sharp points.

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Score the eye outlines with a paring knife (don't cut all the way through). Use a loop tool or spoon to remove the skin and some of the flesh from the eyes, leaving the pupils orange.

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Secure a bamboo skewer horizontally inside the pumpkin, close to the eyes, and hang a small bright battery-operated red light (Shawn used a bike light) on the skewer.