Foam Pumpkin Carving Turor Page 2

How 2 Carve and Shave A Foam Pumpkin "Here's a Step by Step on the Entire Process" Step #2 How to Glue or Transfer a Pattern You have 2 choices to get the pattern on the pumpkin I will show you here how to glue the pattern on, For Foam pumpkins this seems to work Best If you prefer, you can use transfer paper instead, Follow the directions on the Real Pumpkin Carving Tutor using Transfer Paper. Found Here
	We Have our two patterns ready
		You will need to buy Some White School Glue I use Elmers Brand Some Carvers Use Glue Sticks instead For me this White glue works really well and is easy to remove
	Cover your work table with newspaper Take the Pattern that you Trimmed Down And Cover the Back with the White Glue
		Place the Glued Pattern on the Flat side of the pumpkin Work the pattern with your fingers into all the creases on the pumpkin try to keep wrinkles to a minimum You will have wrinkles try to have them fall outside the pattern area Wipe up Dripping glue with a finger And go around the edges of the pattern with the glue on your finger .
	Turn the pumpkin right side up And Leave it be for about 10 to 15 minutes Go Back and Use some paper towles to remove rest of glue Drips
		Here's the FUN Part ! Go to Bed and Let the Glue Dry OverNight This is importaint, if the glue is wet, you will have one heck of a time carving it. your dremel bits will keep getting caked up with wet glue. Most Carvers will glue many patterns to pumpkins in one night! Once the patterns are Glued & Dryed on the pumpkin, you can carve it days, weeks or months from now.
	THE NEXT DAY Your Pumpkin is now ready to be Carved. Woo Hoo !!!
		Here's Where we Left off
	The First thing were going to do Is Outline all the shapes on the pattern With a #7134 5/64" Diamond Wheel Point Bit Be Very Careful not to Cut through the Kin We Only want to scape off the Orange Skin Right through the Pattern and Skin !
		Just a Close-Up of Outlining
	Finished Outlining NOTE: Some of the Pattern May Tear a little This is Fine as long as the shape was outlined correctly. Click on Image For larger View
		Now Change the Dremel Bit to a Cutting Drill Bit Were going to use a 3/64 Drill Bit
	Cut out All the Black Shapes in the Pattern Take your Time Your only Cutting Foam This Will Cut like a Hot Knife through Butter Again - TAKE YOUR TIME!	Click on Image For larger View
		Now It's Time to SHAVE the Pumpkin Another Bit Change Change your Dremel Bit to a #107 Engraving Cutter
	Start Scraping out All the GRAY Areas on the Pattern Down to the Light Yellow Foam. You'll now see how useful the outling step was, the outlines help you stay within the lines
		Were Finished Shaving the gray areas Don't worry about the shaded areas not being smooth We'll Fix that a Little Later I changed the top of the pattern a little, I don't like straight Lines Click Image for Larger View
	Next were Going to Remove the pattern And Clean the Pumpkin Fill a Sink with about 6 inches of Warm water and add a a few ounces of White Vinegar The Vinegar is an old trick used to remove wallpaper It desolves the glue more rapidly
		Place the pumpkin Pattern/Carving Side Down into the water Let Stand for about 15 minutes
	....15 Minutes Later Spin the pumpkin so the Solid (uncarved side) is now facing the water Take the pumpkin out of the water, Empty the water from the pumpkin Rolling off the (uncarved side) we do this because Water is Heavy and can Damage the carving! Now Start to peal the pattern off the pumpkin, Get it started with using your fingernails. The Pattern will slide right Off. Click Image to Enlarge
		Once the Pattern is Off Dunk the Pumpkin Again in the water This Time Just for a few Seconds Grab a Sponge and Go over the Carving Lightly to remove Any remaining glue Wet Mr. Clean Magic Eraser's Work really Well!
	Now Just Dry as Before with Paper Towels
The Next (And LAST) Page will Show You How to Smooth out and Fix the Shaving Parts. Click Here for Next Page