The pumpkins doing the best: the petroleum jelly and the bleach/petroleum jelly combo pumpkins. The pumpkin doing the worst: the pumpkin bleached after carving, which was starting to collapse ...

If you carve your Halloween pumpkins too early, that jack-o'-lantern will look nasty by the the time Halloween rolls around. Here's a quick guide to help you properly time your pumpkin carving to ...

I've been a professional crafter for more than 20 years, and that means I've carved hundreds of pumpkins and found the best techniques and tools to make the seasonal event fun.

How do you carve a pumpkin? Carving a jack-o’-lantern has been a Halloween tradition for more than 100 years. An Irish myth says when a man named Stingy Jack died, he wasn’t allowe… ...

The Best Pumpkin-Carving Tools to Carve Your Jack-o’-lantern for Halloween. Updated October 4, 2023. Photo: Taryn Mohrman. By Taryn Mohrman.

How do you carve a pumpkin? Carving a jack-o’-lantern has been a Halloween tradition for more than 100 years. An Irish myth says when a man named Stingy Jack died, he wasn’t allowed into ...

Treehugger / Adrienne Legault Wiping with a little bleach is the best way to clean and preserve your pumpkin after carving. Bleach kills mold and will prevent mold spores from attacking your pumpkin.

The 7 Best Pumpkin Carving Kits for Sawing, Carving, Drilling, and Scooping Your jack-o’-lantern will be the best on the block with these special sets. By Kevin Cortez and Kathleen Willcox ...

While your best bet at keeping your carved pumpkins fresh until Halloween is to carve them less than one week before the holiday, there are some steps you can take to delay their decay if you have ...

The best plan of attack in terms of pumpkin carving is to have a plan to begin with. Planning ahead will lower the risk of making mistakes, especially if you want to etch a more detailed design.