Basket of Pumpkins for Halloween 2016
On Halloween, you can come up with many differentcrafts from pumpkins, which will be an excellent decoration of your home. But from the pumpkin not only Jack's lanterns are carved, but also various other ornaments that become the central element in decorating a house or a festive table. For example, it's a basket of pumpkins.
Most often, baskets are cut out not from a pumpkin, but fromwatermelon. The bright green peel of the watermelon brings its colors to the festive table. And how interesting it is to look like a basket full of fruit salad! But instead of watermelon, you can also use a round pumpkin and cut the basket out of this fruit. And this idea is perfect for celebrating Halloween.
A basket is the same carving of a pumpkin, only inIn this case, you do not need to beautifully peel the skin, but to form a basket. To make your pumpkin basket look very neat, carefully choose a pumpkin for carving. You need a ripe fruit on which there will be no damage. Also, the pumpkin should be a regular round or oblong shape and have a beautiful pattern, if you plan to make your basket colorful.
When you find a pumpkin of the shape and color you need,you can start cutting the basket. Put the pumpkin straight to determine the pivot point. Also now you can think about exactly how you will cut the handle of the basket. It is desirable that the tail of the pumpkin is not located on the handle, but it is not necessary.
Think about how yourPumpkin basket, and draw a pattern. You can make a basket with straight edges or with denticles. Also think about the design of the pen. The most beautiful is the handle with denticles. You can experiment with the shape of the teeth and the angle of their tilt. When you find the most suitable option for you, and the template is ready, it will have to be moved by the marker to the pumpkin.
Carefully cut a portion of the pumpkin to the handle and removeseeds. Now, using a pattern, cut out the curly elements along the edges of the pumpkin with a sharp knife. In the same way decorate the basket handle. If there is any drawing on the basket itself, it should not be deepened very much. Since the pumpkin has a very hard flesh, the curved elements should not be more than 5 mm deep.
So, your pumpkin for Halloween is ready. Now the question remains, what can be done with this basket. If the festive table will, for example, a pumpkin salad, then it can be served in your basket.
Also, a carved pumpkin basketuse not only to decorate the festive table, but also at home. For example, a pumpkin basket looks good with fresh flowers. To keep the flowers fresh for a long time, you can put an oasis in the pumpkin, which is used in floristry.
Another basket of pumpkins looks great inkind flower pots for flowers. Such unusual pots look very impressive. But in this case, you do not have to forget that the flower pot that you will put in the basket should be smaller than the pumpkin itself by several centimeters. So, cut the basket with the expectation that the edge of the pot for the flowers will be 2 cm below the edge of the basket. Also make sure that the pot can easily be placed in a basket of pumpkin.
But even if you do not plan to put it in the basketfrom the pumpkin flowers, then you can always put fruit in it and put it on the table. Just do not cut the basket well before the holiday. It is best to cook it the day before, so that the pumpkin does not deteriorate.
By the way, by cutting out baskets of pumpkins you caninterest and your children. They will definitely like to make such crafts for Halloween with their own hands, especially since you can cut not only baskets, but also jugs or vases. For the latter one should take not a direct pumpkin, but in the form of a guitar. Decorate your basket or jug in the way imagination tells you. Have fun with Halloween!
