Free Pumpkin Carving Patterns and Templates and Pumpkin Seed Recipes Top Internet Searches

The final weekend before Halloween is approaching and people are gearing up for final preparations including carving the traditional jack-o-lantern pumpkin. With this in mind, internet searched for, “how to carve a pumpkin”, “Free Pumpkin Carving Patterns and Templates”, and for what to do with the insides of the pumpkin, searches are up for “Pumpkin Seed Recipes” as well.

The good news for many is that a number of resources on how to carve a pumpkin, including carving templates and patterns abound on the internet. The basics are very simple and the all-important first step involves cutting open the top and removing all of the “guts” of the pumpkin which consists of a lot of pumpkin seeds and pulp.

Using pumpkin carving templates, which can be downloaded for free from a number of web sites online, makes it easy for virtually anyone to make a professional looking jack-o-lantern.

The pumpkin seed actually make a very nutritious snack and are very easy to prepare. There are plenty of pumpkin seed recipes on the internet, but again the basics are easy. After rinsing the seeds, they can be lightly seasoned to taste, or left plain, and then baked at a medium temperature for 10 minutes or so.

Here are some easy steps to follow for how to carve a pumpkin using a downloaded template:

Download and print out some free pumpkin carving patterns or templates. (If needed, you can then scale the pattern to size is you have a very large or very small pumpkin.) The next step it to attach the template to your pumpkin with some tape.

Rather than try to carve the pumpkin with the template attached, the experts say to use a very small knife to make some small incisions creating a dotted-line of the template through the paper. Next remove the paper template to reveal the outline on your pumpkin. Now with a larger knife you can begin to make the deep cuts through the pumpkin.