Step 2Use tools to reveal inner cavity
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Using your knife, remove a rectangle of skul... sorry, melon. Make sure you get right into the pips. This will be your working hatch, so make sure it's large enough to get your chosen tools - as well as your tealight - in. Also, this is the back of the melon lantern, so if you have a particularly unattractive side to your melon, make the incisions here.
You might like to use a pen to draw lines to follow. This is really satisfying, but not quite as satisfying as writing on a banana with a ballpoint pen.