Pac Man Pumpkins

Pac Man, ghosts, pellets, and cherries. The Pac Man and ghosts are carved from Sugar Pie pumpkins. The Pac Man was carved on it side so I could retain that round shape. The pellets are just small gourd pumkins turned on their sides. The cherries are made from two crab apples painted red and some 8 guage wire. The pumpkins are mounted on dowels on a board. I used flourescent acrylics to paint the pumkins so they would glow when lit with a black light. Paint was applied with a home-made airbrush made from a paint canister/pen/dust-off canister. For scale, the Pac Man is approx. 10 inches tall.

Comments

[airex]

It looks like you and me have similar taste in pumpkins!

[tonysoprano6379]

This is OUTSTANDING!!!!!!

Great job!

My wife and I really enjoyed this instructable!!!!!!!!

[Alcreion]

NICE, but how are they going to last forever?

[DavidAdams]

Lots and lots of shelac!!! Seriously, my only regret with these is that they are going to shrivel and rot. That's what the photos are for I guess. Might be fun to time-lapse the decay.

[SteampunkToreador]

May I recommend the synthetic pumpkins that are sold at Michaels Arts and Crafts? I've got several that I've carved in the last couple of years that have lasted nicely.

[eoutlaw]

This is the coolest pumpkin display ever!

[tdrosdak]

These are so great! Next time, time the foam pumpkins you can buy at a craft store. That way, they WILL last forever!

[elyador]

Lol. That is hilarious and extremely cool. I wish I'd thought of that, but it would have never occured to me.

[robots199]

Amazing job! I love this project because of the work you put into it. Intresting that you carved the pumpkins and painted them, It would be amazing if you made a stop-motion movie like the game with your pumpkins. 5/5 stars and nice work!

[jakee117]

cool!!!