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Step 12Light It Up

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Put a light in your pumpkin and dim the lights. It's amazing how different it looks when it is actually illuminated.

If you did this with a real pumpkin, using 2-3 candles at once with help light up your pattern better. If you are using a fake pumpkin, candles are not an option.

There are a wide variety of pumpkin lights available. Many have options to flicker to mimic a real candle, or have colored lights for added effect. I've found that some of my favorite lights are actually little taplights that I found at a dollar store. Just remove the top cover, and press the little button to turn them on. These tend to be much brighter, so the shaded regions show up much better even with ambient light.

Hope this gives everyone a good idea on how to make there own personalize pumpkins.
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5 comments
Oct 19, 2009. 10:45 PMrebeljedi says:
This is one I was able to do last year, took me a bit longer having to scrape off so much.  In the end when I removed the lightsaber portion as I had previously done with the eyes, the glow form the candle made it all worth it!
Sep 28, 2010. 8:58 AMCrLz says:
Awesome light saber!
Oct 30, 2009. 2:22 PMkjbrasda says:
freakin awesome! good job!
Oct 26, 2009. 9:49 PMMadBricoleur says:
Bloomin splendid!!! that's crazy :)

The force with you, may it be. :D
Oct 25, 2009. 2:59 AMphilthyanimal says:
 can you send the image that you used?  i'd love to recreate it.  
Sep 26, 2010. 6:30 PMrebeljedi says:
The image I cropped from the Clone Wars poster can be downloaded here.
Oct 30, 2009. 3:39 PMMig Welder says:
COOL! I wish I had seen this before lol
Oct 26, 2009. 12:55 PMGuynamedthomas281 says:
freakin awesome job man, ill send you some pics of mine when im done
Oct 13, 2009. 6:03 PMSmalfrii says:
yay first coment!

Any ways... you could use the fake flickering tea lights their about $2.99 for 1

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