Pumpkin skull

Pumpkin skull
I've never thought of myself as a very good pumpkin carver so this little project requires little skill but gives a nice end result. LEDs make clear marbles glow in the sockets of an anatomical human skull embedded in the guts of a pumpkin.

Any mention of this project must provide a link to www.zieak.com with credit to Ryan McFarland.

 
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Step 1Materials and tools

Materials and tools
Gather the materials you'll need:

A rather large pumpkin
An anatomical skull
A battery powered string of LEDs or some other light source
2 large clear glass marbles
Batteries
Hot glue gun and glue
Drill and bits
Carving tools - knife and spoon
Toothpicks

I purchased the skull on Ebay last year in a lot of three seconds.
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9 comments
Sep 3, 2010. 10:09 AMrredmon says:
i enjoy the simplicity of this project...i tend to not think outside the box enough when it comes to doing things. end up spending a lot more time and money than I should...not to mention the aggravation of searching for materials.
Jul 25, 2010. 12:24 PMriverreaper says:
its Kenny !
Oct 28, 2008. 9:18 AMgn0stik says:
So what, now we're claiming IP on projects? Nice project, but.... whatever.
Oct 29, 2008. 8:33 AMgn0stik says:
Just seems to go against the spirit of the site, that's all. Besides, I know that if I had aspirations to make money off of an idea, I wouldn't post a how-to here. I wonder if patent researchers check for prior art here. Interesting.
Sep 24, 2008. 3:47 PMparsephoni says:
Bravo! That is so creepy!
Sep 21, 2008. 1:13 PMdeer-slayer51 says:
awesome and DEFINITLY different.
Feb 12, 2008. 3:25 PMredfangratthing says:
lol this is really cool I like how the eyes look, and I like the pumpkin innards on the face it makes it look cool great job! :D
Nov 5, 2007. 6:30 AMJerBear says:
awesome!

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I like making things out of items that would have otherwise been discarded. Check out my other projects! Now a PE teacher in Mongolia! I don't have much time or even the resources to make much any m...
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