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Tired of carving pumpkins? Have a large squirrel population in your neighborhood?
With a little guidance and a couple of days, they will do the job for you.
Required tools
Drill
1/8" or larger drill bit
smooth peanut butter
With a little guidance and a couple of days, they will do the job for you.
Required tools
Drill
1/8" or larger drill bit
smooth peanut butter
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The drilling process can be pretty rough as it is difficult to control the accuracy of the squirrel's gnawing.
Start with an uncut pumpkin. You do not need to open it up and scoop out the guts. The squirrels do that for you.
Using a drill on low speed to reduce spattering, start out by drilling holes where you want the final holes in the pumpkin to appear. As shown in the first picture, I have drilled 1 hole each for the eyes, nose and a line of holes for the mouth. Drill all the way through the pumpkin flesh.
Drill around these holes to make the openings bigger as shown in the 2nd and 3rd photos.
Start with an uncut pumpkin. You do not need to open it up and scoop out the guts. The squirrels do that for you.
Using a drill on low speed to reduce spattering, start out by drilling holes where you want the final holes in the pumpkin to appear. As shown in the first picture, I have drilled 1 hole each for the eyes, nose and a line of holes for the mouth. Drill all the way through the pumpkin flesh.
Drill around these holes to make the openings bigger as shown in the 2nd and 3rd photos.
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haha
I love the idea, It would be fun to leave out a few and see how many different faces you can get, maybe even get some mice eating them too!
Then take the pumpkins and light them up at Halloween, maybe even throw in some of these and one of these for good measure