UNDERWATER pumpkin carving.

In this instructable i will show you how to carve a pumpkin underwater.  Although it seems like a simple task there are a few tricks to make it easier.

Step 1 What you will need

For carving a pumpkin underwater you will need:

- a pumpkin
- pen, or marker
- Knife or pumpkin carving kit
- 1-2 bricks or extra lead weights
- (optional) collection bag

and of course scuba gear, unless you can hold your breath for over 2 minutes.

I thought about using my dive knife but its not really suited for cutting out details or curves.

Comments

[HughGRection]

>mfw I saw the title.

[rybokc1]

As a child, each Halloween that passed I always thought to myself, how would I go about carving a pumpkin under water? I always knew you needed a knife and a pumkin but how would I be able to breathe underwater while carving? now that I read your post I figured out what I was missing...scuba gear! Thank you so much, I'm going to drag my young children to the ocean next halloween and carve pumpkins as a family under water together!

[happyjo]

WOW!

[ilpug]

WHY?

[sk8ter20art]

because i could. Im not the first person to do it either. It was also halloween day. would you carve a pumpkin in space if you had the chance?

[ilpug]

no. if im in space ive got better things to do.

[Ghost Wolf]

That is as crazy as my aunt trying to cook while standing on her head!

[Yerboogieman]

They had that up here in Washington, except they even had the gutting under the water.

[sk8ter20art]

i thought about gutting it underwater, but i was trying to make the underwater part quick since i only had 1000psi left and had never carved underwater before. Also I didnt want to make a huge mess.

[karteks]

Really cool post
I often wondered how this was done. Thanks I'm gonna try this right away.