Introduction: Puking Pumpkin
Tired of those same old pumpkin carvings year after year? Try something new this Halloween with the puking pumpkin! It's simple, only takes a few minutes to pull off, and is just as fun and entertaining for kids as it is for adults.
The phobia name for the fear of puking is emetophobia. You know you've found a good pumpkin carving theme when it has its own official medical terminology and self help website - http://fearofvomiting.com/!
If one puking pumpkin isn't enough for you, check out Schooniedude's How to Make an Awesome Pumpkin Instructable.
Step 1: Materials
- a pumpkin or two
- a permanent marker
- various sharp small knives (I'm using a Stanley utility hack saw in some of the photos)
- a spoon
- a bowl
Step 2: Draw a Scary Puke Face
The puking pumpkin starts just like all other pumpkin carving adventures begin - by grabbing a marker and sketching out an outline to follow when it comes time to cut out the design.
Try to imagine that face that you make while you're vomiting, then, try to draw that face on the pumpkin.
Step 3: Pop the Top
Use a sharp knife to carefully remove the top of the pumpkin. If possible, try to cut on a slight angle so that the top fits back inside like a wedge or cork and doesn't fall in.
This will likely happen on its own, even if you're not trying, and if you've ever carved a pumpkin before, you'll know exactly what I'm talking about.
Step 4: Scoop the Puke...
...I mean pumpkin. No, the puking pumpkin doesn't use real vomit, although, it could if you have access to some and want to up the anti a bit.
Instead, you can use the stringy bits and seeds that you scrape out from the inside. They're pretty wet and unruly on their own, and when you arrange them shooting out of the pumpkin's gaping mouth, they can really look like pumpkin puke.
Step 5: Cut on the Line
The next step is to use a variety of small sharp knives to cut along the marker line that you drew and remove chunks of your pumpkin. Be careful in this step - who knows how much blood has been lost do to wayward pumpkin carving knives.
I carved my pumpkin using both a small paring knife, and a hand held hack saw made by Stanley. The hack saw works surprisingly well for gentle curves and straightaways.
Step 6: Arrange the Vomit
Reach into that big bowl of pumpkin bits that you scooped out earlier and pick out the longest stringiest parts. Take a big handful of them and shove them into the pumpkin leaving a good amount of them hanging out of the pumpkin's mouth. Arrange it to look as much like vomit as possible.
Step 7: Place Strategically
- by a bottle of alcohol
- next to a trash can
- in a hospital
- outside a bar
- in an alley
- by a rotting fish
- looking at another pumpkin, that happens to be puking
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23 Comments
7 years ago
I love it!! My daughter is carving her own puking pumpkin right now. Even out here in the sticks we r going to show Halloween fun!
10 years ago on Introduction
XD i did a similar thing with tangerines XD
heres the link to it:
http://robin1992.deviantart.com/gallery/33567831#/d4f1uys
10 years ago on Step 7
awesome. Dude it looks so real! i have 2 days to get a pumpkin and do this.
11 years ago on Introduction
lol !
11 years ago on Introduction
Gonna see if I can make this for my sister. She loves strange halloween decorations, this'll be nice for her! :D
5*
11 years ago on Introduction
I remember this from last year, but I didn't comment.
My school is having a pumpkin carving contest this year, and this is sure to win.
Great 'ible, 5 stars.
11 years ago on Introduction
Alas, even our pumpkin friends end up having a bit too much candy on Halloween night.
11 years ago on Introduction
Wow! im suprised this instructable doesnt have more comments. anyway, very good job on this, im going to use this for 1 of my pumpkins this year. the face u made is also really good, and i wouldnt change it to anything else. 5*
12 years ago on Introduction
That reminds me of the time..never mind yall get the picture.
12 years ago on Step 7
that's the most awesome thing i've seen today.
12 years ago on Introduction
You can kick up the vomit a notch by adding some peas, corn, different colored dried beans, etc. rocklocker
12 years ago on Introduction
ive done this 2 times now
the one puking in the cup was from 08 the one puking on the other ones head is this years
12 years ago on Introduction
What's the shelf life of that thang after you pop open the top? Does it need to be refrigerated after opening?
We had a composting mess one year when it was still really humid in the house and the jack-o-lantern never really dried out.
Reply 12 years ago on Introduction
The shelf life would probably depend on what the relative humidity was. It would probably last longer in New Orleans than it would in Tucson. I just wouldn't want that to be sitting in the bathroom toilet, though. If someone was already feeling woozy, that could push them over the edge.
12 years ago on Introduction
lol, i did this last year and put it on my front step with an empty 40 of smirnof beside it!!!
12 years ago on Introduction
I did something similar to this one year.
12 years ago on Introduction
I like it's face :P
The picture in step 3 reminds me of biology class today... But it was a deer instead of a pumpkin...
12 years ago on Introduction
Ummmm...sad to say, you were not the first (by 5 whole days).
Oh well, your prize is a smile and a handshake, thanks for playing our game...
Reply 12 years ago on Introduction
This idea has been around for years, or did you mean the first on Instructables?
Reply 12 years ago on Introduction
I meant the first on Instructables, but I totally missed that boat too! Sorry for my false claims...I'll update the Instructable appropriately now.