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The Ultimate Book on
Pumpkin Carving

How Any Kid Can Carve Incredible Pumpkins

Everything you need to know. 64 chapters covering every technique, every tool, nine carving styles. Written by someone who has carved pumpkin portraits for over 30 years and taught 500+ kids. Free, forever.

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What’s inside

64 chapters across 10 parts

This isn’t a pamphlet. It covers everything from choosing your perfect pumpkin to photographing your finished carving, even getting your pumpkin in the news.

Part 1

Introduction

How to use this book
Quick history of pumpkin carving
Anyone can do this

Part 2

Carving styles

Nine carving styles explained
From Basic Shapes to Sculpting
Choosing the right style

Part 3

Who’s carving?

Best styles by age — 5+
Best styles by age — 8+
Best styles by age — 10+
Best styles by age — 12+

Part 4

Tools & safety

Carving safety
Carving tools
Other tools and supplies

Part 5

The pumpkin

Picking the perfect pumpkin
Supermarket vs pumpkin farm
Giant and foam pumpkins
Getting it ready to carve

Part 6

The stencil

Finding a stencil
Drawing your own
Making one with Pumpkin Studio
Making your stencil fit

Part 7

Carving

What order to carve
Attaching the stencil
Sawing, scraping, sculpting
Fixing mistakes

Part 8

After carving

Keeping your pumpkin fresh
The Vaseline method
The bleach and water method
Lighting your pumpkin

Part 9

Display & sharing

Indoor vs outdoor display
Pumpkin photography
How to get your pumpkin on the news

Part 10

Extras

Roasting pumpkin seeds
Watermelon carving
Quick reference guide
Full tools & supplies list

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About the author

Jeremy Burghall

Jeremy has been carving pumpkin portraits for over 30 years, since he was ten years old. It started with the ending credits of a Halloween episode of Roseanne — portraits of the cast carved into pumpkins. He thought, I want to try that. And that was it.

Year after year, hundreds of trick-or-treaters stopped to admire his carvings. His pumpkins have been featured on CBC, CTV, Global, Citytv, Breakfast Television, and The Vancouver Sun.

He has taught hundreds of kids across Greater Vancouver, from elementary to high school, and organized large-scale displays through the Burnaby Halloween Festival — hundreds of pumpkins carved by the students themselves.

In 2006 he co-created Pumpkinshop, one of the first programs for converting photos into pumpkin carving stencils. Twenty years later, he rebuilt that vision as Pumpkin Studio.

30+ Years carving

500+ Kids taught

20+ Portraits in one night

64 Chapters written

Featured on CBC CTV Global Citytv Breakfast Television The Vancouver Sun

From the classroom

What kids say after their first carving

“I enjoyed making Cookie Monster come to life.”

Sam, age 11

“At first I wasn’t sure about the carving because we were doing a face, but it turned out way better than I thought.”

Alex, age 15

“Making the stencil was my favorite part.”

Jordan, age 14

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