Every year we get a pumpkin or two and have great plans of what we are going to carve into it.
Every year George get’s bored after about 10 minutes of seed scooping and goes off to do something else. I end up standing in the kitchen with pumpkin goo up my sleeves wondering why I bother.
So last year when he wandered off mid scoop I decided to use a hammer to crack the nut….or should I say drill to carve the pumpkin.
I used Ed’s cordless drill fitted with a 1/2″ auger bit* and set about a bit of drilling. It is surprisingly satisfying drilling a pumpkin. Nearly as good as writing on a banana skin with a biro, but not quite.
*I just had to ring Ed to ask him which drill bit I used. I am still a ‘bit’ of a girl.
So there it is…
…a quick pumpkin; no children required.
(Except for when I made him run behind it with his spinny light thing to make this slow shutter release photo look cool)
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Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide
October 2, 2011
That is too cool and proof that any project can be made better with power drills.
chickenfog
October 2, 2011
I’m getting a ton of pumpkins and borrowing my husband’s drill. Life IS sexier w/ power tools.
Kitt
October 2, 2011
Clever! We have extra pumpkins this year, so I’ll have to try this. I put strings of Christmas lights in mine instead of a candle. Less worry.
Pascale
October 3, 2011
Claire, I LOVE this pumpkin! Forgive me, but I am going to have to steal your idea for my pumpkin this year. So simple, so creative. And the photo is fab too. Px
thingswemake.co.uk
October 3, 2011
Thanks! I think it would look good with more holes, different sizes or patterns too. I saw one drilled and painted white in a photo last year too. Looked beautiful.
marleyterrier
October 31, 2011
Nuffing here for dogs *sad face*