![]() ![]() The two carved funkins were carved with a handy dremmel. This is the other side with funkins and a large metal spider. This is the finished porch with all it's Halloween and fall decorations. I used a chalk paint marker to draw a giant spider web and put a black sticky spider on it. Though the porch was looking great, I decided it needed something on the window. The back has a a flower with vines that wrap around the sides. I used a combination of wood carving tools and a pumpkin carving saw to make this design. Since I've been very inspired by Sugar Skulls and Dia de los Muertos art, I decided my pumpkin needed to express my art inspiration as well. It's now sitting on the inside of my porch wreath. I painted a flower and vine design on it. I took a picture of her goofiness and then took them out to paint. She wedged these eyeball bouncy balls into the eye sockets. While I was getting my supplies together to paint a design on it, my daughter decided it needed some eyeballs. I tried to paint a crackle technique on it, but failed at that, therefor I was left with a plain white base. Oddly it fit my daughter, which was cool, but creepy. I already had a blank brown skull mask that I had purchased at a local craft store. It looked beautiful, but it needed something else.so I made a mask for it. Since it's October and Halloween is soon, I put small black spiders among the flowers. After I hung it, I wrapped black leaf garland around the outside of it. I made a fall wreath for my front porch with purple, red and orange flowers. I wanted to make something still complicated looking, yet with a delicate beauty. All the other skulls I drew were front views, therefor a side view would be different. Color along with this Day of the Dead drawings tutorial.I had 1 last blank canvas sitting around and decided to try to make a more anatomical skull.Create your own Day of the Dead flowers.Make a Day of the Dead mask from paper with this template.How to make papel picado for Day of the Dead traditions.Barbie lovers! There’s a new Barbie Day of the Dead and it’s so beautiful!.Kids will love coloring these sugar skull coloring pages!.Check out our entire Day of the Dead Activities Pack, available on Etsy! More Day of the Dead Decorations and Ideas These Jack-O-Lanterns are a great decoration to keep outside on the porch or on the window sill. Instead of using a candle, you can try illuminating your pumpkin with an LED tea light.We love this pumpkin carving kit that has everything you might need. Using the right tools for pumpkin carving can make things safer as well.Depending on the age of your kids, you may want to let the adults carve the pumpkin pattern and have the kids pull out the pumpkin seeds, that way everyone is involved and safe! ![]() Check out our tips for how to carve a pumpkin with kids.If you choose a small pumpkin, you may need to zoom out the design before printing the pdf. Pick the right pumpkin (find one that has smooth skin!), print our sugar skull stencil, get your carving tools and you’re all ready for family-friendly fun! If you choose larger pumpkins, then zoom in the pumpkin template before you print. ![]() To make the perfect jack-o-lantern, we have the following recommendations:
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