{"id":1547,"date":"2009-10-01T07:00:47","date_gmt":"2009-10-01T07:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/diy-building\/diy-advice\/how-to-carve-your-halloween-pumpkin-with-dremel"},"modified":"2009-10-01T07:01:55","modified_gmt":"2009-10-01T07:01:55","slug":"how-to-carve-your-halloween-pumpkin-with-dremel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/diy-building\/diy-advice\/how-to-carve-your-halloween-pumpkin-with-dremel\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Carve Your Halloween Pumpkin with Dremel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/images\/dremel\/pumpkin.jpg\" alt=\" How to Carve Your Halloween Pumkin with Dremel \" class=\"right\" \/>Carved pumpkins and gourds are wonderful ways to mark the festival of Halloween, which falls on Saturday 31 October; lit up at night either inside or outside your home, they&#8217;ll frighten away the ghosts and skeletons!<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s really easy to carve your own Halloween pumpkins and ward off the evil spirits with the Dremel 300 multi-tool &#8211; just follow this step-by-step guide:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Step One &#8211; Using a pencil, draw your design onto the pumpkin, pressing lightly at first until you are happy with the design and then go over the lines to clearly define them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Step &#8211; Two Using a Dremel 300 multi-tool and high speed cutter accessory, cut around the top of the pumpkin to form a lid. Set to one side. Scoop out the seeds and some of the flesh of the pumpkin with a spoon, making sure that you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t puncture the skin.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Step Three &#8211; Cut out the shapes carefully using the Dremel; work into the corners and curves cautiously to ensure a neat finish.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Step Four &#8211; Put a candle or nightlight inside the pumpkin and light it to finish.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Materials required : Dremel 300 Series multi-tool and high speed cutter accessory (193).Selection of pumpkins, squash and gourds; Pencil; Candle or nightlight.<\/p>\n<p>The Dremel 300 series Hobby kit contains the world&#8217;s most popular multi-tool, plus 25 accessories including the high speed cutter.<br \/>\nThis unique tool is perfect for any creative project requiring carving, sanding, cutting or polishing.<\/p>\n<p>Available from DIY stores and online. Priced around \u00c2\u00a344.99.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Dremel&#8217;s range of products, visit their website:<\/p>\n<p>Web: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dremel.co.uk\" title=\"Dremel website\">http:\/\/www.dremel.co.uk-<\/a> where step by step photography is also available for making Halloween masks, candles and \u00e2\u20ac\u02dceye ball\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 candles.<br \/>\nTel: 0844 736 0107<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carved pumpkins and gourds are wonderful ways to mark the festival of Halloween, which falls on Saturday 31 October; lit up at night either inside or outside your home, they&#8217;ll frighten away the ghosts and skeletons! It&#8217;s really easy to carve your own Halloween pumpkins and ward off the evil spirits with the Dremel 300 multi-tool &#8211; just follow this step-by-step guide: Step One &#8211; Using a pencil, draw your design onto the pumpkin, pressing lightly at first until you are happy with the design and then go over the lines to clearly define them. Step &#8211; Two Using a &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/diy-building\/diy-advice\/how-to-carve-your-halloween-pumpkin-with-dremel\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[296],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1547"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1547\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}