If you’ve procrastinated pumpkin carving, Grandma Babs has your back to make the job quicker and easier.
Barbara “Babs” Costello, the Internet’s grandmother, shares hacks to make the job faster and easier in a new video. Here are her best pumpkin carving pointers:
- Give the pumpkin a seat … on your lap – Babs says you’ll have a much easier time cutting, drawing and carving your pumpkin when it’s steady on your lap, rather than on top of a table with you standing over it.
- Trace your design first – Pro pumpkin carvers swear by this, but Babs kicks it up a notch by using a red dry erase marker to draw the design on. She explains that you can get rid of the lines afterwards and that anything that doesn’t wipe off will blend in better than a black marker or pencil would.
- Go from the bottom up – Most of us cut a hole at the top, where the stem is, but Babs recommends cutting a wider hole at the bottom of the pumpkin instead. “That way you have the stem to hold onto and you can easily slip the pumpkin right over a candle or flashlight,” she explains.*THIS IS THE TIP THAT HAS THE INTERNET LOSING ITS MIND*
- Get rid of pumpkin guts quicker – Find your old hand mixer. Crank it up and let those spinning beaters go to work loosening up all the strings, seeds and pumpkin goo. Your hands stay fairly clean and you save loads of time. Babs says, “It literally cuts the job in half.”
- Cut it out – If you’re spooked by using a knife to cut your design out, this grandma suggests using cookie cutters and a soft-headed mallet hammer to bust out the shapes.
- Glossify your pumpkin in Vaseline – Babs gives her jack-o-lanterns a once-over using Vaseline to cover the open and cut parts. This will keep it moist and help it last for a week or two, Babs says.
- Spice it up – This pumpkin pro’s last tip is to sprinkle a little cinnamon inside the pumpkin “for a festive pumpkin spice smell when a candle is lit inside.”
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Source: Hello Giggles