HOW TO PRESERVE PUMPKINS?

XELIN · Post by **XELIN** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 9:32 am

HELLO! I NEED YOUR HELP. DOES ANUBODY KNOW HOW TO PRESERVE PUMPKINS? I WANT TO MAKE JACK' O LANTERNS FOR HALLOWEEN AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PRESERVE THEM AVOIDING THEIR PUTREFACTION AND HORRIBLE SMELLS IN ORDER TO KEEP THEM FOR NEXT YEARS. IS IT POSSIBLE?
MANY THANKS IN ADVANCE
RAQUEL

Lorikeet · Post by **Lorikeet** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 3:35 pm

Uh...I have never *ever* heard of someone saving a jack o'lantern for the next year. You cut it, use it, look at it, and when it starts to get moldy, you throw it away.

Sally Olsen · Post by **Sally Olsen** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 9:12 pm

Make the pumpkins from foam or paper mache? St. Michael's stocks foam pumpkins that you can carve just like a regular one. The cutest things this season is to put a little scene inside with small models of cats, bats, ghosts, witches with cauldrons and all is illuminated with small flashlights instead of candles for safety.