{Tutorial: Jack-o-Lantern Porch Lights}

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I was wanting a simple, clean and *very* cheap Halloween decoration because our house was pretty much the only one on the street that wasn’t decorated.  I guess they forgot to send me the memo!  While I wanted to participate in the fun, I didn’t want to spend anything to do it. 

Materials:

• existing porch light
• Trick-o-Treat pumpkin (steal it from your kid, or go spend $0.99 at Target
• Tinsnips or other really sturdy sharp cutters

Directions:

1.)  Take your pumpkin and snip off the handle

2.)  Carefully cut down the middle-back of the pumpkin.  The edges can get rough, so be careful.

3.)  Now it’s time to remove the bottom of the bucket.  Carefully cut around the lip that is the base and remove it.  After the first pumpkin, we found it easier to cut all the way across the bottom so you can really stretch it out and cut the base out.  (here is where I realized that I wanted help.  It’s easy, but I am a ‘fraid-y-cat with big scissors and forcing things – so I enlisted the help from the super handsome and pumpkin-y Xiris)

4.)  The end result:

5.)  Carefully stretch the  pumpkin around your existing porchlight.

6.) Wait for the sun to fall and enjoy your cheap-ass decoration!