At my place of work, we had to carve a pumpkin – and we decided to do a Tinkerbell pumpkin! I’m super pleased with how it came out, and I wanted to share with you just how we did it. We followed some of the instructions from this website, which I highly recommend you check out.
One of the coolest elements of this TInkerbell pumpkin is the pixie dust trail! I love how this looks and it was actually a little bit easier than you might think. It does involve using a drill, so this one is for parents, but once you get started you can create some beautiful designs!
Materials
Here’s what we used:
- Pumpkin
- Carving tools/knife
- Tinkerbell outline
- drill
Directions:
1. The very first thing we did was trace Tinkerbell onto the pumpkin. We got the silhouette from the website mentioned above, but because of the size of our pumpkin we had to enlarge it on a photocopy machine. I actually just put the paper right onto the pumpkin and pressed hard with a pen to get the outline. Then I went over it with a pencil just to make sure I had all of the details.
2. Next was hollowing out the pumpkin. If you’ve ever carved a pumpkin before you should know how to do this step! Cut the top off and scoop out the insides.
3. Carve the Tinkerbell outline. We got mini carving tools from a place like Target that are specifically for pumpkins. The “detail saw” that they included was the one I used the most, since there were a lot of small curves and areas.
4. Add Pixie Dust. This was done with a drill. We used two different sized drill bits to make the holes. We also drew an outline of where we wanted the trail of pixie dust to go, and then we kind of just filled in that area with various sized dots!
5. Add a light and enjoy! This pumpkin looks really awesome when it’s all lit up.
Other blog posts of interest:
Painting Disney pumpkins
Orange bird pumpkin
Disney fall bucket list
10 Disney Halloween decorations to make
DIY Fall Mickey wreath
Have you tried carving a Tinkerbell pumpkin? What design will you put on your pumpkin this year?
I have wanted to do this, but I’ve always been afraid it would come out a Pinterest Fail. Glad to see someone was able to replicate it!
It was easier than it looks!
That is good to know! I may have to give it a try next year.
We definitely knocked this one out of the park!