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Cannibal Pumpkin: A Halloween How-To
Story by katiearms
Published on October 29, 2008 in How-To 		Photo by

Tom Nardone

Halloween is day after tomorrow — you better get carving! Not enough gruesome pumpkin eye candy for your Halloween baskets? Not to worry! Tom Nardone, crafty author of Extreme Pumpkins has a few more tricks (and treats) up his sleeve.

Life requires bravery; if you're timid, the cannibals will eat you for sure. To illustrate this point, each year I buy a giant pumpkin and feed other pumpkins to it. A ruthless jack-o'-lantern munching on the flesh of its own kind really frightens all the sweater-vest types. Here's how you can scare your neighbors, too. You can follow along below or download the pdf file here.

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Tom with a few of his pumpkin pals.

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Get inspired to get extreme! Buy the book here.

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And his other book here!

Pumpkin season is popular here on Etsy. Don't forget to taste the Flavors of Fall, or bask in autumns favorite color, Orange, Beautiful Orange.  Did Halloween sneak up on you this year? There's still time to put together a killer costume! Oh, and don't worry about what to bring to that party on Friday, we've got some spooky cupcakes that are sure to cause a scream or two.

More pumpkin treasures can be found in the related items below. Seach Etsy for all types of handmade pumpkin items!

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Oct. 29, 2008 at 7:20 p.m. thesocialcellar

WOW! That's genius! I cant believe I haven't started carving mine yet! Thanks for the idea :)

Oct. 29, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. JustFeltHungry

Wonderful ideas, thanks!

Oct. 29, 2008 at 7:35 p.m. MariesVintage

I love it! Off to the grocery to find a mini pumpkin...

Oct. 29, 2008 at 7:40 p.m. niajane

Oh wow- this guy's a GENIUS!!!

Oct. 29, 2008 at 7:54 p.m. EllaBearBowtique

So cool! We're definately doing this tomorrow.

Oct. 29, 2008 at 8:12 p.m. DazzleDott

Awesome! I'm going to store to pick up a pumpkin right now!

Oct. 29, 2008 at 8:13 p.m. 2gorditas

Cool! I need a tiny pumpkin!!

Oct. 29, 2008 at 8:15 p.m. GemsandDolls

So cool!

Oct. 29, 2008 at 9 p.m. cuddlyme

i like the pumpkins, it's awesome.

Oct. 29, 2008 at 9:18 p.m. livefunky

I love it! Great idea!

Oct. 29, 2008 at 9:22 p.m. NicoAndMooMoo

ahahahah
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funny!

Oct. 29, 2008 at 9:37 p.m. BrazanDesign

I LOVE this! Can't wait to show my son :)

Oct. 29, 2008 at 9:49 p.m. FishBulb500

Hey, we just finished carving a pumpkin from one of his books! We have both of his books and besides the excellent designs, he also has a lot of good advice and funny commentary. I highly recommend the books. The designs are easy enough and funny.

Oct. 29, 2008 at 10:05 p.m. jelene

cool... saw this done several years back... would be hilarious next to the throw up pumpkin

Oct. 29, 2008 at 10:08 p.m. florigander

This is so cool!

Oct. 29, 2008 at 10:09 p.m. PenguinsPlunder

hahh that is so awesome! Thanks!

Oct. 29, 2008 at 10:31 p.m. Corpseknit

I'll be carving my pumpkin tomorrow- thank you for the inspiration!

Oct. 29, 2008 at 10:56 p.m. MommySaidSew

I actually saw one of those cannibal pumpkins on a front stoop right here in Chicago! I was pretty scared.

Oct. 29, 2008 at 11:21 p.m. time2cre8

I love those pumpkins!!!

And thanks so much for including Smilin' Jack in the collection of pumpkin things on Etsy.

:-)

Oct. 29, 2008 at 11:40 p.m. marytofts

we LOVE it!

so ingenious...thanks for posting!

xo,
M.T.'s

Oct. 29, 2008 at 11:42 p.m. cravejewelrydesign

LOVE IT!! :)

Oct. 30, 2008 at 12:27 a.m. CraftZany

Oh that is funny! My neighbors have a pumpkin man that is mooning you. His butt cheeks are two pumpkins. It makes me smile everyday!

Oct. 30, 2008 at 12:35 a.m. themermaidsbraid

We're thinking of doing a cross or a Jesus fish carving this year as a symbol of our faith...but this is hilarious. I've seen it done one other time!

Oct. 30, 2008 at 12:55 a.m. belaluna

So great, I passed on the link to a bunch of friends!

Oct. 30, 2008 at 1:16 a.m. Yokoo

Aww, what a very nice surprise.
I love all of it! What a cute Elf hat too!

Oct. 30, 2008 at 1:38 a.m. surly

That is seriously the coolest pumpkin I have ever seen! AWESOME!!!

Oct. 30, 2008 at 1:57 a.m. Touch2112

That is hilarious, I love it!

Oct. 30, 2008 at 2:17 a.m. bigbangzola

I like it!!

Oct. 30, 2008 at 3:39 a.m. happilyeverartist

So love this!!

Oct. 30, 2008 at 7:04 a.m. hellome

This is great! I wonder if you could do the same with a small sugar pumpkin and a not as big pumpkin? Also, be sure to google "recycle pumpkin" if you are carving your own. No sense adding all that great pumpkin to the landfill if you don't have to!

Oct. 30, 2008 at 7:54 a.m. walkinthewoodsllc

Fun!!

Oct. 30, 2008 at 8:29 a.m. TheCottageCheese

I live in a very conservative neighborhood. The cannibal pumpkin should shake things up a bit. So creative!

Oct. 30, 2008 at 10:52 a.m. hautecountryvintage

awesome, the cannibal pumpkin is outta this world!!

Oct. 30, 2008 at 10:53 a.m. Rose442

Halloween is my favorite holiday! Pumpkins are fun,we live
in the woods so birds and animals like to eat them too!

Oct. 30, 2008 at 11:15 a.m. handprintlady

This guy has a really funny website too at extremepumpkins. You gotta watch the video.

Oct. 30, 2008 at 11:59 a.m. serahs

I love to see pumpkin carvings. Too bad I'm no good at them though.

Oct. 30, 2008 at 12:22 p.m. laralewis

i really enjoyed this article. thanks, etsy!!

Oct. 31, 2008 at 5:05 a.m. pixiepotions

Ha! I love this!

Oct. 31, 2008 at 9:01 a.m. bittersweetdesign

Oh my gosh - I love the cannibal pumpkin - HOWEVER _ don't throw that guy away - He would make awesome compost or if you know someone who has chickens - they would love you forever if you gave them 100 pounds of pumpkin!

Oct. 31, 2008 at 10:45 a.m. ribbonwands

Crazy cool!

Oct. 31, 2008 at 12:25 p.m. minniesheart

Great pumpkin carver... I heard there's a world record for it and my son is practicing to beat it. LOL

Oct. 31, 2008 at 1:10 p.m. raspberryvix

That is so awesome.

Oct. 31, 2008 at 3:31 p.m. WoodlandCottage

GROSSSSSS!!! Cannibal pumpkins! Pumpkin guts everywhere! Ewww! I can't wait to carve one for myself! I'm so sad Halloween comes but once a year...

Nov. 5, 2008 at 8:06 a.m. LOVspecialties

Disturbing, I Love it.

Nov. 18, 2008 at 7:28 p.m. HModine

HA!! I wish every day was Halloween.....Thanks for the great How To!

Aug. 4, 2009 at 4:29 p.m. Warmth

I looked and looked and LOOKED...but no Mice with Pumpkins...

Sept. 23, 2009 at 2:54 a.m. Myfathersgifts

I shared it with all my family at facebook! They will love this! My kids will flip over this one!

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