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HowTo: Pac-Man Pumpkins

Pac-Man and ghost characters made from painted pumpkins and other materials.

David Adams' Pac Man themed pumpkins are so cute, you're definitely going to want to preserve them as long as you can!

Pac-Man and ghost-themed pumpkins decorated for Halloween.

Specific instructions aren't included, but David has outlined his process and it's simple enough to emulate:

"Pac Man, ghosts, pellets, and cherries. The Pac Man and ghosts are carved from Sugar Pie pumpkins. The Pac Man was carved on it side so I could retain that round shape. The pellets are just small gourd pumkins turned on their sides. The cherries are made from two crab apples painted red and some 8 guage wire. The pumpkins are mounted on dowels on a board. I used flourescent acrylics to paint the pumkins so they would glow when lit with a black light. Paint was applied with a home-made airbrush made from a paint canister/pen/dust-off canister. For scale, the Pac Man is approx. 10 inches tall."

Pac-Man and ghost characters from the classic arcade game, with neon colors on a dark background.

For more general tips, check out Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories' similar project:

Creative fruit carvings resembling a ghost and a character with a mouth.

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