Creepy Skeleton Arms

• Create creepy skeleton arms that look like they are reaching up from beyond the grave. Find two pairs of pumpkins, one slightly smaller and one slightly taller. The taller pumpkin will serve as the arm while the smaller one will serve as the hand. Trim the stem down on the taller pumpkin so the smaller one can rest on top. Then carve a hole in the bottoms of both pumpkins and scoop out the innards. Return the cut pieces. Then carve a skeleton arm (printing out or drawing a black and white template can be helpful) on the bottom pumpkin and a skeleton hand on the top. Attach an adhesive putty to the top of the arm pumpkin's top and then rest the hand pumpkin on top. Be sure to put a couple tea lights inside so that the creepy skeleton pumpkins can glow.
  
  

White Skeleton

• Using a white pumpkin, cut the top off and remove the insides. Then use a marker to draw a skeleton face onto the pumpkin. Once you have drawn your design, cut out eye sockets and nostrils then a mouth by cutting a horizontal line below the nostrils. Cut slender triangular shapes above and below the mouth for the teeth.
  
  

Skull and Crossbones

• For an alternative to the traditional skeleton head on a pumpkin, try doing a skull and crossbones design on your pumpkin this year. This design is simple to do and can be done using markers, paints or carving the design into the pumpkin.
  
  

Spray Painted Pumpkin

• A painted pumpkin will last much longer than a carved one and is ultra kid-friendly when you use nontoxic paints. Cut out shapes for the skeleton eyes, nose and mouth from paper with an adhesive backing, then stick these shapes to the pumpkin where desired. Using your spray paint (black is an excellent choice for skeletons), spray the pumpkin with back and forth motions until the entire thing is covered. Remove the sticky shapes and voila, you have a simple spray painted pumpkin.