These frightened pals are enduring some unwelcome midnight callers. While plastic spiders skitter-scatter over one, a mouthful of slithering snakes gives the other eyes as large as, well, pumpkins.

Materials

• FOR SURPRISED JACK-O'-LANTERN:
• 1 large pumpkin
• 2 white mini pumpkins
• Carving tools
• Toothpicks
• Plastic snakes

• FOR WORRIED JACK-O'-LANTERN:
• 1 large pumpkin
• Carving tools
• Toothpick
• Plastic spiders

Instructions

1. For surprised jack-o'-lantern: Carve a surprised pumpkin as shown.

2. Secure white mini pumpkins in the eyeholes with toothpicks.

3. Place 6 to 10 plastic snakes in the mouth.

4. For worried jack-o'-lantern: Carve a worried pumpkin as shown.

5. Poke holes in the pumpkin with a toothpick and insert a spider's leg in each hole.

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