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How to make Halloween jack-o-lanterns with scary teeth

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How scary and realistic do faces look when you give them big teeth? YouTuber DaveHax demonstrates five pumpkin carving techniques for making your own scary and surprising Halloween Jack-o’-lanterns, including how to:

  • Make pumpkin teeth and pumpkin fangs
  • Carve out eyes
  • Drill holes for a pumpkin mirror ball lantern
  • Carve a stem-nosed pumpkin
  • Make light-up ping pong ball pumpkins with LED lights
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Related watching: Ray Villafane turns pumpkins into artfully carved Jack-o’-lanterns and DaveHax’s How to Make Heart-Shaped Eggs.

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