Insanely Awesome And Intricate Pumpkin Carvings:

Click For Ray Villafanes Carvings

From his site:

"If you have yet to try and carve a pumpkin in a 3-D manner you need to. Its fun and everybody enjoys a cool pumpkin. Unfortunately they begin to rot less than a week after carving so be sure to take plenty of pictures. You can experiment with ways of preserving them but I find nothing works better than a nice photo. Some chefs that I have carved for put lemon juice on the faces to help slow down the natural molding process that will occur.

Picking out the right pumpkin is very important. You need a pumpkin with a thick wall. To get this kind you will have to choose one that is very heavy for its size. Also avoid perfectly round pumpkins and opt for ones that have a protruding ridge that sticks out on one side. These shapes make nice faces as you could imagine how difficult it would be to carve a 3-D face onto a shallow flat surface."

Monster Band Tiki Mugs:

Just in time for Halloween!
We've been having a GHOULISH time here at Tiki Farm, working with our friends over at Fender to bring you our long anticipated release of... "Rigor Morty & the Dirt Nappers"! The band features head man "Rigor Morty" and his band mates "Rob DeGraves", "Shrunken Ed" and "Marcus Carcass".


Click For Rigor Marty and the Dirt Nappers!

Make Canned Monstrosities:

Round out your mad-science lab or witch's larder with just a few dollars and a little imagination:

"The above items were made for only a couple dollars each! It's easy if you have a few things around the house and a dollar store nearby. You just need a little imagination and an eye for mixing and matching. Who needs off-the-shelf seasonal Halloween decorations when you can make your own in an afternoon for a fraction of the price and get ten times the quality - not to mention something wholly unique?"
LINK For Halloween Projects

Pumkin Skull Carving Templates:

Posted by Cory Doctorow,


For your elaborate carving pleasure, these pumpkin skull templates to print and slice.

LINK

Halloween Mugshot mask: U.S. Senator Larry Craig

Posted by Xeni Jardin, boing boing

Make your very own U.S. Senator Larry Craig Paper Bag Mask this Halloween, and scare the bejeebus out of all those you encounter in the men's room. "For the back of the mask there's an official U.S. Senate Seal to let others know who you are, and that you are here to stay."
Downloadable paper bag mugshot costume offered as a PDF by Ethan
Persoff and Scott Marshall. LINK

Vampire Cupcakes That Bleed:

Posted by Cory Doctorow, boing boing

Claire sez, "Maybe I've seen one too many horror movies already this year, but I'm totally into the idea of a Halloween cupcake that bleeds when you bite into it. Especially since they bleed cherry filling (actual blood would probably put me right off cupcakes)."

I baked my cupcakes, used the cupcake-filling technique I used on my devil's food cupcakes to fill the cakes up with pureed cherry pie filling (canned or homemade) and topped them off with white icing to best accentuate the red bite marks. I made the marks using a skewer dipped in leftover cherry filling, making sure to leave a clear impression of a fang bite, rather than just a red streak on top of the cake.

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How To Make Witches Jars for Halloween:

Cory Doctorow, boingboing


It's a little early to be getting ready for Halloween, but I really enjoyed this tutorial on making "witches' jars" for your Halloween decor. They'd work just as well on the back shelf of your rec-room bar, after all.
LINK
(via Neatorama)