For someone who is new to the game, you did an amazing job with what you had to go with! Don't discourage yourself. However. Foam (for this design) may be the best route due to the lack of support in the areas with branches. This is no easy pattern by any means. And you did a phenomenal job with wh...

thanks for the feedback. Dont know if I would ever want to do a foam pumpkin, kind of like the real ones. Yeah I thought the small parts would be easier, as i seen lots of others do just fine, but also why I didn't even attempt the grass. I had a much better similar picture I watned to do, but I can...

You could reserve those types of patterns (with thin, dangling pieces) for carving on foam pumpkins, which don't shrivel up. For real pumpkins, you might stick to patterns where the designer kept the structural supports in mind, and didn't design too many thin lines or hanging bits. 8) is that how ...

I tried carving my first pumpkin but have a few questions on how to deal with some things I ran into. first..how do you deal with the parts that hang off after your carving (visable in pic 3) Also..I had a lot of issues carving slim areas without them just falling. 2. It shriveled up in less than a ...