2007-10-22 10:11:14 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Halloween
Once you carve a pumpkin, there are lots of ways to preserve it.
• coat the inside in petroleum jelly
• spray the interior with WD-40
• refrigerate
• soak in water to rehydrate
Any of these methods work, but I prefer the WD-40.
2007-10-22 10:16:15 · answer #1 · answered by Amanda 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The best way to get it to last longer is when carving it, cut it open from the bottom instead of the top. This helps it last longer, becuase in mornings when the dew rises it can get to the pumpkin. When you cut the pumpkins open from the top moisture can not get to them that way.
2007-10-22 17:31:00 · answer #2 · answered by Joe M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Give your fairy Godmother a ten spot and request a more lenient curfew--- Just Kidding--A cool location with ventilation beneath, out of direct sunlight. If you live in a cool climate store outdoors on top of a crate. Refrigerate in a warmer climate if you have the room. Also the longer you wait to carve it the longer it will last.
2007-10-22 17:17:46 · answer #3 · answered by *ifthatswhatyoureinto* 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Refridgerate them when they aren't being displayed. You can also coat the cut edges with a thin layer of Vasoline. That keeps them moister a little bit longer. If they start to shrivel, you can put them face down in a sink of water for a few hours. That plumps them back up but it also causes them to rot a little sooner too. I usually save that for a last resort.
2007-10-22 17:20:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
after its carved and super clean inside and relatively dry put it in the refrigerator til you are ready to light it.the frig keeps it cool, crisp and helps it from caving in so fast.i carve our early halloween day, they put in frig til time to lite it then i can usually pop it back in frig and light it the next night or 2 becuz the kids love there pumpkins
2007-10-22 17:58:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wipe the inside out completely with bleach. This will keep it from becoming moldy.
Then coat the inside with vaseline or vegetable oil to keep it from drying out and shrinking.
Happy Halloween!!
2007-10-22 17:14:55 · answer #6 · answered by Scotty P 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What we do is once it is cut, we put it in the freezer until its time to put it outside halloween night..but we don't cut ours until halloween morning.
2007-10-22 17:14:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you just wait to carve it untill like a week before halloween
2007-10-22 17:14:44 · answer #8 · answered by craziicatgrl92 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spray it inside and out with polyurethane spray.(clear).
2007-10-22 17:16:47 · answer #9 · answered by claudiacake 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LMAO @ put it in the freezer and bronze it!! it porobaly would work tho
2007-10-22 17:15:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋