HOW TO Build Wooden Jack-O-Lanterns with basic tools? 🎃🎃 Beginner Project!

[@Wordsnwood]

NEVER have to deal with scooping pumpkin guts again! I was inspired by a few other woodworkers to make us some simple wooden jack-o-lanterns. Our kids are now grown, so they no longer are interested in carving pumpkins, but we still like to have some displays up for trick-or-treat'ing. I wanted to keep things simple so I tried to just use three simple tools: a Drill, a Jigsaw, and a small Circular saw. I did cheat and use an air nailer as well, but you can assemble all the parts using a hammer and nails. For wood, I just used some (cedar) fence boards from the home centre. If you want a rustic look, you could cut up a pallet, or find some old barn boards or similar. Finally, I wanted to paint mine, since real pumpkins are orange. I got some great ideas from these two videos. They are definitely worth a look: Bruce Ulrich: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmS9lmawidxpeLc Doug Linker: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJqQeKR4lKybmtk YOUR SUPPORT IS APPRECIATED: ☕ Buy Me A Coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/wordsnwood 💵 Become a Patron: www.patreon.com/wordsnwood 🛒 Buy a Plan: wordsnwood.com/plans/ 👕 Buy Merch: wordsnwood.com/merch.html 👉 www.wordsnwood.com/support.html ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- 🗜 LINKS TO SOME OF THE ITEMS USED: (AND/OR other tools and jigs that I use and recommend. Most of these are affiliate links. If you buy through these links it helps support my channel. Thank-you so much!) amzn.to/1V4ZHkv - Painter’s Pyramids amzn.to/1pFGjPk - Sensgard ZEM hearing protection amzn.to/1WSNq1j - Stanley Leverlock tape measure amzn.to/2lYXz3W - Other auto-locking tape measures 📸 GEAR I USE TO MAKE VIDEO: amzn.to/2OVusfx - Canon EOS m50 camera kit amzn.to/2nI7w8Q - Shure VP83 LensHopper Microphone amzn.to/3l7cSmi -- Rode Wireless Go microphone amzn.to/3k9pFTR -- PoP voice lavalier lapel microphone amzn.to/2aK7jZX - Inexpensive Quick Release tripod ball head (Very useful) amzn.to/2NddVjk - I do also have a GoPro Hero 5 Black amzn.to/1XC2D7l - Joby GorillaPod (Flexible small tripod) As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases you make using my affiliate links. ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- MORE MORE MORE: www.wordsnwood.com instagram.com/words.n.wood facebook.com/wordsnwood ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- 🙏🙏Thank-you! 🙏🙏

[@annodnostaw9971]

I don't know what is cuter, YOU or the pumpkins. I will be making something like that for my porch. I LOVE wood!

[@micklatham3425]

😂😂😂.you made me laugh

[@scottbionicnerf8727]

You'll need to refer to them as fence-pickets for southern folks.

[@robira1313]

I love this project! But I will be using my table saw!

[@Wordsnwood]

I would also, if I made it again! LOL

[@WorkshopGreg]

I purchased a flat pack kit from Bruce - well worth it - the kids and I are going to assemble it next week.

[@Wordsnwood]

Awesome. Hope they have fun with it!

[@scottbionicnerf8727]

I just picked up a pack of 5 "lil'bitty" Diablo Jig Saw blades at Home Depot Yesterday, primarily for cut'n stuff like this out. Thanksgiving and Christmas stuff also.

[@chrisluksha]

The best part of this whole thing is the Recognizer on your cabinet. Just sayin' And thanks for the 3 pumpkin idea. I'm already tweaking it in my head :)

[@Wordsnwood]

Tron is an underappreciated classic...🤓

[@larrystone5749]

Good job and project thx for sharing Keep building

[@FearsomeWarrior]

I always enjoy your videos. Great project. Looks great.

[@Wordsnwood]

thanks for stopping by!

[@AJ-ln4sm]

Great project, thanks!

[@Wordsnwood]

awesome, thanks!

[@SIMPLEARTSCRAFTS]

Hello! WoW! Wow! You have an interesting channel. You are doing great. I wish you prosperity and success! God bless you and all your family! Good luck! 🍎🍏🍐🍑🍒

[@TOTHEPOINT82]

doug linker is a great channel

[@Wordsnwood]

No argument.

[@nathanpowell1500]

Alright, I guess I'll make that tomorrow after work. Great idea for using up scraps. Thanks Art!

[@Wordsnwood]

great to hear! designing the face is the hardest part!

[@BruceAUlrich]

Thanks for the shoutout! I like how you put them in an array. They look great all together!

[@Wordsnwood]

Thanks for the inspiration, Bruce!

[@davekolp4552]

Love the only using basic tools!

[@anthonylorbach9365]

Cute project. I look forward to seeing them all over my neighbourhood.

[@Wordsnwood]

that might be a stretch, but thanks!

[@alanmcwilliams4264]

Fabulous, I'm going to make this for my grandkids for next year

[@Wordsnwood]

Next year? There's still time for this year! 😁

[@nighttruck70]

Nice work! And it's uncanny how much you look like Charles Nelson Reilly.

[@Wordsnwood]

Well, that's a first.

[@Tommy.461]

That's nice. I thought you could use a couple small hinges on the back to the base. I'm going to build a few.

[@melissabreedlove8211]

This is super cute!

[@RogerMcCauley-s1e]

I love it!!! Thanks for the video

[@brentfowler2317]

I feel like cutting the faces out while they're still attracted to the long board. Would make cutting them out, so much easier on you. Or anyone doing this project. Anyhow, JMO. Thanks for a great idea. Until next time.

[@Wordsnwood]

Yup, if you planned things out well enough (I didn't!) that would have probably been a good idea.

[@brentfowler2317]

@@Wordsnwood haha, yeah I understand that! Honestly I don't think I've made plans/planned ahead on many projects. So I totally understand my friend! It was more so just, food for thought! Take care

[@smitcher]

Great project, especially for building with he kids... A tip is that if you have an older jigsaw blade that still cuts ok but is a little too big for what you need then clamp it between two bits of wood with a few mm of the back edge sticking out above and then drag your angle grinder over it, cooling between passes with water. Shave it down to the wood guide and if you need more off then adjust the depth. Has gotten me out of a few situations... Also, take an old blade and stick sandpaper on the two sides of it and you suddenly have a great little electric sander for tight spots... turn the blade backwards and wrap the paper round side-front-side and you get a pretty good electric file for tight spots...

[@David.M.]

This was a nice project. I am always looking for simple projects that I can build.

[@Wordsnwood]

I was surprised at how quick it was to build.

[@virtualfather]

Scary pumpkins, in the dark they look pretty evil 😊

[@Wordsnwood]

I'm sure it'll scare away all the goblins and ghosts

[@garytanner3156]

I like this, I will make my own version of this. Oh, and I took a look at the plans, they are not downloadable for some reason and the photos given are fuzzy. Thought you might want to know. Thanks for the Ideas...

[@Wordsnwood]

That is a fair critique... I took at look at the web page and I redid the sketch files - added some colours and increased the font sizes. I think it looks better now. Note that on the web page only a small photo is displayed, but when you click on them a much larger photo is loaded.

[@jkellysc]

I really like this idea, Thanks for sharing. Also it would make a decorative planter for fall.

[@Wordsnwood]

with a bit of tweaking, sure!

[@dgperforms1]

You just earned another Sub

[@alexreid4131]

Great project and thank you for the plans. I am definitely going to make some of these. FOUR tools though including the nail gun :-)

[@JimE6243]

Nice work Art! JimE

[@Wordsnwood]

Thanks, Jim!

[@To-Lo77]

Great little project to do with the kiddos as well. I've always enjoyed your content. Thanks for sharing. Always nice to see the spirit of holidays come out from everyone.

[@Wordsnwood]

Thanks for watching! And I agree, great kids project.

[@bobs7975]

Great video. Love your teaching style. Easy to understand,yet so informative. Art I’m new to this so can you tell me what nail gun you used and tell me what you think is best for most projects of this type and size. Thanks

[@Wordsnwood]

I use a porter cable brad nailer, and a ridgid pin nailer. I like having an air compressor for other things (like pumping car tires), so I find an air gun is still a good thing. Lots of guys have switched to battery-operated nail guns because there is no air hose to drag around, and they don't use air a lot for anything else. But I have no personal experience with battery nail guns. You might consider that before deciding

[@bobs7975]

@@Wordsnwood Thanks so much for your speedy reply. I really appreciate it! Bob

[@bobs7975]

@@WordsnwoodCan you give me model #’s Please? Thanks Bob

[@tengelgeer]

Damn, those are the most binary led tea lights i've seen... But fun project to do with kids :)

[@Wordsnwood]

I am purposely not trying to see a pattern. That way lies madness... 😉

[@wademartel7285]

I made this with a pressure treated fence picket. I don’t know if your pickets were pressure treated or not but I would advise anyone not to use it. Stinks like heck and played havoc with my respiratory system. It came out really nice though. Thanks for the tutorial.

[@Wordsnwood]

I used Cedar.

[@algorithmicalychallenged.291]

Nice, this awesome

[@Wordsnwood]

Thanks!

[@justinjohnston9063]

'Here's how you make these with basic tools that you might have at home' 'I'm going to use a scroll saw for this one because I have one' 'I'm going to use a nail gun because I have one.'

[@richardwilson9560]

Is that yogurt based paint you are using?😂 Looks great! Thanks

[@Wordsnwood]

Only the finest probiotic paint is used...

[@dasfreakster]

Awesome video. Do you pre-sand the picket boards? If so, do you use an orbital sander, band sander, or ?????

[@Wordsnwood]

My fence boards were smooth enough and so I did not bother to sand. As I mentioned, this is a good rustic-wood project. However, if you wanted, then you certainly could sand them. I would either use hand-sanding or a random orbit sander.

[@smeg8557]

Sorry, I was wondering if you could help me I just purchased a scroll saw, but do you know what kind of blade I would need to make these kind of cuts?

[@Wordsnwood]

I rarely use the scrollsaw, so I would not consider myself an expert. here is an online guide that may help: scrollsawer.com/2017/09/06/choosing-the-right-blade/

[@smeg8557]

@@Wordsnwood thank you

[@smeg8557]

I actually made one of these, but using a jigsaw all my cuts weren’t that clean? Do you think that bandsaw that you have or scroll saw can be used for all the cuts and will it make it them more cleaner

[@Wordsnwood]

A scrollsaw with a good blade should make nice clean cuts. The challenge with a bandsaw is that you would need to cut in from the side and then close up the gaps later.

[@smeg8557]

@@Wordsnwood OK great thank you very much. I’m gonna look into getting a scroll saw. Is there a particular one I should look for?

[@Wordsnwood]

@@smeg8557 People think highly of the DeWalt, but it's pricey. I'm not that fond of scroll saws, so I can't provide a good recommendation.

[@smeg8557]

@@Wordsnwood thank you so much for all your help😊

[@russellstewart5414]

@@smeg8557harbor freight has them cheap and you can get a lot of value from it . And don’t overlook a garage sale, go mine for 20 bucks and she was happy to see it go. You don’t need the most expensive unit when you’re starting out. But quality blades seem to work better for me

[@storedaway]

I watched several videos on these lanterns. I like your idea on three like this. But like one video stated they do not need to be perfect. Because carved pumpkins are not perfect

[@semomonkey]

What bothers me is that you painted the underside of the street part but not the insides of the mouths and eyes.

[@Wordsnwood]

Still might happen...

[@semomonkey]

@@Wordsnwood It's and OCD thing. It looks great tho!

[@BruceAUlrich]

I like the contrast of the unpainted insides.

[@FearsomeWarrior]

I’d agree with Bruce. Makes it easier to see the cutouts.