TikTok's power-washing pumpkin hack makes jack-o-lanterns quickly (VIDEOS)
Imagine all the Halloween goodness of a jack-o-lantern with next to none of the elbow grease.
An oddly satisfying trend on TikTok this October is sharing exactly how you can get a pumpkin with a sly smile in about 30 seconds by using a power washer.
TikTok users have been sharing videos of themselves trying out the trend, and many of them seem stunned by the results and say it really works.
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Posters with the best technique and results appear to use the power washer to draw an outline first of the shape they want, like triangle eyes and a toothy smile.
Then, they continue to blast the area inside the outline until it punches through.
All the pumpkin “guts” and seeds inside foam out easily, leaving you with a hollowed-out jack-o-lantern.
The scraggly results are perfect for Halloween and the lines aren’t clean and crisp. You could also try using the power wash method as a starting point and go in with a knife later to tidy up the design.
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If you’re going to power wash pumpkins, be careful not to overdo it. You don’t want to blast through the backside of the pumpkin.
But this technique is getting a lot of attention for being a quick and easy way – provided you have access to a power washer – to carve up some pumpkins for the spooky season.