Dremel Pumpkin Carving Kit Review

The company you know and trust for all your power tool needs has an amazing item just in time for Halloween. Dremel's Pumpkin Carving Kit is absolutely amazing. Unlike regular pumpkin carving, you do not cut all the way through the pumpkin. The Dremel tool allows you to basically shave away layers at different levels according to their super easy to follow patterns. This creates a design that glows when lit from inside.

The kit came with several different patterns of varying degrees of difficulty. You can also download patterns from the Dremel website which I think is very cool. I really don't think any of them are "difficult" because this tool makes things so easy. To me, it's a matter of how much time you want to spend on it. The simple faces aren't as time consuming as the haunted house scene or the pirate that my husband chose to do. First we cleaned out the pumpkin. Cut a hole in the top so that you can insert your light once you are done.

Once the pumpkin is clean you can place your pattern where you want it on the pumpkin. This is the part where I really like that you can download and print your own patterns from their site. If you happen to have a larger pumpkin then you can enlarge the image before you print it. Otherwise, you can use a copy machine or a smaller pumpkin. You can use spray-on adhesive to place the pattern on the pumpkin. We used tape. The Dremel tool easily gets through the paper and you can trace the pattern. This can be done on the low setting until you need to remove a large area.

My husband was reluctant to use the pattern because he is an artist and would always rather draw his own but, he was quite pleased with the image and the outcome. He found it easiest to do a basic trace with the tool and then remove the paper to go back over his lines and make sure they were all the right depth and had a nice uniform look. The end result was delightful. I will say that this took about an hour from the time he started cutting the pattern. I would definitely think that the simpler patterns wouldn't take as long. Once it's finished you can test it with a candle inside. We really like the battery powered lights that flash or have different colors. If you want more light then you just carve out a little more pumpkin from the grooves. All in all my husband said it was extremely easy to use and he liked it much better than normal carving. There is more control with this tool and you can do much more intricate designs. He also liked the possibility to do freehand designs. We, and our super scary pumpkin, give the Dremel Pumpkin Carving Kit two spooky thumbs up.