Hat Box Ghost-o-Lantern

 A Hat Box Ghost-o-lantern to carry on our Hitchhiking Ghosts theme.
This year PB carved the pumpkin for his first time ever!  This was a difficult one to do because of the small facial features and we also had a smallish pumpkin.  As I was tracing out the design onto the pumpkin I almost wiped it off and thought we should go with a plan b traditional triangle facial featured classic, which I don't think I have done in over 20 years.  PB said he would give it a try and it turned out great. My original plan was to carve in relief a hat box around the head with a real top hat sitting on the pumpkin and then add the Haunted Mansion wallpaper design carved in relief all over the back...Ha! Yeah right!  I wasn't sure if the ghost face sans hat would read as the Hat Box ghost and the wall paper design is waaaay too complicated to cover an entire smallish pumpkin in.

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More on the Hat Box Ghost:

The Hat Box Ghost just returned to Disney Land's  Haunted Mansion in 2015.

When the ride originally opened in 1969 the Hat Box Ghost was the last attic resident you saw as you fall out of the attic window into the graveyard.  He did not reside there very long due to technical issues with his special effects not believable enough.  His head disappears from his shoulders and reappears inside the hat box.  With technology advancements the effect now works perfectly.  I am hoping he has a twin that will take up residence at Walt Disney World!

Here is a link to the

Hat Box Ghost carving template


And for more of my past O-Lanterns:
Creature-O-Lantern
Collection o' Pumpkins