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youtube.com - 10/28/2008

How to Tuesday: Scariest pumpkin ever (video)

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It's Tuesday again, time for another build. This time I made a pumpkin that blasts a truck horn. Check out http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/10/howto_tue...

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blog.makezine.com - 10/28/2008

How-to Tuesday: Scariest Pumpkin Ever

— blog.makezine.com — It's Tuesday again! This week I am making a scary pumpkin. Nothing gory or disgusting, just something... that will scare the kiddies and hopefully score me some candy. How? Well, I am glad you asked. I rummaged through my parts bins and came up with ... (more) How-to Tuesday: Scariest Pumpkin Ever

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core77.com - 10/23/2008

Political Pumpkin Art

— core77.com — With the next presidential election looming in sight, we've seen a ton of political-design coming out of... the States this year, but this pumpkin-propaganda totally takes the cake. (Can you imagine the trick-or-treating conversations this is ... (more) Political Pumpkin Art

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dvice.com - 10/30/2008

Stock ticker pumpkin actually is really, really scary

— dvice.com — It's easy to scare kids, but when you're older it's hard to think of a Halloween gag... that could actually give you chills. Well, it was . This pumpkin is making the scariest face imaginable this Halloween: one that displays daily updates from Wall ... (more) Stock ticker pumpkin actually is really, really scary

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