Halloween is a festival that all children and adults look forward to. Children love dressing up as ghosts, witches, Draculas in fact, anything their imagination permits. Then carrying their lanterns made of pumpkin, they start collecting money while singing songs. So this is where you can lend your expertise by starting a service of painting various fantastic images on pumpkins, and selling them.
Families usually carve a frightening or comical face on the pumpkin, to be placed on their doorsteps. So instead of having pumpkins carved with the same faces, you could offer some variety by painting something different on pumpkins. All you need is some imagination and you are bound to come up with different designs. It is of no use charging too much for this service, as you will not get any customers then. Instead, charge something reasonable; between $3 - $30; depending on the size of the pumpkin and the amount of work put in carving it.
The carving of the jack-o-lantern is not that difficult. The first thing that has to be done is to have its top and stem carved off wherein the interior is removed to leave a hollow shell. Then the section of a side is carved out to create an attractive face, or any other required design. It is always better to get a whole set of tools to start your job of painting pumpkins. This is because with differing tools, it is possible to make thicker and thinner cuts on the pumpkin, which can create realistic designs. To give better effects to the jack-o-lantern, it would be better to have them painted appropriate colors. For children's sake, it is better to use non-toxic paint pot strips for painting purposes. Once you paint the pumpkin the pumpkin will look a whole more spookier or comical; whichever way you want it!
Instead of catering only to families, you could also consider catering to farm markets and other retailers needing a jack-o-lantern. With this more people will know your skills, and you get greater business. Of course adding some discount to the bulk orders will attract more customers to you! Whatever orders you get, it is important that you take photos of your carving to create a portfolio of the work you can do. This is even more important for those exquisite pieces you do! This way, prospective customers will be aware of the kind of work you can do, and can decide on the best design.
The best time to start this business would of course be around Halloween. It would be better to print a few flyers to distribute, so that people your services. You could distribute these flyers in the neighborhood and perhaps the local mall. If you want to work on a larger scale, may also have a page on the Internet, this service pumpkin painting. Add some photos on the website so that the rider to be aware, your creativity and imagination. Once you pick up a guest, you can be assured that their word of mouthprovide enough advertisement for your business!
