Free pumpkin for squirrels

Last year, I made one of these pumpkin spiders that I found on MAKE magazine's website. It went over pretty well -- people thought it was cute, it was easy to build, etc.

This year, I took the PVC pieces and painted them: black for the elbows and florescent green for the legs. The florescent green really stands out, but it doesn't cover very well. So, it's been out in the yard for a week or so, with just the body in place. I didn't want to put the head on, as the pumpkin would just rot. Today, I took a smaller pumpkin, cut out some eyes and a small hole for an electrical wire, for use as the head. I took a Christmas light C7 string of bulbs, removed all the bulbs except for a purple and a green bulb at the end, and ran them into the head, and finally took some long screws and screwed the two pumpkins together. Since it wasn't possible to see it during the day, I was looking forward to seeing it at night.

Only problem is that shortly after putting the head on, the neighborhood squirrels said "Hey, free pumpkin!", and ate about half of the head. And, chewed the light string wire in two, as well. Since the lights weren't on, they didn't get electrocuted.

Sigh...

Ok, the next available time to fix up a new head is Tuesday. Hopefully, the squirrels will have had their fill. Pictures when I get it finished.