Extreme Pumpkins: Diabolical Do-It-Yourself Designs to Amuse Your Friends and Scare Your Neighbors [Paperback]

Tom Nardone (Author)

Book Description

Release date: September 4, 2007

Pumpkins are supposed to be scary!

Based on his popular and addictive website ExtremePumpkins.com, Tom Nardone has created a full-color guide to pumpkin carving that's truly frightening. Featuring the website's signature Puking Pumpkin, and spanning everything from Drowning Pumpkin, Crime Scene Pumpkin, and Cannibal Pumpkin to Electrocuted Pumpkin and other never-before-seen designs, this gleefully gory guide is nothing short of a manifesto to take back Halloween from the cheerful, the cutesy, and the parent-sanctioned. For the egg-throwing, toilet tissue- streaming, window-soaping teenager in all of us, finally- a whole new way to celebrate October 31.

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About the Author

Tom Nardone is the creator of the popular website extremepumpkins.com. He lives in Michigan with his long-suffering wife and their three children, where he runs an internet company.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: HP Trade (September 4, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557885222
• ISBN-13: 978-1557885227
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #742,697 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

My name is Tom Nardone, I've a semi-pro humorist. During the day I run a successful Internet company called PriveCo (we own and operate Vibrators.com, ShopInPrivate.com, and Bachelorette.com), but at night I like to goof around, build things, and write funny stuff.

I've written 7 books, three were published traditionally and were nationwide best sellers, the others are available only digitally here at Amazon.com.

I've appeared on a number of TV shows for my creativity, pranks, and outrageous pumpkin carving. My crowning achievement was when I appeared on Conan O'Brien. Conan called me "A Sick Man, A Great Man, But A Sick Man". I also pranked Jimmy Kimmel on one of my appearances on the Regis and Kelley show. Kimmel wasn't as impressed with me. He declared "You should not be allowed near children." I'm proud of that.

I live in the suburbs of Detroit with my 3 children and wonderful wife.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 26 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars dude....this book is totally freakin' awesome September 10, 2007

By Rachael Buckay

Format:Paperback

Not only has this book enabled me to hold onto my position as the neighborhood maniac, it has given me new insight on how to carve pumpkins more efficiently, spookily, and with greater ease. Mr. Nardone is quite the cut up, and this book made me chuckle unendingly. The directions are simple, the layout is handy, and I find the photographs both detailed and quite artistic.
p.s. This book is also quite inexpensive, so buying multiples of it doesn't pinch my pocketbook! Yowza!

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy this book by Halloween and carve the coolest pumpkins in your neighborhood October 18, 2007

By Karen and Craig

Format:Paperback

This is the most creative, creepy and hilarious example of the pumpkin carving art ever published. We pay homage by stealing Tom's ideas: imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, right? If only we could wield a reciprocating saw with the same artistic precision.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Ideas November 2, 2010

By Michael Gallagher HALL OF FAMETOP 10 REVIEWERVINE™ VOICE

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If you are looking to take your pumpkin carving to the next level - away from the boring triangle eyes and teeth cutouts, this one is for you. I really liked the creative designs and ideas with how to's and pointers. For example, I never would have thought using a Dremel or jig saw on a pumpkin until reading this. Using the Dremel this year, carving was a snap with smooth lines along the template. Lots of compliments fmo teh neighbors on this year's pumpkins.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars wickedly fun November 24, 2007

By Too young

Format:Paperback

This book is entertaining, hilarious, and is guaranteed to equally disturb your neighbors and make you a legend among the neighborhood kids come Halloween. Easy instructions to make one of the many bizzare pumpkins illustrated or to "take creative wing" and scare the bejeebers out of the neighbors! Put the fun back into Halloween-this book will show you how!!!

5.0 out of 5 stars This will stretch your creativity December 28, 2012

By Marilyn Wills

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My grandkids, ages 12 and 8, loved the photographs of diabolical, ghoulish pumpkins and carved several to scare local trick-or-treaters.

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome! Great ideas!, November 11, 2012

By Allison

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I enjoyed it very much! The pictures are very helpful. Safety tips are provided with funny comments. I like the fact the projects range in simple to more complex.

5.0 out of 5 stars Pumpkin Carving July 4, 2012

By BPRDAgent06

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This book is fantastically introduces pumpkin carving in all its strangeness and creativity. It is wonderfully photographed with ideas to build upon and be inspired by. This is a great pumpkin carver's handbook. The best part is, it doesn't just have to be for halloween!

5.0 out of 5 stars Pumpkin Insanity! April 28, 2012

By Kirk

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Tom has issues. Defintely. But thank God for that! I used some of his ideas and the neighbors went crazy! I prefer to use more traditional pumpkin carving tools and less construction tools, but his ideas are fantastic!