** Use an ice-cream scoop to clean out your
pumpkin.
** Coat the cut surfaces & inside of the pumpkin with
petroleum jelly immediately after cutting. The petroleum jelly
acts as a barrier to seal in moisture.
** If the pumpkin shrivels, it can usually be restored back to the
original
condition by soaking it in cold water overnight.
** Sprinkle pumpkin pie spice in the Jack O' Lantern to give it a
spicy,
seasonal scent.
pumpkin.
** Coat the cut surfaces & inside of the pumpkin with
petroleum jelly immediately after cutting. The petroleum jelly
acts as a barrier to seal in moisture.
** If the pumpkin shrivels, it can usually be restored back to the
original
condition by soaking it in cold water overnight.
** Sprinkle pumpkin pie spice in the Jack O' Lantern to give it a
spicy,
seasonal scent.





Thanks Annie!! I had never heard the one about PPie Spice....won't that smell YUMMY!! 
I will have to remember that