YouTube video shows how to make exploding Jack-O-Lantern

A YouTube tutorial teaches viewers how to create an exploding Jack-O-Lantern just in time for Halloween.  

Viva Frei is in the kitchen with two of his young children filming the few simple steps to create the wacky Halloween decoration.

The video opens with a demonstration of the explosion before actually going into the tutorial.

A YouTube tutorial shows how to create an exploding Jack-O-Lantern using only a pumpkin, knife, butane gas, and a flame

Immediately after the flame is applied the pieces pop out, releasing a fiery blast that ejects the pumpkin’s cutout pieces, leaving it looking like a normal Jack-O-Lantern

The footage then cuts to Frei’s kitchen where he’s ready to show viewers how to make the exploding Jack-O-Lantern.

‘It’s extremely simple,’ he says. 

He starts by cutting off the top of a pumpkin and then carving very simple pieces to make the face.

Once the triangle eyes and crooked mouth are cut, he scoops the seeds out of the center of the pumpkin. 

Next he pokes a small hole in the side. 

He then reassembles it with each of the pieces back in it’s original place.

Finally, he sprays a small amount of butane gas through the side hole and then holds a torch up to it.

Almost immediately the pumpkin pieces pop out, releasing a fiery blast that lasts for less than a second before disappearing. 

The video was filmed on October 3 in Montreal, Canada. 

Viva Frei leads a demo in his kitchen with his kids. He starts by cutting off the top of a pumpkin

He carves simple triangle eyes and a crooked mouth for the face, keeping the pieces for later

He then makes a small hole in the side of the pumpkin so the butane and flame can be added

Once he reassembles the pieces, the Jack-O-Lantern is ready to explode