The Haunted Pumpkin Patch. This was an idea that I got from someone on the Halloween-L list, though I don't recall who it was. They did not have any pictures, just a simple description from which I devised a method of creating my own Pumpkin Patch.

The picture shows a group of nine plastic trick-or-treat pumpkins, which usually sell for about $1.00 each around Halloween (and much less after Halloween). The pumpkins are attached and lit up by a string of C7 Christmas lights with flashing bulbs. (These are the larger, but not the largest, Christmas bulbs.)

ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS  
- 13 Plastic trick-or-treat pumpkins (you could use more, or fewer)
- one string of C7 Christmas Lights (25 bulbs)
- drill, with 5/8" drill bit
- electrical tape
- flashing C7 replacement bulbs, if desired

1.)	Take all of the light bulbs out of the string, and set them aside. You now have a string of 25 empty light bulb sockets.
2.)	Remove every-other light bulb socket from your string of 25. Once you do this, you should have 13 sockets left on the string.
		We do this because the lights are usually spaced too close together for us to use every one. The plastic pumpkins are big, and need some space between them.
		This is probably the scariest part of this project if you're a 'newbie', but it's really pretty basic. Pry off the bottom of the bulb socket, and then you can literally lift the socket off of the wire. There will be two pin-holes in the wire where the socket tapped into it for power. Wrap this area of the wire with electrical tape.
		If you're really concerned about this step, you could leave the extra sockets in place and put dead bulbs in them (if you have them), or just take the bulbs out and wrap the open socket securely in electrical tape until it is sealed.
3.)	Drill a 5/8" hole in the back of a pumpkin, near the bottom. I used a "Paddle Bit" and my cordless drill.
4.)	Take a socket that is still attached to the string, and feed the open end of the socket through the hole in the back of the pumpkin. The socket should be too big to fit through by itself, but these pumpkins are somewhat flexible and you can work the top part of the socket through the hole. A 5/8" hole is just the right size so that the socket literally holds itself in place on the back of the pumpkin. There is no need to use glue or tape of any kind.
5.)	Put a light bulb back in the socket on the inside of the pumpkin. Use a flashing bulb, if you have them. It may be hard to find a string of flashing bulbs, but they usually have flashing replacement bulbs for sale in packs of four.
6.)	Repeat steps 3 - 5 for each pumpkin.

Thats it! Arrange the pumpkins on your lawn or garden, or even in a tree (using the handles as hooks). Plug the light string in, and you're done.

You can use as many or as few pumpkins on the string as you want; you could even make just one or two. Keep in mind that these things are fairly large and take up a lot of space when in storage. I started with nine the first year, and then expanded to 13 the next year.

As a variation, you could use colored pumpkins - they are available in orange, purple, pink and black.

Very simple to make and a neat source of ambient light!