With Halloween coming tomorrow, why not create something unique and festive for your iPodTouch and iPhone ? We will show you how to create the Halloween Pumpkin Stand. This Pumpkin stand  not only looks unique for the Halloween season, but charges your iPodTouch and iPhone as well.

Requirements :

* A Small Pumpkin (Approx size – 4×5 inches)
* A Permanent Marker
* A 12 Inch Ruler / Scale
* A Sharp Knife

Note: We have dried out the pumpkin using an hot-air blow dryer. If you attempt this iPhone Halloween stand, ensure that you completely remove any guts and dry the interior of the pumpkin.

1) Take your Pumpkin, marker and ruler. Measure out and cut a rectangle on the front of your pumpkin, that is approximately the length of your iPodTouch or iPhone. Try to draw a square that is approximately 2.3 x 2 Inches, as shown below.




2) Now, cut this rectangle out accurately. Once you are finished cutting out the rectangle you should have something similar to the image shown below.


Note: Once you cut the hole, make sure all the guts and seeds are taken out. You also have to wipe any moisture away with a paper towel. Before you use the Pumpkin stand, let the moisture inside the pumpkin evaporate (which can take anywhere for 24-48 hours). Leaving the pumpkin near a hot medium, will speed this up.

3) Make another smaller rectangular hole on top of the hole you just cut out. This hole will be where your iPodTouch or iPhone will slide into. As your iPodTouch or iPhone needs to slide into this hole, you may also need to carve out small grooves shown below. You should make your second hole 2.60 x .75 inches and center it on top of your first hole.

 
Below is another image of what your second hole should look like.

 
4) You now have to test your Halloween Stand. Try sliding your iPodTouch or iPhone into the grooves you cut out (the second hole), if it does not fit in then you will have to make the second hole wider or make your grooves deeper. You can also adjust the angle of where your iPodTouch or iPhone sits, by making the second hole larger in length.


The next step is OPTIONAL and is only required if you want to integrate your iPodTouch's or iPhone’s USB cable into the stand . This way your iPodTouch or iPhone can recharge, while it is in your Pumpkin Stand.

5) Now, turn your Pumpkin upside down and cut a small hole that is the size of your iPodTouch/iPhone’s USB cable, approximately 1 Inch from where you cut your first hole. The idea is for the USB cable to come up through the bottom of the pumpkin and into the spot where your iPodTouch/iPhone sits. We suggest first marking this hole with your marker. You also have to try to center this hole so it will match up with your iPodTouch or iPhone’s USB hookup.




Now once you cut the hole (ensure that you cut it so the hole goes up through the pumpkin), you can slide your USB cable into this hole. You should now have something like the image shown below.



Now all that is left for you to do is test it with your iPodTouch or iPhone. Once you have fine tuned your stand, you have now finished your iPhone Halloween Stand. It should look something like the image shown below.



We hope you found some interest in this mod on creating an iPhone Halloween Pumpkin Stand. If you actually attempted to create an Halloween Stand, please email us your final product (softwares_hell@yahoo.com) and we will create another post displaying your stand.