Materials Needed:
* Four small to medium pumpkins
* Four candles to place in the pumpkins
* Four 12" long, ribbons, one each red, yellow, green and blue
(optional)
* Carving tools
Instead of regular quarter candles, try making jack-o'-lanterns, each carved with its proper directional symbol. They'll be spectacular!
Carve the pumpkins as you would any other pumpkin, except carve the element symbols (to find some examples, see Scott Cunningham's book Wicca: a Guide for the solitary practitioner or Silver RavenWolf's To Stir a Magick Cauldron.) If you choose to use the ribbons, tie them around the pumpkins' stems that correspond to the element the color represents (Earth: green, Air: yellow, Fire: red, Water: blue.)
Place the pumpkins where they belong in the circle (earth: north, air:
east, fire: south, water: west.) Proceed to cast your magick circle and
call your quarters. Enjoy!