First, take the cream cheese, place into a large bowl, and allow it to come to room temperature. Or you can place them into the microwave for a minute to soften quickly.

Second, add 1 cup of the shredded cheese and all of the other ingredients to the softened cream cheese mixture and combine.

Third, grab some plastic wrap and placed a little bit of shredded cheese on the bottom to keep the cheese ball from sticking to the plastic wrap.

Then, scoop the cheese ball mixture onto the shredded cheese on top of the plastic wrap.

Next, pour the remaining shredded cheese to cover the entire outside of the cheese ball and wrap it up. Remember that you are trying to make a pumpkin, so make it into a circular shape.

Then you want to cut pieces of yarn or string to make the pumpkin shape. (You can see this better in the video.)

Take one piece of yarn or string and slide it under the cheese ball and pull tight to create an indention in the cheese ball and tie it into a knot.

Turn the cheese ball and repeat this process on the next side. In total, you will use 4 pieces of yarn or string and it will create 8 indentions in the cheese ball to look like a pumpkin.

Then, place the sectioned and tied off pumpkin shaped cheese ball into the fridge to chill for a few hours.

Next, remove the cheese ball from the fridge, remove the yarn and plastic wrap, and place on a beautiful cutting board.

​Take the bell pepper and remove the stem and place in the top center of the cheese ball. (This little detail is what really makes this pumpkin look real.)

Finally, surround the pumpkin shaped cheese ball with buttery crackers and serve!