Carving Pumpkins: Pumpkin Carving Ideas + Tips
Ideas for carving pumpkins this Halloween! From classic to cute, spooky to downright scary. Happy carving!
Carving pumpkins for Halloween is our most favourite part of the spooky season! It’s almost that time, one week to be exact, so I thought it would be fun to share ideas from some of our past Halloweens.
Barfing pumpkin // Dracula // Spider // Ghouls // Black Cat
Fairy House Pumpkin Carving Idea
These are my favourite! I wanted a little pumpkin village so I carved out three houses into three different pumpkins. Aren’t they cute? I didn’t use a stencil for these, I just freehanded them.
Nightmare Before Christmas // Ghouls // Polka Dots and more!
Jack from Nightmare Before Christmas
This is a classic carving that we do every year! Jack just says Halloween!!
Polka Dot Pumpkin
Polka Dot Pumpkins are so pretty when they’re lit up! You can use little carving knives to make the holes, or a drill.
Pennywise from IT
This pumpkin took a bit of skill…my kid carved this one and he really took time to make it look perfect! Pennywise is the spookiest.
Among Us Halloween Pumpkin Carving
Have you played Among Us? It’s weirdly so fun…especially when you play with your kids! Anyway, we played a lot of Among Us lately, so it just seemed fitting to make these character pumpkins.
Walter White from Breaking Bad Pumpkin Carving
This Walter White pumpkin was such a hit!! My kids carved this one and it’s so so good! hahaha
More Ideas…
Here are more miscellaneous ideas. Really, there are no rules to pumpkin carving, just make what you like! Have fun, let the kids get creative, that’s what it’s all about!
A simple and cute Halloween pumpkin
Pumpkin Carving Tips:
- Buy a set of pumpkin carving knives and scoops. You can find them at Walmart or craft stores, they’re inexpensive and so worth it! The knives are more precise and they don’t slip because they are shaped like little saws. Sounds kind of scary doesn’t it?!
- Find images from the internet for inspiration.
- Create your design and trace it onto your pumpkin. You can freehand draw it too!
- It doesn’t have to be perfect! Halloween is definitely NOT the time for perfection! The scarier and more imperfect the better.
- See more of my pumpkin carving ideas here!
That barfing one cracks me up!
LOL that throwing up one is disgusting and neat at the same time!
Wow. That barfing one… I think I just threw up in my mouth a little bit. Job well done, I guess!!
Great carvings! I can’t wait to get started on ours.
Love your pumpkins!!!!!