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15 Fun Halloween Pumpkin Carvings (Sweet & Scary)

 HALLOWEEN PUMPKIN CARVINGS

Halloween is just around the corner and that means it’s time for this spooky holiday.

This is for all the pumpkin carving lovers out there! It’s time to get your creative juices flowing.

The easy pumpkin carvings are perfect for beginners or more experienced carvers.

All you need is a good knife, some patience, and an hour of your time!

The classic Halloween pumpkin carving designs.

Pumpkin carving for kids or simple steps to carve your jack-o-lantern.

The creepy and cute pumpkin carvings for your home decorations.

Halloween pumpkin carvings

 

Halloween times are perfect for a cute and scary feeling at the same time.

I simply love DIY craft ideas. Maybe that is why I get excited about any decorations that I need to do.

While Halloween is near, all I can think of is how to make it super cool with pumpkin carvings all over.

 

How do you carve a Halloween Pumpkin?

Easy Halloween Pumpkin Ideas or pumpkin carving for beginners begin with using proper pumpkin carving tools.

Check here some Amazon tools that will help to make your work easier.

 

How close to Halloween should you carve a pumpkin?

For me, it is no more than 2 days before.

Even a gap of 3 days seems long as the pumpkin seems to lose its stiff decorating parts and starts becoming soft.

Here are some gorgeous Halloween Pumpkin Craving Designs and ideas.

 

1. VINTAGE INSPIRED DIORAMA PUMPKIN

VINTAGE INSPIRED DIORAMA PUMPKIN

Image by Clipzine

This year, carve out an old-school pumpkin that will stand out at your Halloween party.

Isn’t it looking for some real 100 years old?

Creepy indeed.

 

2. PUMPKIN CARRIAGE

PUMPKIN CARRIAGE

Image by Clipzine

What about this beautiful pumpkin’s carriage to a fairyland?

A clever pumpkin craving.

It’s super easy and makes your pumpkin look like a carriage!

If you’re into Halloween decorating, then you’ll love this DIY tutorial. Just in time for Fall too!

Pumpkin Carriage carving is an awesome way to make your pumpkin extra spooky.

You can carve the shape of a carriage or anything else that goes bump in the night (or day).

This technique is perfect for people who don’t have any other ideas on how they want their pumpkins to look yet.

You only need two tools: a sharp knife and some patience 🙂

 

3. JACK THE PUMPKIN KING

JACK THE PUMPKIN KING

Image by Clipzine

This is Jack the Pumpkin King hailing directly from Disney.

 

4. EASY PUMPKIN CARVING

EASY PUMPKIN CARVING

Image by Clipzine

Pumpkin carving is a time-honored tradition that brings families together to spend quality time with one another.

This fall, make pumpkin carving easy.

This is the most simple sweet and scary pumpkin carving that a kid can make.

It is looking so good that you may think it is complicated.

But it is one of the easy pumpkin cravings when you get the right tools.

 

5. TERRIFYING PUMPKIN

TERRIFYING PUMPKIN

Image by curiousbird

I do not know how much time it took to carve it, but this is some awesome terrifying stuff.

You do not want to look at it but u will.

 

6. INGENIOUS PUMPKIN CARVING

INGENIOUS PUMPKIN CARVING

Image by homestre.com

This will rock if you can get it correctly.

 

7. OWL HALLOWEEN PUMPKIN CARVINGS

OWL PUMPKIN

Image by myowlbarn.com

This is one of the classy pumpkin Halloween decorations that I found.

This is an easy, no-carving pumpkin decor that you can easily put up this Halloween.

 

8. TREE HALLOWEEN PUMPKIN CARVINGS

TREE PUMPKIN CARVING

Image by digsdigs.com

Yet another simple carving idea but gorgeous to look at.

This will light up your house corner.

 

8. LIGHTED EYES PUMPKIN

LIGHTED EYES PUMPKIN

Image by skiptomylou.org

A simple black paint can make a pumpkin look so Halloween.

An easy fun DIY best suited for the dining table.

 

9. SLEEPY HALLOWEEN PUMPKIN CARVINGS

SLEEPY HALLOWEEN PUMPKIN CARVING

Image by travelswithkaye

Yet another simple pumpkin carving that a kid can also try.

 

10. BAT PUMPKIN CARVING

BAT PUMPKIN CARVING

Image by kidsactivitiesblog

Yet another kid’s craft.

Check out the whole instruction to get it perfect.

 

11. CAR PUMPKIN DECOR

CAR PUMPKIN DECOR

Image from bhg.com

Such a sweet pumpkin decor.

Do not know if it was supposed to be scary.

 

12. SCAREDY CAT HALLOWEEN PUMPKIN CARVINGS

SCAREDY CAT

Image by parents.com

A sweet little scary pumpkin decoration for Halloween.

Your kids gonna adore it.

 

13. PEEK A BOO HALLOWEEN PUMPKIN CARVINGS

 

PEEK A BOO PUMPKIN

Image from bhg.com

Yet another sweet little Halloween pumpkin decoration to delight the young ones.

 

14. COOKIE CUTTER PUMPKIN

COOKIE CUTTER PUMPKIN

Image from cjanecreate.com

This is probably the easiest pumpkin decoration you can make.

A perfect way to carve pumpkins for beginners.

 

15. TINKER BELL PIXIE DUST PUMPKIN CARVING

TINKER BELL PIXIE DUST PUMPKIN CARVING

Image and instructions by instructables.com

Check the complete tutorial and this gonna look fantastic when you complete it.

Happy Halloween and Happy decorations:)

 

My Take on Halloween Pumpkin Carvings

Do you have a pumpkin sitting on your porch or in your house?

It’s time to carve it up!

I love carving pumpkins for Halloween because they are so pretty and the kids get excited when they see them.

The pumpkin carving ideas with cute or scary pumpkin carving faces.

The easiest thing I have found is to use proper carving tools to cut out pumpkin faces.

 

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