Part of the fun of Halloween is that people are allowed to get creative – from designing scary outfits and painting faces to carving pumpkins.
The latter is incredibly popular and there really is no limit to how you can style your large orange fruit!
Just like an artist starts with a blank canvas, carving a pumpkin provides plenty of room for freedom of expression – as many of these stylish designs highlight!
If you’re in need of some inspiration this Halloween, here are a few ideas… But be warned, we think some of these probably took hours, if not days, to complete!
THE EASY STUFF
Starting with the basics, these designs are for those who don’t consider themselves a dab hand at carving, or who just fear for their fingers when holding a knife…
Often it’s the simple designs that are the most effective…
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MEDIUM DIFFICULTY (COMPARED TO THE HARD STUFF!)
Here are a few carvings that are slightly more creative, while being equally as cool. If you’re looking to impress your mates then here are a few of your options…
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Carving is an opportunity to be playful too…
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Alternatively, you could make Halloween a romantic occasion (provided she says ‘yes’)…
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You could always use other fruit and veg to complement your design too…
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Or even just another smaller pumpkin…
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THE HARD STUFF
Now for the complex stuff (these designs probably take a long time – we’re not certain on that but we’ll let you judge for yourself)…
Starting with a Native American…do you think you can do better?
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Or this design that really displays the horrors of Halloween
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These designs are clearly for the more artistically inclined – for lovers of Batman, here’s the Joker…
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THE TIME CONSUMING STUFF
Of course, you could really go for it and use more than one pumpkin…
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These are just a handful of the many designs you could create so all that’s left to say is: Have fun carving!
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