Halloween is right around the corner, and you know what that means — it's time to buy a couple of pumpkins, scoop out those seeds and get carving! We know a lot of your creative energy already went into planning a costume, so we rounded up some of our favorite pumpkin carving ideas to inspire you.
1. Try carving this creepy critter:
2. Owl-the people visiting your home will love this one:
3. Keep it simple with a heart!:
4. A little harder to carve, but if you're up for the challenge:
5. Carve cute, simple messages!
6. Have cats? Pay homage with a kitty-lantern:
7. Who ya gonna call?:
8. This carving to get you in the Halloween ~spirit~:
9. Better *Carve Saul:
10. Pumpkins, Inc:
11. This fossil:
12. This creepy carving, which is child's play:
13. The cat's out of the bag:
14. This guy is thirsty:
15. Top it all off with a witch hat:
16. A toothy grin:
17. An even toothier grin:
This year’s pumpkin worked out
18. A depiction of the food chain:
19. Try incorporating other veggies:
20. I mean, it makes sense:
21. It's a cat... Get it?
22. *Ahem* More bathroom humor:
23. Screaming for his life:
25. This very scary pumpkin:
26. Oh, snap:
27. Star light, star bright:
28. A little pumpkin family:
29. Straight-up cool:
30. Jack Skellington:
31. Heisenberg, anyone?
32. Looks like college to me:
33. Clever if you lack knife skills:
34. I don't think I could do this, TBH:
35. Let it GOOOOO:
36. For the Disney fans:
37. Accio, pumpkin:
38. These will be haunting my dreams:
39. Some people just love Guinness:
40. A throwback to an MTV classic:
41. And this throwback to this '80s classic:
42. Bonus points for use of props:
43. Kool-Aid Man of nightmares:
44. Hey Arnold, you're a pumpkin!
45. Sure, it's not technically carved, but dang:
46. Actually, this is scary:
47. "Everything the light touches is our kingdom":
48. Pumpkin for people who have the time to carve individual teeth:
49. This is flawless:
50. The FONT:
51. Fry suspicious of how he got stuck inside a pumpkin:
52. Again, use of props. Bonus:
53. The most terrifying pumpkin of all:
55. AHHHHHHH:
57. WHAT:
Went to pumpkin carving thingy it was so much fun the Dino’s where my favorite part of the experience.
61. For the Swifties out there:
Another @taylorswift13 pumpkin carving that I did tonight 🎃✨🧡 @taylornation13
65. Wouldn't want to be caught between those teeth:
68. It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown:
This post contains content from Christopher Hudspeth, Mike Spohr, Alanna Okun, and Daniella Emanuel. It was compiled by Laura Frustaci.