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. Who ya gonna call?:

2. This carving to get you in the Halloween ~spirit~:

3. Better *Carve Saul:

4. Pumpkins, Inc:

5. This fossil:

6. This creepy carving, which is child's play:

7. The cat's out of the bag:

8. This guy is thirsty:
9. Top it all off with a witch hat:

10. A toothy grin:

11. An even toothier grin:
This year’s pumpkin worked out
12. A depiction of the food chain:
13. Try incorporating other veggies:

14. I mean, it makes sense:
15. It's a cat... Get it?
16. *Ahem* More bathroom humor:
17. Screaming for his life:
19. This very scary pumpkin:
20. Oh, snap:
21. Star light, star bright:

22. A little pumpkin family:
23. Straight-up cool:
24. Jack Skellington:

25. Heisenberg, anyone?

26. Looks like college to me:

27. Clever if you lack knife skills:

28. I don't think I could do this, TBH:

29. Let it GOOOOO:

30. For the Disney fans:

31. Accio, pumpkin:

32. These will be haunting my dreams:

33. Some people just love Guinness:

34. A throwback to an MTV classic:

35. And this throwback to this '80s classic:

36. Bonus points for use of props:

37. Kool-Aid Man of nightmares:

38. Hey Arnold, you're a pumpkin!

39. Sure, it's not technically carved, but dang:

40. Actually, this is scary:

41. "Everything the light touches is our kingdom":

42. Pumpkin for people who have the time to carve individual teeth:

43. This is flawless:

44. The FONT:

45. Fry suspicious of how he got stuck inside a pumpkin:

46. Again, use of props. Bonus:

47. The most terrifying pumpkin of all:

49. AHHHHHHH:
51. WHAT:
Went to pumpkin carving thingy it was so much fun the Dino’s where my favorite part of the experience.
55. For the Swifties out there:
Another @taylorswift13 pumpkin carving that I did tonight 🎃✨🧡 @taylornation13
59. Wouldn't want to be caught between those teeth:
62. 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.