The trick to a memorable pumpkin carving isnt always about complexity.
Get the orange a little bigger, then hack out the back to stuff in the white one.
It works for making giant eyeballs, or the emerging skull look.
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Dipped Gourds
This unusual dipped look isnt actually as difficult as it seems at first.
The colored part is a cut balloon that has been stretched over the pumpkin.
It can easily be done by pulling a balloon over a pumpkin then cutting away what you dont need.
Works really well with shallow pattern carvings or poking in other accessories for decoration.
Then make a snowman-o-lantern, a set of sunflowers, or any other form of piled picture.
Just cut each pumpkin so another can fit in the top without falling in.
Paint and Patches
Those who hate to carve intricate patterns tend to love this idea.
Do barred windows and then paint a rectangle on the pumpkin and viola: Instant pumpkin prison.
Diorama
Heres where you could put that disturbing array of a figurines and toys to good use.
Cut a frame into your pumpkin and then shove whatever you want into the empty space.
Go on, get gruesome with the Lego collection.
Then pop a red LED light in the top.
Gourds come in every shape and size, doing half the work for you.
Cut and assemble into whatever strikes your freaky fancy.
It will catch the light and you never have to use thosescary knives.
Costumed Jacks
Dont let kids and attractive women have all thecostumed fun.
Dressing up a jack-o-lantern adds a whole array of elements to a basic carve.
Give it a wig, give it a nose.
Put it on a scarecrow with that ugly sweater your mother-in-law gave you.
Make it look like your mother-in-law and then…invite it in for tea.
Bedazzled
You cant go wrong with a little glitter either inside or out.
Glue and sparkles add a flash of fabulous to your glam gourds.
No carving needed, just shove and love it.
It isnt spooky unless you suffer fromanthophobia, but it sure is purdy.
Perfect if you want a pumpkin Cher.
Mummified
First, carve your pumpkin.
Second, cut it up.
Third, put it back together again in a slightly offset jigsaw array.
Its a disconcerting mummy look that works great with those white pumpkins that are going around.
Matte Finish
Chalk paint works wonders for giving your Halloween decorations a shine-free appearance.
Starlight
Get yourself a drill.
Put holes in the pumpkin.
Put a light in the pumpkin.
Put a black background around the pumpkin and youve got a very small observatory.
Those who are way too deep into astrology can even add in their own constellations.
