Rejoice, Pandas! Spooky season is in full swing and we’re watching Halloween decorations pop up everywhere we go. Though some of them are looking a bit suspicious. Was that decorative bat always there in the corner of the office or did it fly in through the window when your back was turned? Did your neighbor always have so many skeletons in their yard or did they crawl out from the basement when everyone went to sleep? But nothing screams Halloween more than jack-o’-lanterns—carved pumpkins, lit from within by hellfire (or candles if you’ve run out of the former).
Pumpkin carving is a lot of fun, and it grants a ton of creative freedom. All you need is whatever root vegetable you think looks the best, a sturdy set of tools, the ability to use Google and YouTube, and a bit of patience. To get you in the mood for Halloween and to inspire you to up your decorative game, our team at Bored Panda has collected pics of the most impressive and imaginative carved pumpkins from all over the net.
Check out the coolest jack-o’-lanterns you’ve probably ever seen below, Pandas. Don’t forget to upvote the ones you liked, and be sure to let us know which of these really wowed you the most. Got any carving tips or pumpkin pics? Be sure to drop by the comment section.
Oh, and if you’d love some more masterful orange-colored art, check out Bored Panda’s previous two pumpkin-flavored lists here and here. We promise you, the designs don’t bite… hard.
Bored Panda wanted to learn more about the art of pumpkin carving, so we reached out to award-winning artist Alex Wer, better known online as The Pumpkin Geek. We’re also sharing a couple of his designs in this article. Check out our full interview with him below.
#1 Every Halloween For 50 Years, My Dad Carved A Story Into A Pumpkin. This Year It’s The Man-Against-Machine Tale Of John Henry
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#2 Happy Halloween, Donnie
#3 Forgot To Post A Picture Of The Pumpkin I Carved. Hope Everyone Had A Happy Halloween
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#4 Happy October! This Is My Submission To A Pumpkin Carving Contest At Work. The First Image Is A Meyda Tiffany Glass Lamp, Which Was My Inspiration. Took Me About 8 Hours
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#5 Beehive Pumpkin Carving
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#6 These Pumpkins
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#7 Halloween Ver
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#8 Custom Made
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#9 Have You Ever Seen A 1,000 Lb Plus Pumpkin?
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#10 Grandma Sent Us This Photo Of Her Beautiful Grand Baby Aria. She Had Created A Pumpkin With Our Vine Arms And Legs
Yesterday we received one of the most special emails we’ve ever gotten. Grandma also thanked us for the joy that was brought to this little girl.
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#11 I Was Told My Pumpkin Carving From This Year Belongs Here
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#12 My Dad Next To A Pumpkin Carved At A Competition In My Town
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#13 Balrog (Durin’s Bane) vs. Gandalf Pumpkin Carving 2.0
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#14 Little Buddy Posing Next To The Racc-O’-Lantern Hubby And I Carved Tonight
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#15 A Pumpkin For A Competition At Work
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#16 Eddie Foam Pumpkin Carved By Me
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#17 Halloween Season Busting Out All Over. First Live Carve Of The Season In The Books
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#18 Stuffed Pumpkin I Did
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#19 It’s The Night Before Halloween
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#20 May Have Gone A Little Overboard On My Pumpkin This Year
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#21 This Two-Face Was Carved For Dc Comics Many Years Ago. I Think It Took A Solid 8 Hours To Carve It
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#22 It’s Been A While Since I’ve Carved A Pumpkin That’s More On The Simple Side, But This Was A Fun One
For anyone wondering, the tongue is a carved sweet potato and the staples are carved pumpkin painted to look like metal. The eyes and teeth are potatoes/ carrots.
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#23 We Did A Minecraft Pumpkin This Year, It Was A Hit
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#24 This Was My First Attempt About 10 Years Ago. Uncle Creepy Based On The Classic Portrait By Frank Frazetta
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#25 My Pumpkin King Celebrating His 10th Birthday Today
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#26 I Decided To Carve A Self-Portrait
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#27 These Are Some Of The Most Beautiful, Creative Pumpkins I’ve Seen
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#28 Fish Skeleton, Carved Pumpkin
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#29 My Girlfriend’s Halloween Pumpkin This Year
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#30 As I Reflect Over The Past Month, I Have To Smile Because It Has Undoubtedly Been One Of The Lightest “Carving” Seasons I Have Done In Decades
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#31 Accidentally Walked In On My Pumpkin This Morning
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#32 I Carved Myself A Pumpkin Today
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#33 We Worked Our Magic Together Last Year For Maniac Pumpkins And Had A Blast
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#34 50-Year-Old Pumpkin, He Is
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#35 The Level Of Detail That Artists Put Into Carving Thousands Of Pumpkins At The MN Zoo Is Incredible
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#36 Water, Earth, Fire, Air… Pumpkin? Louisville, KY, Jack-O’-Lantern Festival
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#37 My Entry Into The Pumpkin Carving Contest At My Job. Wish Me Luck
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#38 Just Keep Smiling Whatever It Takes. I Always Have To Take Time For At Least One Pumpkin Carving This Time Of Year
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#39 Lazy Pumpkin Carving
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#40 “The Kid Comes With Me”. My 2021 Pumpkin Carving
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#41 My Pumpkin This Year
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#42 My Demogorgon Pumpkin
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#43 Got To Carve An 853-Pound Pumpkin
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#44 This Year’s Pumpkin
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#45 Nosferatu Carved Pumpkin
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#46 Paleman 3D Pumpkin Carving
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#47 Yes, I’m A Total Amateur At Carving, But There’s Something So Satisfying About Scraping Away At The Flesh Of A Pumpkin
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#48 I’m 33 Years Old And Third Time Ever Carving A Pumpkin In My Entire Life. Was Ambitious, Very Happy With It
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#49 Evil Eye, Me, Pumpkin Carving, 2019
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#50 Carved A Night King Pumpkin
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