Most Unusual Pumpkin Carving Designs and Decorations

Tired of carving the same old pumpkin for Halloween every single year? Here are a few fresh and imaginative ideas for carving a very different Halloween pumpkin.

Before You Begin

Always mark out the areas you plan to carve in pencil before you begin carving your pumpkin. This way, if something doesn't look right or doesn't fit on the pumpkin, you'll know ahead of time. Then all you have to do is erase a little, and make some changes until everything is in the right place. You can use the handy patterns which I have provided as a guide.

Using the Halloween Pumpkin Carving Stencils

To use the Halloween pumpkin carving stencils included with this article, print them out from your computer. You'll want to be sure that the print-out is large enough so that the design can be transferred to the pumpkin you are using. If it is large enough, hold it over the pumpkin, and use a needle, pin, or other sharp straight instrument to poke through the lines which indicate the holes in the pumpkin. If you can't get it to print large enough to transfer in this manner, simply print it out and set it beside the pumpkin. Then refer to the design to draw a similar design directly onto the pumpkin.

Scary Halloween Court Jester

The scary Halloween court jester can be created by carving a skull design, then placing a jester's hat on top of it. Use the included picture and stencil as a guide. Use fine tools to carve out the more slender slices. These indicate the cheekbones, the chin, and the brow. Carve the eyes in a sunglass shape. Create the mouth by carving two tooth ridges, one on top and one on bottom. The nose is shaped somewhat like an extracted tooth. Carve the portion of the hat above the left brow, but do not carve the area above the right brow. This gives the impression of the hat being two different colors. The hat has three floppy points, each of which has a jingle bell at the end. The point on the right is carved in a slightly more complex way. However, don't get confused. These are not two separate points, but two parts of one point. Be sure to leave a "bridge" between each hole, or your design may fall apart or collapse inward.

Halloween Pumpkin Witch