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Home » Halloween Crafts » 20 Unique Pumpkin Carving Ideas

20 Unique Pumpkin Carving Ideas

October 8, 2020 By Jamie Dorobek 36 Comments

My favorite part of seeing back to school supplies out in stores is knowing that Halloween stuff is next! Ha! Who is with me? This list has a pumpkin for everyone including a pumpkin with braces and even Nemo. Check out these 20 unique pumpkin carving ideas and other fun ways to decorate a pumpkin this Halloween.

Unique pumpkin carving ideas

Funny Pumpkin Carving Ideas

1. Hungry pumpkin

It’s such a simple, genius idea! Carve a scary face into a pumpkin, spray paint it dark grey, and add a tiny pumpkin to it’s mouth.

Unique Pumpkin Carving Ideas
 
 
 

2. Puking Pumpkin

This is such a simple, but genius idea! Best part? You don’t even waste the seeds!

 
 

3. Nerdy Pumpkin

The nerdy pumpkin takes some serious carving skills, but it’s worth it! It doesn’t  get much better than a pumpkin with braces.

Funny pumpkin carving ideas

 

4. Toothy grin pumpkin

Turn the pumpkin on its side and use the stem as a nose! This is creepy perfection. (Picture found via Curious Bird.)

Unique pumpkin carving ideas

5. Pumpkin hamburger

It doesn’t get much better (or easier) than a pumpkin cheese hamburger!
 
 

6. Man eating pumpkin

Genius, pure genius! Find out more at This Old House.

Cute Pumpkin Carving ideas

7. Piggie and Elephant Pumpkins

If you’re a Mo Willems fan, these pumpkins are for you! All you need is a little card board, spray paint, and a hot glue gun to make these Piggie and Elephant pumpkin masterpieces.

Piggie and Elephant pumpkins
 

8. Ice cream pumpkin

It doesn’t get much cuter in the world of pumpkins than this pumpkin turned ice cream come! Marra crafted this ice cream beauty with wait for it… insulating foam and a terra cotta pot! (Psst… You can buy the insulation foam here on Amazon.)
No carve ice cream pumpkin

9. Nemo Pumpkin

Bring Nemo to life with a little duck tape, vinyl and toothpics!

FInding Nemo Pumpkin

 
 
 

10. Nuts and Bolts

Take a trip to your garage to find a few random washers, screws, hooks, and bolts for a silly faces pumpkin. Find the complete tutorial at Lowes.

 

 
 

11. Rhinestone spider web pumpkin

Use rhinestones to add a little web bling to a simple white, fake or real pumpkin. Find out more from bhg.com.

12. Pumpkin diorama

I bet you’ve never seen a pumpkin diorama before! Find out more from Sweet Paul.
Unique Pumpkin Carving Ideas

 

13. Tacky Pumpkins

Who would have thought office supply worked so well to decorate pumpkins?  Bonus, it’s also really easy!
 
Pumpkin decorating ideas
 

 

14. Henna pumpkins

Give your pumpkins a chic facelift with a little puff paint! Find the full tutorial at Alisa Burke.
 

Unique Pumpkin decorating ideas
15. Mod Pumpkins

A little paint, tape, and paintbrushes goes a long way. Find the full tutorial at Happy Mundane.

 

16. Spooky fancy

Just add lace! Preferably black spider web lace for this modern black and white pumpkin look. Find out more at Starshine Chic.

 

17. Delicate Doily

Turn a doily into a stencil and create this lovely pumpkin. For the complete tutorial, check out bhg.

Unique Pumpkin decorating ideas  

18. Tree

Transform three real or fake pumpkins into a tree for your patio. Check out the complete tutorial on Simpsonized Crafts. 
 

 

19. Honey Bear

Now, here’s a beary cute pumpkin carving idea!

 

 

20. Duck tape pumpkins

Who knew you could use duck tape to make such awesome pumpkin faces? 

Duck tape pumpkins
 
Which unique pumpkin is your favorite? 
 
Oh and if you’re looking for more Halloween ideas, don’t miss these:
  • 21 more clever ways to decorate a pumpkin
  • 39 DIY adult Halloween costumes
  • 29 DIY kid Halloween costumes

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Comments

  1. Glass beads manufacturers says

    August 23, 2018 at 1:36 am

    These all look so gorgeous! Thank you so much for sharing fantastic photos and amazing idea.

    Reply
  2. aphrodi says

    October 7, 2014 at 7:18 am

    Awesome

    Reply
  3. hailey furnier says

    October 26, 2013 at 11:16 am

    Im gonna make a nerd jock person pumpkin.it’ll have braces and a cool hat and a football beside it with glasses. it’s already soooo cool in my mind!

    Reply
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