2009 Pumpkin Carving Ideas

[shanda]

I need some new ideas for pumpkins. I have had vomiting pumpkins, pumpkins giving birth, pumpkins with tragic head injuries, and random faces. I need some new ideas.

My favorite from 2008 was a mouse house. My dd carved a door and a window. We made doors and shutters form sticks glued together. We found little felt mice to position in the doorway and on top. Great end result. She won $20 in a contest with it.

If you know of any good sites please post & share!!!

[jadewik]

Sounds like you do less traditional pumpkins...
Last year, someone at work did one that was a farting scarecrow.



Unfortunately, that's all the non-traditional ideas I have. I do a lot of sculpting with pumpkins... but I don't even have any ideas for what to carve this year... not yet, anyway.

[shanda]

I have never been able to sculpt a pumpkin. Yours looks great! What tool do you use? I can never get mine to look good with a light inside. They are always too thick. I am not able to get the demension in the faces either. I need more practice I think. The scarecrow is a fun idea. I have a 13 year old son who will think it is perfect!!! Thanks!

[jadewik]

My husband bought me some wood carving chisels at a hobby store. You could use any sort of wood gouge and it'd work. I've also seen a lot of professionals use the speedball tile cutters or clay sculpting tools.

I use the Pumpkin Masters scoopers to scrape the insides thinner AFTER sculpting a pumpkin. Just have-at the thicker areas and leave the thinner ones alone. You should go no more than 1/4" thick. I wouldn't do less than that or you risk breaking through.

[shanda]

Thanks!! I planted a small pumpkin patch in my back yard so I hope to have a few of my own to cut. I have one about 12'' now. We have had so much rain here, that I don't know if they will make it.
I have a little electric saw that I love. I can't cut the small details with it though. I need to practice more at the sculpting. I love the demension and depth. I like to see people who see a Jack o' lantern as more than a smile with a candle.

[Samhain]

Jackolanterns are one of the most important parts of Halloween.
Unfortunately, I suck at carving them.
That might be overstating things a bit, but I'm definitely no artist.
My brother, however, is great at growing pumpkins.
Check this out.

[jadewik]

Nice!

I don't know what I'd do with that much pumpkin-- it'd take me FOREVER to carve! But that's so awesome!

[Samhain]

Nice!

I don't know what I'd do with that much pumpkin-- it'd take me FOREVER to carve! But that's so awesome!

Yeah, I've never tried to carve on of those. I'd need a chainsaw. My brother enters contests with them in early October, though. After that, he lets me use them as outdoor decorations in my front yard.

[shanda]

That is great. I only have one pumpkin on my vine and it is about 12'' across now. We have had so much rain here it prob won't make it.

I was given a pumpkin that big one year. I painted a cool face on it because I didn't want it to rot to quickly. It was stolen off of my porch a couple of days before Halloween. Criminals!!!

I found a few great ideas on extremepumpkins.com. They have the best ideas. Very creative!!!

[NeverMore]

Here are some I carved a few years back for the entrance to our party.
They were supposed to be stacked together in a scene but by the time
I showed up to the party in costume I just said whatever.

Got this idea from a magazine.

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Nobody ever said you could only carve pumpkins! Throw a few gourds in.

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Here they are at the party site. Should have been stacked together.

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[adrian]

this year i'm going to try and cut out good ole michael myers into one of my large pumpkins

[BlkAsH]

Very cool idea NeverMore. I hadn't thought to carve out several pumpkins for a Halloween "party is here" sign. I might try to borrow this for mine this year if I have enough time to make them. I'd like to do some kind of version of the flaming pumpkins one year as well.


Here are a couple of the better one's I've carved in previous years.

[spooktacular]

I'm thinking about carving the Gosselins this year - lol

[Andybev01]

I'm thinking about carving the Gosselins this year - lol

You want to scare people, not make them ill...

[adrian]

Very cool idea NeverMore. I hadn't thought to carve out several pumpkins for a Halloween "party is here" sign. I might try to borrow this for mine this year if I have enough time to make them. I'd like to do some kind of version of the flaming pumpkins one year as well.


Here are a couple of the better one's I've carved in previous years.

i love these the top one is my favorite