This Halloween, turn a plain pumpkin into a spellbinding witch, glow-in-the-dark cat, googly-eyed zombie, hooting owl, or a traditional toothy-grinned jack-o-lantern. Learn techniques like etching, painting, decoupaging, or our own easy-to-follow carve-by-the-number approach.
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How to Découpage a Halloween Pumpkin Using Our Exclusive Templates
Spooky carved pumpkins
10 Scary Pumpkin Faces That Are Straight Out of Your Spookiest Nightmare
Pumpkin Carving Stencils
15 Creative Pumpkin Carving Stencils for an Elevated Halloween Display
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10 Ways to Use Pumpkin Guts After You Carve Your Jack-o'-Lantern
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The Best Paints to Use When Decorating Pumpkins
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How to Carve a Pumpkin Like a Pro, Our Tried-and-True Method
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The 30 Best Painted Pumpkin Ideas From Our Editors
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27 of Our Best Pumpkin Carving and Design Ideas
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How Long Do Carved Pumpkins Last? Plus, How to Make Them Last Longer
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Five Tips for Picking a Pumpkin That Will Last Through October
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Picks of the Patch: Check Out Some of the Unique Pumpkin Varieties Grown at Washington's Gordon Skagit Farms
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Pumpkin Tulipière
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How to Host a Pumpkin-Carving Competition or Party This Halloween
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How to Make Fabric Pumpkins
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How to Carve a Pirate Ship Pumpkin
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The Galaxy Pumpkin Trend That's Out of This World
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26 No-Carve Pumpkin Ideas That Anyone Can Try
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Three Spellbinding Ideas for a Witch Pumpkin
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Haunted House Carved Pumpkins
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Pineapple Jack-o'-Lantern
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How to Make a Pumpkin Planter for Succulents
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Pumpkins with Scary Etched Silhouettes
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Fanged Vampire and Winged Bat Pumpkins
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Seven Legendary Halloween Characters (and the Pumpkins to Match)
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Mice-Infested Pumpkins
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Night Owl Carved Pumpkin How-To
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Etched Fox and Bunny Pumpkins
Pumpkin Owl
How to Make Pumpkin Owls
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Haunted Manor Pumpkins
Decoupage Pumpkin with colored leaves
How to Make Colorful Leaf Decoupage Pumpkins
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No-Carve Lace Pumpkins
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Floral Monogram Pumpkin
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Pink Pumpkin with Pearls and Velvet
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Fairy House Pumpkin
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These Heirloom Pumpkin Arrangements Show the Wild Side of Autumn
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Gilded-Leaf Pumpkins
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How to Make a Pumpkin-and-Gourd Centerpiece
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Vile-Varmint Pumpkins
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How to Make Metallic Copper-Leaf Pumpkins
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Appliqué Pumpkins
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Witch Silhouette Pumpkin
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Embroidered-Floral Applique Pumpkin