7 Scary Pumpkin Carving Ideas

Jagged grins, hollow skulls and creeping spiders. Most still work for beginners.

7 ideas

Flying Bat

A spiky-winged bat silhouette — simple straight cuts, big effect.

40 min Cost $ 4 items

Hanging Spider

A spider dangling on a thread with eight long legs.

50 min Cost $ 4 items

Skull Face

Hollow eye sockets, a nose cut-out and a row of square teeth.

45 min Cost $ 4 items

Vampire Grin

Slanted eyes and a wide smile with two fangs left uncut.

45 min Cost $ 4 items

Toothpick Teeth

Carve a mouth, then push in a row of toothpicks or pumpkin chunks as wonky teeth.

40 min Cost $ 3 items