Halloween Party Ideas

Recipes, decorations, parties, pumpkins, and more! Find all our spookiest ideas to plan your Halloween party this season.

31 Halloween Pumpkin Carving Ideas

Get your carving tools out, because we have 31 ways—from spooky to elegant to jolly—to make your house Halloween ready.

Article by Amy Bickers

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Masterpiece Pumpkin

You don’t have to stick with traditional holiday images. Create a masterpiece based on something a little more highbrow. A rendition of The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh elevates this pumpkin to museum quality. Create a design like this by scraping away the pumpkin’s outer shell rather than cutting a hole through it. The pumpkin wall should be about 1 inch thick to allow light to shine through.