The first thing that comes to my mind when I hear the word autumn is Halloween. Halloween is one of the most enjoyed and celebrated festivals in the world. It is a lot of fun and colourful. The best part of Halloween is pumpkin carvings. Deciding on what type of Pumpkin to buy and how to carve them is the most awaited tradition of the festival.
For all those of you who love Halloween and the scary decor theme with pumpkins, this article is for you.
How are Halloween and Pumpkins related?
We all know that Pumpkin carvings and decorating your front lawn with it are the important part of the celebration. But have you ever wondered why we carve pumpkins and decorated them?
There is a simple story behind the importance of pumpkins during the festival. Nearly a hundred years ago the tradition of carving pumpkin into Jack-o-lantern designs began in Ireland. The main reason for following this tradition by people was to scare off evil spirits that may pass through the farm’s Irish people. Earlier Irish people used to carve scary faces out of turnips. Later on, the Irish community immigrated to the US and began carving jack-o-lantern designs from the pumpkins. The reason why they choose pumpkin vegetable is that it was native to the land.
Even today people celebrating the festival follow this tradition. In the modern era, the festival is usually celebrated in the United States of America. Furthermore, the tradition is so famous that it has become very common these days. It can also be said that Pumpkin carving is synonymous with Halloween celebrations.
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What are the best and simple designs to carve pumpkins during Halloween?
In a way, we can say that the Halloween celebration is not complete without Pumpkin carvings. The Jack-o-lantern designs of the pumpkin are quite famous and very attractive. However, time and changes in life have brought about new designs to carve a pumpkin.
Check out the latter part of the article to learn more about simple and best designs to carve pumpkins and decorate them his Halloween.
1. Scary and Hungry Jack
The first simple design to carve a pumpkin during Halloween is a scary and hungry Jack. It is the best design for beginners with pumpkin carvings. To carve the pumpkin make a big hole in the centre to form a scary mouth. Add teeth to it by using cut pieces of pumpkin and fixing it with the help of a toothpick. Next to make the normal into a scary hungry Jack use an apple.
Take a green apple and draw a scary face on it and finally place it in the corner of the pumpkin’s mouth. That’s it your done and your scary and hungry Jack-o-lantern designs are ready.
2. Pumpkin with words carved into it
The next pumpkin carving on your list is straightforward. Not all Pumpkin carvings need to be scary. It can also be funny and welcoming. Some such design for carving is making words out of the pumpkin. You can carve any word or sentence on your pumpkin. It can be as simple as happy Halloween to be a signboard. Let your creativity follow her and start carving any words you like into your pumpkins.
3. Owl design
One of the famous Jack-o-lanterns designs to carve your pumpkin is the owl face. First, draw an owl’s face on your pumpkin. All you need to make an owl is two circles and an upside-down triangle. Once you draw the design start carving the pumpkin by removing the insides of it. Later on, use a marker or any form of paint to make it look scary by adding eyes and wings.
4. Smiley in the form of a Skeleton
The best way to keep up the theme while carving a pumpkin is this design. All you need to carve is a smiley face on the pumpkin. However instead of making circles use the x and + sign to carve the pumpkin. In this way, you are set to create a skeleton smiley that is not only scary but also simple to do. Further, to create the eyes of a smile carve two X’s and for the mouth of the smile, make a stitch pattern using the + sign.
Finally, add a nose in the form of a triangle. With this, you are bound to create a scary pumpkin to decorate your front lawn or house with a carved vegetable.
5. Peek-a-boo pumpkin
The fifth and the most appealing way to carve a pumpkin on Halloween is by creating a barn. Carve a barn out of any pumpkin of your choice. Once you make a barn then add fences or gates using the carved-out prices or with extra pumpkins. You can attach the fences to your pumpkin using a toothpick. Later on, place farm animals or bales straw or any other farm products into the pumpkin. You can also complete the look by decorating it with farm-themed items surrounding it.
Tough the designs mentioned here in the article are simple they are a very effective form of decor for Halloween. But one thing you need to remember is that make sure to place a light inside to pumpkin to bring it alive at the night.
Bottom Line
There is no doubt that autumn is famous for Halloween and Halloween calls for pumpkin carvings. But carving a pumpkin is not an easy job tough it is very fun. Hence, we have shared five simple designs here that you can follow to create Jack-o-lantern designs.
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