I got our pumpkins all carved for the month of Halloween. I used the large foam pumpkins that are carvable with a hot knife. It's like a soldering iron with an exacto blade in it. Then some LED pumpkin lights and you are set.
I used a dremal tool with a stone to detail the stems and dry brushed some burnt umber matte craft paint to detail the base of the stem and to also highlight the ridges and add some dirt smudges to make them look real.

They don't rot and shrivel up and they will be stored until next year.

Awesome !

I thought you might like the trials bike.

Not a fan. To me that ranks right up there with fake fur. Support your local pumpkin farmer!


Nice work on the carving though.

Pretty awesome!

Great carving….only problem is it takes the farmer out of the picture for ever.

What did the seeds taste like? Roasting the seeds in the oven are part of the tradition.

Looking closer now, your pictures can’t be real.

Is it real or foam?

Nice!!!!!!

That’s vewwwy good!

Have never roasted the seeds, don't like them. What do you mean the pics can't be real?

Foam

That picture of the face in the dark has that black spot floating in the throat area that looks like it’s not attached to anything. In the daylight pic it looks like it must be a hole in back for a light maybe?

You’ve got some great punkins!

Fantastic! I would do that to save time, but Zim still grows pumpkins and we set them around in front of the house for fall decorating, along with some mums and other stuff. Sometimes the chickens bust into a pumpkin and have a feast, which is fun.

We have a few pre-carved LED lit ones we set on the hearth by the fireplace. They are store bought and not NEARLY that nice!

Flipper, I love the one with the evil grin!

Looks great flipper...

Some people are just miserable pricks..

Chuckie would love the one with the dirt bike! Good job!

Didja all know Jack o lanterns were originally carved from turnips? That would be rough

Glad some of you like them! Ha, keeps the old guys busy tinkering.
The hole in the back is a finger hole for a hatch. You do the hatch first and then you can put your hand inside and push the disign out the front.
I poked a hole with a pencil and inserted some cylinder shaped magnets I got from Amazon. Push them in flush and add a drop of superglue to keep them from pulling out.
Make sure put them in so they attract and don't repel before you glue. I did magnets on top and bottom, stays secure. I also took a pic of the pumpkin light.

Real. lol

I had a 50% chance of guessing right. Ha