Try our favorite kid-friendly pumpkin carving ideas with the whole family this Halloween.
Greg Scheidemann
These pumpkin carving ideas for kids are fun for the entire family.
check that to use kid-friendly carving utensils and have a parent supervise to create these fun pumpkin designs.
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Have the kids paint the train cars with black paint, and leave carving the wheels to the adults.
Place the pumpkins in a line in your yard oracross the porchto imitate the look of a moving train.
Have some pieces spill out to encourage guests and trick-or-treaters to grab a bite.
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Help children carefully carve out a door and two windows in the pumpkin.
Then, decorate the carriage with a crown and gold paper or stickers.
Place the carriage behindtwo mini pumpkinsthat mimic the look of wheels.
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Frankenstein Pumpkin Carving
Carve a classic Halloween character this year with your kids.
To create thefriendly Frankenstein, trace our free stencil, and carefully carve out the face and hair.
Place the pumpkin by your front door to welcome trick-or-treaters or inside to admire your handiwork.
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Cat and Bat Pumpkins
This pumping carving idea for kids is more friendly than spooky.
Have your kids paint pumpkins black, then trace and carve smiling cat and bat faces.
Masquerade Pumpkins
Create mysterious pumpkin faces using masquerade masks.
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Help your kids trace and carve two eye holes into each pumpkin.
Then, place a mask on the pumpkin to create a face.
Place a group of pumpkins down your front steps for a spookyoutdoor Halloween scene.
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Drill small holes into the pumpkin in the shape of a constellation.
Using white paint, connect the holes to finish off the celestial Halloween decoration.
Silly Hair Pumpkins
Carve a collection of silly pumpkin faces with your kids.
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Our free pattern download and pumpkin-carving how-to make carving these smiling pumpkins a breeze.
Once the face is carved, cut the ears and wings from cardstock.
Glue together the outer and inner ear cutouts and the outer and inner wing cutouts.
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Glue the wings to black cardstock, then cut out, leaving an 1/8-inch black border all around.
Fold and clip the ears and wings as noted on the patterns.
Attach them to the pumpkin with straight pins.
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Farm Animal Pumpkin
This cute kid’s pumpkin carving project starts with a carvable faux pumpkin.
Create the barnyard scene by painting the pumpkin red and carving a barn door opening.
Fill the pumpkin with mini gourds decorated to look like farm animals.
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We used cut felt pieces to make the faces.
The owls come together with just a bit of carving, glue, and sunflower seeds.
this pumpkin-carving idea looks great on orange pumpkins, too.
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To create this pumpkin, cut circles into a real or faux pumpkin to resemble Swiss cheese.
Fill some of the holes with faux plastic mice.
Pipe cleaner whiskers, crafts-foam ears, and a pretty bow make this carved pumpkin kitty a surefire favorite.
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This sweetly grinning pumpkin offers an expressive face bound to turn on the smiles.
Get our pumpkin-carving pattern to make the face just right.
Pumpkin Candy Lane
Hoppy Halloween!
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This pumpkin carving idea starts with a coat of green crafts paint.
Cut a wide mouth and glue on small white gourds for eyes.
Cut legs from paper and hot glue them to the back of the funny pumpkin.
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Pup Pumpkin
Laura Moss
Put together thissilly pup pumpkindecoration with your dog-loving kids.
Carve a silly grin, paint the mouth and nose black, and paint on a brown face.
Use wire hangers to attach white gourds painted with brown circles as eyes and green gourds for ears.
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Circular Smile
Peter Krumhardt
Keep kid-friendly pumpkin carving simple by using an apple corer.
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