I Spend All-Year Round Carving Pumpkins — These Are Some Of My Most Detailed Designs

    "During lockdown and while on furlough, I spent my days figuring out how to make carve-able foam pumpkins...I spend anywhere from six to 20 hours carving."

    My name is Jamie and I love carving pumpkins! Every year, I take time away from my day job to focus on pumpkins, spending hundreds of hours carving every year.

    My style of carving is called etching — some people refer to it as "shading" — a technique that involves shaving the pumpkin to different depths, allowing varying amounts of light to pass through the pumpkin to create the design.

    And here are some of my carvings, each pumpkin has taken anywhere from six to 20 hrs to carve:

    1. Pennywise

    Pennywise (IT) carved on a Pumpkin

    2. Vecna

    Vecna pumpkin carving

    3. Annie from Misery

    Annie from the film Misery Foam Pumpkin carving

    4. Evan Peters as Jeffrey Dahmer

    Evan Peters  from Netflix Dahmer carved on a pumpkin

    5. The Grinch

    Grinch Pumpkin carving

    6. Krampus

    Krampus carrying a naughty child in a cage carved on a pumpkin

    7. Medusa

    medusa carved on a pumpkin

    8. Scared child

    a child surrounded by monsters carved on a pumpkin

    9. Moon Knight

    Moonknight carved on a foam pumpkin

    10. Mr. Knight

    Mr. Knight carved on a pumpkin

    11. Freddy Krueger

    Freddy Krueger carved on a pumpkin

    12. Grab you! ghost

    A ghost 3D carved design on a pumpkin

    13. Frankenstein's Monster

    Frankenstein's monster carved on a pumpkin

    14. Pennywise (1990 Tim Curry version)

    Tim Curry as Pennywise carved on a pumpkin

    15. Off with her head! character

    A woman at a guillotine carved on a pumpkin

    16. Halloween face

    a disfigured face carved on a pumpkin

    17. Dragon

    a dragon head carved on a pumpkin

    18. Evil Jack in the Box

    an evil jack in the box toy carved on a pumpkin

    19. Yeti

    a yeti carved on a pumpkin

    20. "Smile" character

    a scary character smiling carved on a pumpkin

    21. Skull

    a skull carved on a pumpkin

    22. Billy from Saw

    Billy from Saw carved on a pumpkin

    23. Scary face character

    a scary face carved on a pumpkin

    24. Jack Skellington

    Jack Skellington carved on a pumpkin

    25. And The Mandalorian

    The Mandalorian carved on a pumpkin

    Which pumpkin was your favorite? Do you have an idea for my next carving? Let me know in the comments below!

    To see more of my carvings, check out my YouTube channel here!