# SDMB punkin' carvin' thread.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-punkin-carvin-thread/469568
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [October 25, 2008, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-punkin-carvin-thread/469568 "2008-10-25T23:06:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2008, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-punkin-carvin-thread/469568/1 "2008-10-25T23:06:25Z")
All sorts, techniques and styles welcome.
I’ll get us started with a warty pumpkin I just finished up tonight.
[HERE](http://picasaweb.google.com/adamjprawlocki/Random#5261230604859921106)
I did this one in the woodcarver style, where you may or may not cut into the open center of the pumpkin, and make the features in 3-d.
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### Author:  [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2008, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-punkin-carvin-thread/469568/2 "2008-10-25T23:57:59Z")
No fair. The rest of us don’t have your Lovely Wife[sup]TM[/sup] to display our punkins.
😛
BTW it’s very creepy looking!
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### Author:  [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2008, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-punkin-carvin-thread/469568/3 "2008-10-26T02:12:09Z")
[http://yeswecarve.com/category/stencils/](http://yeswecarve.com/category/stencils/)
How about a Barack O’ Lantern?
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### Author:  [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2008, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-punkin-carvin-thread/469568/4 "2008-10-27T01:11:28Z")
I’ve ordered stencils out to all the kids!!!
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### Author:  [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2008, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-punkin-carvin-thread/469568/5 "2008-10-27T04:18:06Z")
Holy cow, **Acid Lamp** , that’s fantastic. _in awe_
My plan was/is to get two pumpkins, carve one with a :eek: face and one with a shifty-eyes face, have them face each other, and put down a half-eaten piece of pumpkin pie near the second one. I don’t know if I can pull it off, but I’d love to try.
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### Author:  [@Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Mockingbird)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2008, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-punkin-carvin-thread/469568/6 "2008-10-27T04:30:18Z")
I have big plans this year but I am not sure if I’ll be able to pull it off.
We bought a large pumpkin and the plan is to carve a big scary face with lots of sharp poity teeth…with a bloody"squirrel caracass" held in it’s teeth. The carcass is actually an “unstuffed” dog toy, that looks like a stuffed animal without the stuffing.
Another easy one I did a few years back, that got loads of comments was very easy. I just carved a nice big symbol for pi in it and that was it.
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### Author:  [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2008, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-punkin-carvin-thread/469568/7 "2008-10-27T14:16:01Z")
> [@NinetyWt](#):
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> BTW it’s very creepy looking!
Lovely Wife[sup]TM[/sup] reporting for duty.
The pumpkin is actually pretty goofy in person, and makes me giggle every time I open the fridge. It’s not _quite_ cool enough outside to let it sit for several days in the Florida sun. It is, however, covered in warts-- I spent several days before it was carved looking at it as I passed the counter and thinking, “Ew, genital warts” every time I passed it.
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### Author:  [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2008, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-punkin-carvin-thread/469568/8 "2008-10-27T15:15:28Z")
I did [mine](http://img262.imageshack.us/my.php?image=lfb4ee115b5bc42aba17247fg0.jpg) last night.
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### Author:  [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2008, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-punkin-carvin-thread/469568/9 "2008-10-27T15:30:19Z")
> [@Lionne](#):
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> I did [mine](http://img262.imageshack.us/my.php?image=lfb4ee115b5bc42aba17247fg0.jpg) last night.
Awesome! Did you do that by leaving a thin section, or is it carved all the way through?
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### Author:  [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2008, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-punkin-carvin-thread/469568/10 "2008-10-27T15:34:57Z")
I bought my pumpkin yesterday, but haven’t settled on a design yet.