Traditionally the faces on the pumpkins are scary, but times change and so alternatives including funny pumpkin faces have been found for years. If you also want to focus more on humor for Halloween this year, then you can be inspired by our funny pumpkin faces. Whether you simply draw them or go a step further and carve them, they are guaranteed to be the highlight of your Halloween entryway decorations.
Carve funny pumpkin faces – try these ideas!
If you have the desire and talent, you can carve really funny pumpkin faces directly into the pumpkin. And to look interesting, it doesn't have to be anything particularly complicated.With the help of carving templatesFor example, even beginners can easily conjure up cool faces in the pumpkin. Here are a few ideas with different levels of difficulty.
Make unusual eyes for funny pumpkin faces
Cut out funny mouths from any pumpkins you like. You can add teeth or not as you wish. What makes these pumpkin carvings so funny are the eyes. Hollow them out and, for example, put white lids into them that you have previously painted pupils on, or use mini decorative pumpkins instead. The crazier the look, the better! Or how about star anise for eyes and a schnauzer made from maple seeds and pumpkin stems for horns?
Artificial fingernails as teeth
You can use a variety of tools to create funny pumpkin faces. For example, if carving teeth is too complicated for you, you can stick artificial fingernails into the edge of the cut out mouth, as in this example. Of course it can be crooked and crooked! And you can also design the mouth shape as you wish. The pupils of the eyes here are made of black sequins.
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Make funny pumpkin faces yourself - friendly look with funny hairstyle
Carve a simple, smiling face (like the one-tooth example) and finish by adding lots of lollipops to act as hair. To do this, simply stick them through the pumpkin. If this is too difficult because the shell is so hard, you can also pre-punch holes. The children can then take the lollies with them on their Halloween tour.
Or how about this cool punker made of elongated lollipops for a mohawk? Piercings can be made from wire.
Choose a pumpkin motif from a cartoon
So it doesn't always have to be scary. That's why any comic characters are also ideal. TheHeroes from Frozenare very popular, for example, but simpler versions like Mickey Mouse are also great. In the example you see an artificial pumpkin, but Mickey's face can also be carved wonderfully on a real one. The ears are particularly original: they consist of smaller pumpkins, for which you can either use artificial ones (just glue them on) or elsesmall decorative pumpkins. For example, you can stick real pumpkins with shish kebab skewers.
Carve funny pumpkin faces instead of carving them
A simpler alternative to carving is scoring. All you have to do is scrape off the upper, darker layer of the pumpkin to get the desired motif. There are special tool sets for pumpkin carving that should contain a suitable tool. You can also draw the grimace you want on the surface beforehand to make scraping it off easier.
Three cool pumpkin face ideas for beginners to imitate
For Count Dracula, choose an elongated pumpkin and carve the mouth, eye sockets and eyebrows. Cut out two circles for the eyes from the cut out pulp and add any pupils you want. The teeth can again be made of fingernails or cardboard. Also interesting is Dracula's hood made from another pumpkin in a darker color.
A really fun and easy idea for funny pumpkin faces is this one with the face mask, which you don't even necessarily have to carve for. Using acrylic paint, paint a circle, leaving out the areas for the mouth and nose. Instead of eyes, use cucumber slices, which you can pin with toothpicks, for example. A headscarf or alternatively a shower cap is also a great addition.
The third idea is also really original and funny. To do this, the pumpkin is hollowed out and the front part, so to speak the face, is cut out (leave a few teeth there if you like). Then add any grimace to this face. Now comes the fun part: Hang artificial eyeballs inside the pumpkin and lean the “fallen off” face against the pumpkin head so that it is also visible.
Supplement the pumpkin grimace with humorous elements
If you want to make the mouth a little larger, you can put a small pumpkin or mandarin orange between it, as if the pumpkin were to bite. You can also form a large tongue out of the shell and place it in the open mouth.
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