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Scary pumpkin faces: 45+ jack o’lantern carving ideas

Mary Jane Duford
April 30, 2023

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What’s Halloween without some really great scary pumpkin faces!? Here are 45+ different jack o lantern ideas for frighteningly spooky carving ideas, from evil-grin pumpkin carving templates to prop-filled diabolical pumpkin creatures. Let’s look at this big gallery of scary pumpkin faces to get some ideas for jack o lantern designs!

Scary jack-o-lantern face carving — Classic scary carved Jack O’Lantern – making the perfect halloween pumpkin!

Carving pumpkins with scary faces — Jack O’Lantern with a scary face using the stem as a nose

Two-headed double scary pumpkin faces — A two-headed monster pumpkin!

Pumpkin with nails stuck in it — Jack O’Lantern carved pumpkin with nails sticking into it

Scary jack-o-lantern face carvings — All about those sharp teeth on this Jack O’Lantern

Evil smile pumpkin face - scary pumpkin ideas — A classic evil grin on this scary jack-o-lantern!

Pumpkin with scary face — Simple scary heirloom pumpkin

Scary pumpkin face with big eyes — Nightmare pumpkin

Evil pumpkin jack o lantern carving idea — This scary pumpkin face has huge eyes and a skinny scary mouth.

Scary jack-o-lantern with vomit pumpkin guts — Vomiting Pumpkin – Jack O’Lantern Throwing Up Pumpkin Guts

Scary jack-o-lantern face — Cross-eyes Jack O’Lantern with vertical slit mouth

Three evil pumpkins — Simple scary pumpkin face templates

Big mouth scary pumpkin — Roaring evil Jack O’Lantern

Vampire jack o'lantern — Vampire Jack O’Lantern

Scary jack-o-lantern eating a small pumpkin — Use a mini or baby pumpkin to create a design of a hungry pumpkin so that it is eating a smaller pumpkin!

Witch jack o lantern with spiders — Witch Jack O’Lantern with creepy spiders on grin

Scary pumpkin with wig hair — Creepy squash Jack O’Lantern with hair wig

Scary pumpkin face with liquid nitrogen — Liquid nitrogen smoke effect for Jack O’Lantern

Scary pumpkin face with fangs and narrow eyes — Asymmetrical mouth with fangs

Scary pumpkin face - for beginner carver — Easy scary Jack O’Lantern

Scary jack-o-lantern face carving - evil eyes — Cartoon-style frightening face on a pumpkin

Scary jack-o-lantern face carving with knife — Knife prop with plain Jack O’Lantern

Scary jack-o-lantern face carving - scary mouth — Creepy stretched mouth and diabolical eyes

Pumpkin with big teeth eating flowers — Jack O’Lantern eating flowers!

Mummy type jack o lantern — Skeleton-style nose and thin slit mouth

Green pumpkin with skeleton nose — Template to use a green heirloom pumpkin for zombie pumpkin face

Four scary jack o'lanterns on halloween — A few scary (and slightly crazy) carved pumpkins

Evil pumpkin face with scary mouth — Evil grin on this Jack O’Lantern

Easy scary pumpkin face — Smoky effect coming out of the Jack O’Lantern’s mouth

Diabolical pumpkin with added teeth — Teeth left in with pumpkin pulp

Crazy eyes and missing skin jack o lantern — Creepy eyes and missing skin on this scary jack o’lantern

Poopy diaper baby pumpkin — Saved the most terrifying for last …. Straight from extreme pumpkins

Mary Jane Duford

Mary Jane Duford is a gardening expert and founder of Home for the Harvest. She's also a professional engineer, certified permaculture garden designer, and master gardener in training. Mary Jane has been featured by publications such as Real Simple, Mother Earth News, Homes & Gardens, Heirloom Gardener, and Family Handyman.

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