14 Halloween pumpkins that put yours to shame

To carve a jack-o’-lantern Halloween pumpkin is to marvel at your own artistic ineptitude.

A pen knife and a supermarket fruit might not be the most easy of materials to work with, but you were expecting something better than the asymmetrical, structurally-compromised pumpkin face you have created, which doesn’t look so much scary as just a bit dejected.

Don’t be disheartened though, with a little practise you could make something akin to one of these masterpieces:

1. Like the pumpkin with added food colouring for a ghostly glow.

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2. Or a dentist’s answer to a jack-o-lantern.

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3. Make it look like yourself for added creepiness.

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4. Or once your skills have drastically improved, like Van Gogh’s The Starry Night.

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5. Instead of a normal skull, give a Mexican one a shot.

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6. Or go for a pop culture reference, like this impressive carving of Breaking Bad’s Walter White  

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7. This hamburger pumpkin is simple but pretty effective.

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8. As is this detailed fiery design.

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9. The hollow center of the pumpkin can always be exploited.

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10. Or the exterior can be dressed up.

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11. You could announce the imminent arrival of a child with a pumpkin (definitely creepy, that’s for sure).

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12. Or make use of the seeds.

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13. OK, these are getting ridiculous now.

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14. FORGET IT.

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