10 Gorgeous Pumpkin Carving Designs To Inspire Your Halloween

It's that time of the year, when people browse the web to find some of the most exciting pumpkin carving stencils and patterns, to win the unofficial competition between neighbors with the most original Jack O Lantern. It's a fun, creative time, filled with laughter and joy, a sweet time that begins the holiday season with some of the most original activities.

Soon, children will put on their monster outfits and go trick-or-treating. Adults will party, at the world's biggest masquerade Halloween is celebrated by people all over the world, not only in the United States, Canada, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. Sure, other countries are just playing along with parties in some bars and nightclubs. There, Halloween is not a tradition, it's just fun.

Perhaps you don t know much about these traditions, but they are both interesting and fun. Pumpkin carving in particular, since the tradition begun in Europe, and not the USA as many may believe. Throughout Ireland and Britain for example, there is a long tradition of carving lanterns from vegetables, like turnip, mangelwurzel, or swede. But not until 1837 does jack-o -lantern appear as a term for a carved vegetable lantern, and yes, it first appears in the United States of America. The term becomes associated with the Halloween in 1866. Previously, the carved pumpkin was only associated with the harvest season.

After this bit of history, it is my pleasure to let you enjoy these ten absolutely stunning pumpkin carving ideas. For those of you who want to see even more, the Life magazine has a beautiful, and diverse, slideshow.

Wizard of Oz Jack O'Lantern, courtesy Jim Murphy

Courtesy morganglines

Time Jack-O-Lantern, courtesy Rick Payette

The eye - by Jenn Forman Orth

Jack O'Lantern hell, courtesy Logan Ingalls

Jack-O-Lanterns for 05, courtesy Kieran

Snow White Jack-o-Lanterns, courtesy Alesa Dam

Nessie jack-o'-lantern, courtesy Tapir Girl

Jack O'Lantern - Stewie, courtesy Gone-Walkabout

Jack o' Lanterns by Scott.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

LILIANA DUMITRU-STEFFENS is public relations consultant for Pamil Visions PR. She writes for Everything PR since January 2009. Previously she worked for My-tronic GmbH and Unilever Romania. Email Liliana at lsteffens [at] pamil-visions [dot] net.

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