Easy Pumpkin Carving with Mom’s Lifesavers

Looking for pumpkin carving ideas that are more creepy than cute? Check these out.

No Power Tools Required!

It is super easy to make an infested looking pumpkin. We have two kinds to make your skin crawl; a mice infested, and worm infested version. Both are pretty icky! (Which means your tweens and teens will love them.)

The gory side of Halloween isn’t really my thing  but with our teens and tweens in the house we needed to step up our game. Our answer, adding some creepy, crawly creatures to our seasonal gourds.

Carving Supplies

Keeping it simple, we used items you likely have around the house. (Not including the rubber mice or worms – haha)

• Stretchy Creatures – we used mice and worms that we found at DollarTree
• Melon Ball Kitchen Tool
• Paring Knife (with a pointed tip)
• Pencil

Let’s Get Started

Here is a short video tutorial to show you just how quick and easy this pumpkin carving came together:

Picture Tutorials

Some step by step pictures to help you with your creepy carving project:

Easy Pumpkin Carving with Mice

 Easy Pumpkin Carving with Worms

More Halloween Crafts

Check out these posts for family fun activities.

Not So Scary Halloween Garland, Inspired by pre-cut foam Halloween shapes, glue dots and ribbon

Easy Pumpkin Hair Clip: Turn a flower blossom into a sweet Halloween Jack-o-lantern for your little pumpkin

Bat Craft DIY – This is a Mom’s Lifesavers favorite!