Creative sea inspired pumpkin carvings for your inspiration.
This was a photo shoot years back by Coastal Living Magazine. Food Editor Julia Rutland did some pumpkin carvings for the October issue. Here you see two of the seven pumpkins she carved in full glow on the Chapel Dock at Palmetto Bluff in South Carolina.
Handsome carved pumpkins with a sea them.
Pumpkin carving can be done in two ways. Cut all the way through, creating openings, or carve the top layer of the pumpkins only as you see done by Coastal Living. Original source is no longer available.
Fabulous coastal pumpkins. Carvings include waves, starfish, anchor and more.
Pumpkins carved by Coastal Living for a Coastal Halloween celebration. Original source is no longer available.
Artificial coastal pumpkins carved with a Dremel Tool via Beach Pinterest. Outline your design and gently shave off the top layer with the dremel tool.
This whale pumpkin is another example of carving the top layer only. Via A Quiet Life.
Here's a glowing example of a decorated Whale Pumpkin. "The only tricky thing is not taking too much flesh out of the middle. If you take out too much it is easier to accidentally pierce through when taking off the skin." Alice of Quaint Living says.
This is an example with openings, using an artificial pumpkin. Carve once and enjoy it for years to come! Supposedly artificial pumpkins are easier to carve than regular pumpkins. By Art Beco via Flickr.
Coastal pumpkin carvings abound in this outdoor pumpkin display. Original source unknown.
A creative pumpkin palm tree on the beach which reminds me of those Beach Scenes in Pots. Via the Polk Museum of Pumpkin.
A creative pumpkin palm tree on the beach which reminds me of those Beach Scenes in Pots. Via the Polk Museum of Pumpkin.