Starry Night Pumpkin Carving

Even if you can t spot the stars in the sky this carved pumpkin will give your front stoop a similar starry effect.

Starry night pumpkin carving. This year i decided to paint a pumpkin instead of carving it. Our free pumpkin carving stencils are full of ideas for halloween jack o lanterns. I went online for inspiration and decided i wanted to replicate van gogh s starry night. From emoticon stencils to eerie face templates print designs for all.

Using a pen trace the inside of different size star cookie cutters onto the pumpkin in a random pattern. Feel free to mix up where the stars go based on where your pumpkin s flattest easiest to carve. A rendition of the starry night by vincent van gogh elevates this pumpkin to a museum quality work of art. Starry night cut a wide hole in the bottom of a pumpkin and scoop out the seeds and flesh.

I simply used a small pumpkin and some acrylic paints. You don t have to stick with traditional holiday images or a silly scary jack o lantern face. Think of the pumpkin as a blank canvas and create a masterpiece based on something a little more highbrow. You and van gogh.

This is starry night carved on a pumpkin by max eddy 5 22 pm october 31st 2011 this in van gogh s famous starry night carved on a pumpkin courtesy of your friends at the museum of modern art. Running out of pumpkin carving ideas. Starry night you and van gogh. Turning to the art word for pumpkin carving ideas provides a lot of material to work with.

First paint the pumpkin the color of your choice and let it fully dry.