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8 Pumpkin Carving Ideas Just In Time for Halloween

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Kiera Chiapperini

Oct 27, 2015

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8 Pumpkin Carving Ideas Just In Time for Halloween

Nothing screams Halloween more than an amazingly carved pumpkin! If you’re struggling to find some pumpkin inspiration, here are some cool carving ideas to try just in time for the spookiest holiday of the year!

1. Owl Pumpkin

If you’re going for something more cute and inviting for the trick-or-treaters, an owl pumpkin is the way to go! Get crafty with the seeds from your pumpkin and make your owl unique!

2. Sick Pumpkin

This little guy ate too much candy! If you’re willing to use every part of the pumpkin, then this idea is great for you!

3. Cheshire Cat Pumpkin

Who doesn’t love the Cheshire Cat? We’re all a little mad here…

4. Hardcore Pumpkin

This one may have gotten a little bit carried away.

5. Jack Skellington Pumpkin

He’s the pumpkin king! He lives for Halloween, so carving his face onto your pumpkin is always a good idea.

6. Angler Fish Pumpkin

Remember the creepy angler fish we all despised in "Finding Nemo"? He looks pretty cool as a pumpkin!

7. Always Watching Pumpkin

This pumpkin has got its eye on you!

8. Evil Pumpkin

This pumpkin looks downright evil! Perfect for scaring trick-or-treaters!

If you need help carving your pumpkin, take a look at these videos! They have some tips that will make life a little easier when trying to create the best Halloween decoration!

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8 Pumpkin Carving Ideas Just In Time for Halloween

Let's Get Creative!

1. Owl Pumpkin

2. Sick Pumpkin

3. Cheshire Cat Pumpkin

4. Hardcore Pumpkin

5. Jack Skellington Pumpkin

6. Angler Fish Pumpkin

7. Always Watching Pumpkin

8. Evil Pumpkin

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Being on a first name basis with campus police and administrators.

1. When all your friends are hanging out and having fun and you’re stuck working desk.

2. When your decorations are due by midnight and it’s 11:30 PM and you’re still painting.

3. And the night before your residents all move in you’re running around taping up door tags in your hall.

4. But you know better than anyone that by week two, some wasted stranger is going to rip them down anyway.

5. Then having to change your hallway theme again during midterm week.

6. Roommate conflicts that happen before the semester even starts.

7. When you’re finally getting ready to go to bed and you stumble upon a random incident.

8. The tedious documentation that follows an already overwhelming incident.

9. Parents calling you about an issue with their student, and you’re wondering how they got your phone number in the first place.

10. You need to come up with a fun, educational programming idea, but you know nobody is going to show up without the promise of food.

11. Running into a resident at a bar or a party.

12. You remind yourself on a daily basis that you do not have to snap every time you agree with something someone says.

13. That awkward 3 A.M. encounter when your resident knocks on your door, half naked, asking for a condom.

14. Doing your nightly rounds of the building and trying to figure out where that odor of marijuana is coming from.

15. When the resident who has been documented on three separate occasions has bloodshot eyes tells you they haven’t been smoking tonight.

16. Being on a first-name basis with campus police and administrators.

17. Handling an incident that you thought only happened on TV or in the movies.

18. When you’re halfway through the semester and you see residents who have never left their room before.

19. Fire alarms are absolutely terrifying, but it has nothing to do with the possibility of there being a fire…

20. Training. More training. And continued training.

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Waking Up Early in College is So Much Harder

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1. Me after every class

2. If you really care about your grades

3. When you get a new homework assignment

4. When people ask what you're going to do after college

5. When you see people who don't study and get good grades

6. We're all broke here

7. FREE FOOD IS FREE FOOD!

8. When it seems like everyone in class is smart - EXCEPT THE PEOPLE IN YOUR GROUP PROJECT!!

Other than knowledge and all those important things

How to take stairs.

Caffeine is your friend.

How to study.

Finding free food.

How to take a nap anywhere.

How to appreciate sleep.

How to procrastinate productively.

Surprise: This is not on the syllabus

1. As a freshman, one does get to be called “freshman” by upperclassmen when they walk to parties in a mob of people.

2. Some of the best stories happen after 2 a.m.

3. Upperclassmen live for meal swipes from freshman because they are poor and need free food.

4. People are struggling just as much as you are so you're not alone.

5. You will never take privacy or personal space for granted ever again.

6. You are not the only one who has slept on the community bathroom floor after a night out.

7. Skipping class for Netflix is a valid excuse.

8. It’s totally acceptable to bring a pot of coffee, a sleeping bag and a pillow to the library.

9. Having class with a friend is the best because you can trade off days on who goes to class.

10. When you are a senior, you take the easiest classes to boost your GPA.

11. How to pull an all-nighter.

12. How to handle drunk people.

13. The drunk you does not look out for sober you about 90 percent of the time.

14. How to deal with a hangover.

15. How to interact with people very different from you.

16. The perfect amount to procrastinate on every assignment.

17. How to pass a class without paying for the textbook that was "required."

18. How to calculate your grades to see what you need on every test in order to maintain a passing grade.

19. How to hook-up with someone without getting emotions involved (but we all know that doesn’t happen).

20. How to handle your roommate when you want to strangle them.

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