10 Mindblowing Jack-O’-Lanterns for Creative Carving Inspiration

For the last three weeks now, I've told myself almost every night that I should carve the pumpkin I have sitting on the dusty corner of my living room table. The issue? I have no idea what cute little face I wanna implant on that sucker. So I did a little digging for some inspiration this morning, and now I can honestly say that I've found some of the most amazing and creative jack-o'-lanterns ever created. 

As in, some people have some fantastic pumpkin carving skills. 

Like, more fantastic than fantastic, actually. As in — I hope to be nearly as good at something over the course of my lifetime as these pumpkin carving masters are at slicing and dicing a Halloween gourd. Seriously, there's a life-like horse, a VW bus — even one that looks exactly like Miley Cyrus! Not only are there some serious skills displayed here but some really genius ideas.

Please, read on to see 10 jack-o'-lanterns that will blow your mind — and hopefully provide you with some offbeat, creative and out-of-this-world inspiration for your own Halloween pumpkin carving.

Have you ever branched out of the standard smiling jack-o'-lantern?

10 min-blowing jack-o'-lantern ideas

Horse

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I stare at this and can hear the horse neighing.

'Wizard of Oz'

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I think this is right after they hear Oz's great and powerful roar for the first time.

Johnny Depp

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So. Spot. On.

Beware

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Spooktastic, right?

'Despicable Me' Minion

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Okay, so technically this guy isn't carved, but come ON — those goggles are fabulous!

Cannibalism

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Those are pumpkin seed tears, people.

Volkswagen Bus

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The windows could use a little bit more work, but that's a pretty inventive idea.

Miley Cyrus

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Can you hear that? That's "Wrecking Ball" playing in the distance in your mind.

Ninja Turtle

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So which one is it? Leonardo? Michelangelo?

Walter White

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Something Breaking Bad fans can most definitely appreciate.