So what is Halloween after all without a carved pumpkin sitting on your porch or at the window?
Pumpkin carving is known as the best and fun part of Halloween, because the patterns help to create that scary effect.
In the U.S., the carved pumpkin was first associated with the harvest season, before it became an emblem of Halloween.
Here are a few pumpkin carvings from where you can take ideas to carve your own pumpkin this Halloween.
Artist Russ Leno of Sleepy Hollow Master Pumpkin Carvers of Seattle works on a 657-pound pumpkin at Microsoft's Redmond, Washington campus on Oct. 27. Leno was hired by Microsoft to carve the jack-o'-lantern which will be auctioned to company employees to raise money for charity before Halloween. The giant pumpkin was grown at Holland's Land-O-Giants farm in Puyallup, Washington. Leno is scheduled to carve a pumpkin for Vice President Al Gore in Washington, D.C. this weekend.ReutersTwo students carve pumpkins into the shape of a ship and a dragon during class at a training school for chefs in Hefei, east China's Anhui province, August 1, 2006ReutersCarved pumpkins are seen during the annual Naked Pumpkin Run in Boulder, Colorado on Halloween night October 31, 2007. Naked people wearing pumpkins on their heads run through the streets of Boulder each Halloween.ReutersU.S. Democratic Presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) campaigns in front of carved Halloween pumpkins during an election rally in Columbia, Missouri, October 30, 2008. Obama is campaigning in Florida, Virginia and Missouri on Thursday before the November 4 presidential election.ReutersDivers Gareth Calvert (L) and Jamie Oliver pose with pumpkins after a race to carve them underwater in the Ocean Reef Halloween display at the London Aquarium October 27, 2010.REUTERSPumpkins carved by artists Ray Villafane and Andy Bergholtz (C) are displayed during a pumpkin carving exhibition in the Grand Canal Shoppes at The Venetian hotel-casino in Las Vegas, Nevada October 26, 2011. The pumpkins will be displayed at Heidi Klum's Halloween party and other Halloween events at the TAO and LAVO nightclubs in Las Vegas.REUTERS/Steve MarcusA pumpkin sculpture by artist Ray Villafane is displayed during an exhibition in the Grand Canal Shoppes at The Venetian hotel-casino in Las Vegas, Nevada October 26, 2011. Pumpkins carved by artists Villafane and Andy Bergholtz will be displayed at Heidi Klum's Halloween party and other Halloween events at the TAO and LAVO nightclubs in Las Vegas.REUTERS/Steve Marcus
