25+ Pumpkin Memes Carving a Jack-O-Lantern Into Their Favorite Gourd

JR Atkinson • Writer and Editor

Oct 31, 2026 11:45 AM EDT

It's the best time of year for pumpkins. They're really coming into their own right now.

It's a great time to be a pumpkin, or a bad one if you're thinking about it that way. You're ripe for the picking, and everyone is obsessing over you. But you're also about to be carved up for all you're worth. So maybe it would be a horrible time of year to be a pumpkin. Mostly, though, we're all thinking about them. We're all making sure that we are celebrating pumpkins in the right way right now. Because if we're not going to do it, then who will? Personally, I entered a pumpkin carving contest at my place of work, and I did pretty darn well. Sometimes you just have to get elbow-deep in pumpkin guts, and you don't need to apologize for that. It helps you connect with the world of Halloween in a very tactile way. You have to get your hands dirty, sometimes in order to get the job done, and pumpkin carving reminds you of that. You're not getting away with being meek about it. You gotta get yourself dirty and scrape out all of those pumpkin guts, if you're going to do it right. It's a nice way to feel connected to nature during this time of year. Then you can use those flimsy little knives to carve something amazing to put on your front porch for your neighbors to see. You hope that the squirrels in the neighborhood don't have their way with your gourds, but let's be honest, they probably will. It's up to them to do anyway.

01

via actualmemes
02

via actualmemes
03

via actualmemes
04

via actualmemes
05

via actualmemes
06

via actualmemes
07

via actualmemes
08

via actualmemes
Jack-o'-lanterns are an essential part of Halloween. I don't know how it started, but the tradition is the tradition, and it's here for a reason. We have to celebrate seasonal produce in every way we can, and carving an awesome face into it is a wonderful way to do that. Does it make sense? Not all the time. But not everything about Halloween makes sense, and that's why we love it. Sometimes we just have to do things because they're tradition, and we don't need to question it. Like, why do we insist on chopping down trees and putting them in our living room during Christmas time? I'm sure I could read a whole history on how this tradition started, but I'm just going to accept it as fact and continue on with my life because having some sense of continued action over the course of our lives is meaningful. It helps give meaning to our lives. That's why we insist on keeping holidays. And Halloween happens to be a wonderful one. It's coming up quick, and depending on when you're reading this, it might've already happened. So I hope that you found a way to celebrate pumpkins this year. I hope you carved one up, or roasted one in an oven, or put out decorative gourds on your table. Either way, I hope you had fun. These memes are here to keep that fun going.
09

via actualmemes
10

via actualmemes
11

via actualmemes
12

via actualmemes
13

via actualmemes
14

via actualmemes
15

via actualmemes
16

via actualmemes
17

via actualmemes
18

via actualmemes
19

via actualmemes
20

via actualmemes
21

via actualmemes
22

via actualmemes
23

via actualmemes
24

via actualmemes
25

via actualmemes
26

via actualmemes
27

via actualmemes

Want More? Follow Us and Add Us as a Preferred Source on Google.

25+ Pumpkin Memes Carving a Jack-O-Lantern Into Their Favorite Gourd

Tags

Handpicked for You

{{title}}

Handpicked for You

{{title}}