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20 Watermelon Carvings to Replace Age-Old Halloween Tradition

Spray a little summery freshness this fall!
Monika ThakurBy Monika ThakurOctober 17, 20253 Mins Read
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Fed up with pumpkin decorations all-around your neighborhood? But you can do nothing about it and can’t even blame others, as it’s the time to carve pumpkins into a fun yet spooky Halloween decor. Although you cannot change everyone’s outlook, you can surely get creative yourself and upgrade this tradition with watermelons. Halloween watermelon carvings will give your décor a summery yet spooky freshness. In most places, it is considered a summer version of traditional pumpkin carving. However, let’s use this delicious watery fruit to etch stylish Halloween decorations for the fall. Here are 20 jovially artistic watermelon carvings to replace pumpkins with a funky twist.

Arachnid Fruit Salad

Create an eight-legged creature from watermelon and make it your dinner table centerpiece.

Arachnid Fruit Salad Watermelon Carving for Halloween
Image: Facebook @Christine H McConnell

Dinosaur

This prehistoric watermelon carving is roaring for some human flesh.

Dinosaur Watermelon carving
Image: Watermelon Board

Shark Gobbling Human Body

This carving is easy and you can place the broken body of a doll in it for a horrifying effect.

Shark gobbling human body Watermelon carving
Image: Reddit/r/pics

Spooky Watermelon-o’-Lantern

Blood-thirsty monstrous carving looks fierce when illuminated at night.

Spooky watermelon-o-lantern  Watermelon carving
Image: What About Watermelon

Watermelon Kitty

Say ‘Meow’ to this wonderful cat that’s sculpted out of watermelon. It can be used to serve candies to children on Halloween.

Watermelon kitty Watermelon carving
Image: Watermelon Board

Skulls

Well, one cannot miss out on skulls for Halloween décor. So, try to carve a skull on watermelon for a little traditional feel.

Skull Watermelon carving
Image: Tumblr

Realistic Dragon Head

You need to be really artistic to carve this finely detailed fierce dragon head.

Realistic dragon head Watermelon carving
Image: Yahoo

Ghostly Watermelon

Ghost making its way out of watermelon deathbed.

Ghostly watermelon
Image: Flickr

Cranium

Feast on this healthy watermelon cranium this Halloween to satisfy your inner demons.

Cranium: carving
Image: The Rawtarian

Colorful Owl

This colorful owl carving will add a fun element to your Halloween party.

Colorful owl out of watermelon
Image: Pinterest

One-Eyed Monster

It’s easy to carve but quite devilish for the upcoming spooky night.

One-eyed monster
Image: HuckArt

Porcupine

Welcome this little porcupine into your home to celebrate the scary event.

Porcupine carving watermelon
Image: Watermelon Board

Death Star

For Star Wars fans, this amazing Death Star-like watermelon carving is a perfect option for Halloween decor.

Death Star Watermelon carving
Image: Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers

Jovial Carvings

Turn a bulky watermelon into a variety of moods such as happy, sad, excited, etc.

Jovial carvings

Glowing Ninja Turtles

Create a full ninja army to protect your house from ghosts and goblins.

Glowing ninja turtles
Image: Pinterest

Demon

Illuminating horrific demon outside your house looking for a beastly feast.

carved watermelon Demon
Image: YouTube @Zombie Pumpkins

Frankenstein

Carving Frankenstein out of watermelon is enough to keep trick-or-treaters thinking twice before invading your house.

Frankenstein Watermelon Carving
Image: Watermelon Board

Jack-o’-Melon

This Jack-o’-melon is an interesting and fruity take on the classic Jack-o’-lantern. It can be an eye-catching display on your festive dinner table.

Jack-O’-Melon
Image: Watermelon Board

Watermelon Shark

Who wouldn’t be scared of large fangs and deathly stare of this watermelon shark. Good luck to trick-or-treaters who would come to your home for trick-or-treating.

Watermelon Shark
Image: Taste of Home

 Jack-o’-Melon Bat

This Jack-o’-melon bat is an out of the box watermelon carving idea. Display it on your porch and put a little candle in your bat to give it an eerie appearance.

A JACK-O-MELON BAT!
Image: What About Watermelon

Hopefully, these fun watermelon creations will inspire you for this year’s Halloween decor. Some of these are easy to carve and while others will test your creative side. Forget pumpkins and get ready with knives and other tools for Halloween watermelon carvings.

 

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