11/26/09
Still have a leftover pumpkin you didn't get to carve on Halloween?
Celebrate Thanksgiving today by having dinner like the Pilgrims, with
a Native American at your table. Available for free, my thanks to you.
10/31/09 Today's the big day! Many months of planning leading up to this moment. Now is when we show our stuff. Like a jack-o-lantern, the chance to really shine.
But you can show off your monsterpiece to more than just your neighbors. The Gruesome Gallery now allows for users to upload their own carving photos directly to the site. The 2009 carving gallery is already growing, you can browse the images or submit your photo here.
There's additional incentive to submit your pictures too. All eligible photos will be considered for the Creepy Contest. With the chance to win gift certificates and free site memberships for next season, why wouldn't you submit your photo!? Contest details can be found here.
The "Dawn of the Zombie Pumpkins" season has been one for the record books, but now is the time for the Zombie Pumpkins to truly have their day. Good luck minions!
10/28/09
Greetings boils and ghouls, another new pattern has been dusted off
in time for Halloween. You know what they say, the morgue the merrier.
It's your old pal, the Crypt Keeper! Ah ha ha ha!
10/24/09
This bonehead is going out of his mind,
experiencing a literal meltdown.
He's a Gelatin Skeleton, can you get
that through your thick skull?
10/22/09
Stencil some strong sorcery this special season with
Albus Dumbledore, a habitual helper to Harry
and headmaster of Hogwarts.
10/19/09
Is he strong? Listen, bud!
He's got radioactive blood.
Can he swing from a thread?
Take a look overhead.
Hey there, there goes the Spider-Man!
10/16/09
In honor of the 25th anniversary of Freddy Krueger's screen debut,
let's take another walk down Elm Street with the man of your dreams.
And take a look at this video to see what Robert Englund himself thinks of Zombie Pumpkins!
10/14/09
Edward Cullen was added last week,
so naturally Bella Swan would soon arrive.
And so the lion fell in love with the lamb.
What a stupid lamb. What a sick masochistic lion.
10/12/09
When asked to chose the form of my next pumpkin pattern,
I tried to think of the most harmless thing.
Something I loved from my childhood.
Something that could never ever possibly destroy us.
It's the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man.
10/10/09
Looking down from the rooftop,
of a medieval church,
this Stone Grotesque guards,
from his towering perch.
10/07/09
There comes a time to put away childhood things. But some things just won't stay put!
He's Chucky, and he's your friend till the end. Hidey-ho!
10/05/09
When you can live forever what do you live for?
To carve an Edward Cullen pumpkin? You might think this pattern isn't real.
This kind of stuff just doesn't exist. It does in my world.
10/03/09
Tallahassee's mother always told him,
"Someday you'll be good at something."
I don't think she could have guessed that something would be zombie pumpkin killing.
10/02/09
Thirsting for something a little thicker than water?
Sink your teeth into this Blood Drive pattern. It's sure to draw all types of donors to your door.
09/30/09
Once the sister of Ash, now possessed by a Kandarian demon, awakened from its ancient slumber. Join us!
Soon all of you will be like Deadite Cheryl... and then who will lock you up in a cellar?!
The ladies of The Evil Dead - Betsy "Linda" Baker, Sarah "Shelly" York and Ellen "Cheryl" Sandweiss (hiding behind her pumpkin likeness).
09/28/09
Cryptic, coveting and commonly clashing with Harry Potter, this prickly professor of potions is partisan to Slytherin school. Summon this stencil of spellbound Severus Snape.
09/26/09
I have no fear, there is no need. He is but a grown up pumpkin seed.
Sam is the Spirit of Halloween and enforces the holiday's ancient traditions. So you better be wearing a costume and have a bowl of treats ready.
09/24/09
On Halloween night, it's about respecting the customs, not breaking them. Carve Sam's jack o' lantern and don't blow it out before the night is over. You either live by these rules... or you don't.
09/22/09
Submitted for your approval. A world where ugliness is the norm and beauty the deviation from that norm.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. A lesson to be learned - in The Twilight Zone.
09/20/09
What are girls made of?
Sometimes sugar and spice.
But some are Pretty Poison,
so you better think twice.
09/18/09
This is a land full of wonder, mystery, and danger. Some say to survive it you need to be as mad as a hatter. Which luckily he is.
09/16/09
The Joker has been apprehended and taken to Arkham Asylum.
He doesn't want to escape, he's having way too much fun!
Welcome to the madhouse!
09/14/09
This Sesame Street favorite is ready to be carved, not tickled.
If you think Elmo is too cute for this site, just remember... he IS a monster.
09/12/09
Alright you primitive screwheads, listen up! You see this? This... is my Ash stencil! Hail to the king, baby.
09/11/09
Each year Zombie Pumpkins chooses a new charity for which to raise funds. This season a portion of the money collected will be going to The My Stuff Bags Foundation. Learn more about Zombie Pumpkins' fundraising efforts here.
09/09/09
From his dirt filled coffin, the shadow of vampire Count Orlok rises.
Nosferatu! That name alone can chill the blood.
09/07/09
Rise and shine, minions! After a long night, the Zombie Pumpkins are back!
You might think you're safe,
with the breaking of dawn.
But on the horizon,
they'll continue to spawn.
This year the pumpkins feel like death warmed over, just how they like it. So fire up your printers, as new Petrifying Patterns will soon spark your creativity.
Drop by the Shocking Shop as well, to pick up some of the new merchandise before it goes up in smoke. And if you can't stand this heat, get out of the pumpkin patch!
07/04/09
0 score and 7 years ago, our Patch Master brought forth on this internet a new website,
dedicated to the proposition that all pumpkins are carved equal.
It is for us to be here dedicated to the great task of also carving watermelons.
We shall have a new birth of an Abraham Lincoln pattern,
by the people, for the people.
07/02/09
Another summer month begins, and another watermelon pattern leaps
to the Summer Spirits page.
Go out on a limb, and give this Tree Frog a try.
06/28/09
If there's one legacy Michael Jackson gave us
Halloween fans, it's a certain song and music video
released in 1983. For no mere mortal can resist,
the evil of the
Thriller!
06/24/09
Summer is officially here and the watermelons are ripe for the gutting.
Let's kick off the tropical carving with another for your tiki collection.
This primitive great ape carries an island curse. Beware the cheeky
Tiki Monkey!
05/16/09 As visual proof that the Zombie Pumpkins are taking over, close to 1,000 photos were submitted for the Creepy Contest last season! The fruits of your labor are now available for viewing in the completed 2008 Pumpkin Carving Gallery.
But there's more to see than just pumpkins. Check out the new photo additions to the Costumes and Carvings, Beyond the Pumpkins and Watermelon Carving galleries as well.
01/20/09
As our 44th president takes office today,
a new Barack Obama stencil
also becomes available here.
Celebrate the inauguration by making use of one of these
two free presidential patterns.
01/01/09 Happy New Year, from Zombie Pumpkins! 2009 will be a monstrous year for the undead fruit and its army of minions. Expect plenty of updates, even before the fall. The first of which is the addition of two new pages in the Peculiar Press section.
The New Haven Register discusses the presidential pumpkin trends with their article Obama Tops McCain in Pumpkin Poll.
And the music zine Beyond the Dark Horizon seeks answers to the Zombie Pumpkins' origin, in an interview with the Patch Master himself.
