--- title: See the Best Pumpkinferno Halloween Carvings Photos description: The elaborate display at "Pumpkinferno" in Canada is drawing attention online for the intricate carvings. canonical: https://time.com/4974613/insane-pumpkin-carving/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-10-09T19:02:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:47:52.873Z og:title: These Wild Pumpkin Carvings Take the Art to the Next Level og:description: Welcome to "Pumpkinferno" og:url: https://time.com/4974613/insane-pumpkin-carving/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: These Wild Pumpkin Carvings Take the Art to the Next Level twitter:description: Welcome to "Pumpkinferno" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # These Insanely Impressive Pumpkin Carvings Take the Art to the Next Level  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Oct 9, 2017 7:02 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Oct 9, 2017 7:02 PM UTC Halloween is still three weeks away, but you might as well put down your pumpkin-carving knife now. As Twitter user and [fantasy author](http://kevinhearne.com/) Kevin Hearne shared over the weekend, his “neighbors” have gone above and beyond in their spooky decorations for [the fall holiday](http://time.com/4970466/most-popular-halloween-candy-by-state/), displaying festive, fiery pumpkin-carving skills that are much more than your average [jack-o-lantern](http://time.com/4090067/jack-o-lantern-make-how/) approach. In fact, you might not even realize that pumpkins are the chosen medium, given the creative approach to large-scale crafting. “Neighbors are not playing when it comes to pumpkin carving,” he wrote, alongside a photo of a lit-up dragon composed of the autumnal squash variety. “Yes those are pumpkins.” It’s not just a dragon: there’s also a creepy witch, a colorful Day of the Dead-style skull and a floating astronaut to be impressed by. “I am not even gonna try to compete,” Hearne added. “Neighbors win the pumpkin carving.” Twitter is in agreement. It turns out there’s a reason Hearne’s “neighbors” have outclassed him on the pumpkin front: the display is actually part of Upper Canada Village in Ontario’s annual “Pumpkinferno,” amassing over 7,000 pumpkins for the “spellbinding outdoor exhibit,” [as the tourism board](https://www.ottawatourism.ca/events/pumpkinferno/) calls it. > [](https://twitter.com/KevinHearne/status/916810163297964033) > [](https://twitter.com/KevinHearne/status/916810347817963521) > [](https://twitter.com/KevinHearne/status/916810752295653376) > [](https://twitter.com/KevinHearne/status/916810927042973696) > [](https://twitter.com/KevinHearne/status/916815624029995008) These responses pretty much sum it all up: > [](https://twitter.com/tsfhunter69/status/916888373054361600) > [](https://twitter.com/LianaLeFey/status/916876958818029568) There’s plenty more pumpkin art to discover, too. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4974613/insane-pumpkin-carving/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4974613/insane-pumpkin-carving/"},"headline":"These Insanely Impressive Pumpkin Carvings Take the Art to the Next Level","datePublished":"2017-10-09T19:02:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:47:52.873Z","description":"The elaborate display at \"Pumpkinferno\" in Canada is drawing attention online for the intricate carvings.","url":"https://time.com/4974613/insane-pumpkin-carving/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Holidays","halloween"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4974613/insane-pumpkin-carving/","name":"These Insanely Impressive Pumpkin Carvings Take the Art to the Next Level"}}]}] ```