--- title: Star Wars BB-8 Pumpkin description: Get crafty! canonical: https://time.com/4092572/star-wars-bb8-droid-pumpkin/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-29T14:26:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:26:26.358Z og:title: Learn How to Carve Your Very Own Star Wars BB-8 Pumpkin og:description: Get crafty! og:url: https://time.com/4092572/star-wars-bb8-droid-pumpkin/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde3365f7e9a1f6b2/69886eb4f887dc7f2ee9313c/bb-8-pumpkin-star-wars.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: bb-8-pumpkin-star-wars og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Learn How to Carve Your Very Own Star Wars BB-8 Pumpkin twitter:description: Get crafty! twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde3365f7e9a1f6b2/69886eb4f887dc7f2ee9313c/bb-8-pumpkin-star-wars.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Learn How to Carve Your Very Own Star Wars BB-8 Pumpkin by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Oct 29, 2015 2:26 PM UTC  Disney/YouTube by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Oct 29, 2015 2:26 PM UTC _Star Wars: The Force Awakens_ isn’t out yet, but everyone already knows their favorite part of the new movie —the [adorable droid](http://time.com/4083293/bb-8-reacts-star-wars-the-force-awakens-trailer/), BB-8\. Fan fervor surrounding this little ball of fun hasn’t let up, stoked by ridiculously cute videos of [BB-8 watching _The Force Awakens_](http://time.com/4083293/bb-8-reacts-star-wars-the-force-awakens-trailer/) trailer. While figuring out [how the little droid actually works](http://time.com/4021837/star-wars-bb8-how/) is still the stuff of well-researched fan fiction, Disney has released a guide to paying homage to BB-8 this Halloween. The new how-to video gives fans a step-by-step map to transforming an ordinary pumpkin into a _Star Wars_\-themed jack-o-lantern that will be the envy of everyone on the block. All it takes is two pumpkins, a template that fans [can download](http://family.disney.com/craft/bb-8-pumpkin) from the Disney mothership itself, some crafting skills, and soon fans can have their very own personal droid, no batteries required. * [Watch the New Trailer for _Star Wars: The Force Awakens_](http://time.com/4078795/star-wars-7-trailer-watch-force-awakens/) * [Epic New Poster for _Star Wars: The Force Awakens_ Unveiled](http://time.com/4077562/star-wars-force-awakens-poster/) * [The Most Shocking Revelation in the New _Star Wars_ Trailer](http://time.com/4079195/star-wars-trailer-revelation/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4092572/star-wars-bb8-droid-pumpkin/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4092572/star-wars-bb8-droid-pumpkin/"},"headline":"Learn How to Carve Your Very Own Star Wars BB-8 Pumpkin","datePublished":"2015-10-29T14:26:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:26:26.358Z","description":"Get crafty!","url":"https://time.com/4092572/star-wars-bb8-droid-pumpkin/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","Star Wars topic","DIY","halloween"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde3365f7e9a1f6b2/69886eb4f887dc7f2ee9313c/bb-8-pumpkin-star-wars.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde3365f7e9a1f6b2/69886eb4f887dc7f2ee9313c/bb-8-pumpkin-star-wars.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"bb-8-pumpkin-star-wars","caption":"","creditText":"Disney/YouTube","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/4092572/star-wars-bb8-droid-pumpkin/","name":"Learn How to Carve Your Very Own Star Wars BB-8 Pumpkin"}}]}] ```