The art of pumpkin carving is hard to master, yet once a year parents in many countries are asked to perform this traditional and messy form of art. It's time for a change in this old tradition. In fact, our colleague Jon McLoone already made a significant advance in pumpkin carving, mainly using implicit functions and RegionPlot3D. This year, I decided to make a contribution of my own that is more interactive and easier to use, with Mathematica or Mathematica Home Edition, of course. Let's start with a list. These are the things you need for traditional pumpkin carving. A nice looking pumpkin Carving tools of your choice: from a spoon and knife (if you are a true professional) to an industrial 36,000 rpm power rotary tool (seriously, I know someone who uses one) A bunch of candles to be placed inside the pumpkin A pattern for the carving on paper For industrial Mathematica pumpkin carving, you need these tools. B-spline curve, surface, and function Color processing functions Morphological image processing functions ParametricPlot3D with Texture A pattern for the carving as a bitmap Intrigued? Let us begin.