Use a stencil to cutout the rooster's main shape and then put chicken wire inside the pumpkin to finish off the look. Secure the wire with hot glue, and use the glue to attach a few strands of raffia to create some tail feathers. Paint some details, and prepare to proudly display this farm-inspired masterpiece.

No cabin evening is complete without a roaring fire.

Eggs this gigantic don't hatch regular snakes. And their inky interiors hint that something seriously scary is slithering out.

This surprised fella will look oh-so adorable on your stoop.

You've been to the pumpkin patch and your ready to display that haul. Create a home for all those mini pumpkins and replicate your favorite possession - that 1959 Ford F15o!

The hardware store provides plenty of inspiration for these pumpkins. Thoughtfully placed nails, brads, wire, spikes, and safety pins become glinting mohawks and piercings.

The greatest pumpkin-decorating inspiration of all? Your own family! Use different shapes and sizes to create a gourd replica of everyone in your household, with succulents doubling as pumpkin "hair." And don't worry about free-handing the faces—the tutorial comes with an easy template.

Creating your own googly-eyed monsters has never been easier.

A passel of pumpkins provides the backdrop for a quaint village scene.

If you can't find pumpkins at the store, buy butternut squash and make them into these quirky creatures.

Set a sassy sorceress out front to welcome neighborhood night walkers.