One thing my boys like about this time of year is pumpkin carving – scooping the guts out, creating the faces, and lighting them in the evening. I also get into the spirit as it allows me to break out my copies of Extreme Pumpkins and Extreme Pumpkins II and get my pumpkin carving geek on.

For your pumpkin carving inspiration this Halloween season, take a look at these awesome extreme pumpkin builds:

Angler Pumpkin

Anglerfish pumpkin by HighBornTalon

(via DeviantArt)

Giant Squid Pumpkin

Giant squid pumpkin, Architeuthis pumpkinus.

(via Extreme Pumpkins, 2007 Winner)

Sea Turtle Pumpkin

Basking sea turtle.

(via Extreme Pumpkins, 2008 Winner)

Pufferfish Pumpkin

Pufferfish feeling extremely threatened.

(via Extreme Pumpkins, 2010 Winner)

Octo-ber-pus Pumpkin

Octopus checking out some digs.

(via Extreme Pumpkins, 2006 Winner)

Hermit Crab Pumpkin

Hermit crab with a really big shell!

(via Extreme Pumpkins, 2011 Winner)

Giant Octopus

If you’ve got enough pumpkins….

(via MSNBC Photoblog)

Whale

Whale pumpkins

(via Let’s Go Europe)

Blue Whale

Blue Whale out of Pumpkins

(via Expat Germany)

Shark and Diver

Nom nom nom

Jellyfish

Pumpkin jellyfish

(via Flickr)

Even the octopus get into the act!

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I suspect that Richard Ross had something to do with this…

(via NatGeo)

If you have any extreme reef-related pumpkin carvings this Halloween season, we’d love to see them!