Guess what? The end of October is officially here, which means it's time to decorate pumpkins! While Jack-o'-lanterns are now used as festive fall decor, they were traditionally carved as a way to ...

Oct. 21—The origin of the practice of carving scary faces in pumpkins and lighting them from within got its start in Ireland in the early 1600s, when the legend of a shadowy figure began to arise ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." One of the greatest and most iconic traditions of Halloween is pumpkin carving. After a day at the ...

If you're stuck for face painting ideas for Halloween, why not give a simple pumpkin face paint design a go? Suitable for kids, young and old, pumpkin face paint is not too spooky and can be achieved ...

Tom Nardone wants to bring scary back. The author of "Extreme Pumpkins: Diabolical Do-it-Yourself Designs to Amuse Your Friends and Scare Your Neighbors" believes that Halloween, and one of its ...

One might think that with the shortening days, extended nights, animals beginning to hibernate and dying plants all around, this would be a time of year I would find relentless in suffocating ...

The end of October is officially here, and that means it's time to decorate pumpkins! Jack-o'-lanterns were traditionally carved as a way to ward off evil spirits, much the same way that wearing a ...