Simple Glowing Skull Pumpkin on a Wooden Step

This simple skull pumpkin carving idea places eight straightforward cutouts on an orange pumpkin, leaving solid cheeks and a broad forehead to frame the glowing face. Cut the eye sockets first as your anchoring reference, then work outward to the cheek and mouth openings. Keep the cheek bridges wide so the skull shape reads clearly. Set it on a dark wooden step where the warm glow highlights the solid orange rind around each opening.