13 Very Vancouver Jack-O-Lantern Designs To Try This Halloween

October 26, 2016

5 min read

Pumpkin carved with an image of Deadpool holding swords, glowing from inside.

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What’s Halloween without carving the perfect pumpkin (or in our case, not-so-perfect, “abstract” pumpkin). Need some carving inspo? We have a lot of love for this city so we decided to curate a list of images that are pretty synonymous with Vancouver. #VeryVancouver in fact.

Orange pumpkin carved with mountain shapes and small holes on its surface.

13. Mountains

Our mountains are so picturesque they deserve to be commemorated on a giant pumpkin! Create simple peaks or get all artsy and detailed. Either way, it’ll be one of the most #PNW jack-o-lanterns on the block.

Two carved pumpkins lit from inside, one with a Poké Ball design and the other with a Pikachu silhouette.

12. Pikachu

2016 will go down as the year of the return of Pokémon . Although we did not partake in any Pokémon hunting or chasing or whatever, countless Vancouverites did.

Pumpkin carved with a glowing beer mug and two small leaves at the bottom.

11. Craft Beer

There’s no such thing as too much craft beer in Vancouver. Gather a few of your best craft beer drinking buds for a friendly pumpkin carving contest. Winner goes home with a growler.

Pumpkin carved with a bicycle and crescent moon design, lit from inside.

10. Bicylce

The bicycle should be the unofficial symbol for Vancouver. This city is made for cyclists so why not carve one on a pumpkin?

Glowing carved pumpkin in the dark with an umbrella shape and a lit candle inside.

9. Umbrella

Rain? In Vancouver? Unheard of. All praise the life-saving (hair-saving) invention of the umbrella. The amount of money we’ve spent on them…

Pumpkin carved with a glowing face of a dog with large ears and round eyes.

8. French Bulldog

It’s no secret that we live in one big dog-loving city, particularly when it comes to French Bulldogs. Don’t believe us? Just walk around Yaletown sometime.

Orange pumpkin carved with a design of a face wearing glasses, a mustache, beard, and a bow tie.

7. Hipster

This city is filled with craft-beer drinking, cold brew sipping, lumber-jack looking hipsters. They’re too cool to have their picture taken but you can carve their faces on a pumpkin.