How I made my baby Groot pumpkin carving:

The past few years I’ve gotten into doing some pumpkin carving for Halloween! For awhile I was painting pumpkins, which I still really enjoy doing. I just didn’t think I would be very good at pumpkin carving. I’m not a great artist by any means, and using a knife if a little intimidating! But it’s definitely been fun.

A few years ago I did a Baby Yoda pumpkin. Last year I made an Elemental themed pumpkin (I mean, Ember is kind of perfect for that!). But I’m not sure I love how it turned out, so I never wrote a blog post about it. I’ve also done a Tinkerbell pumpkin carving.

So, what to do this year? I hadn’t done anything from the Marvel universe yet, and Groot seemed like the perfect option! But which version of Groot? There are many. I knew I wanted to do baby Groot because he is the cutest. My favorite is the tiniest version when he is still in his pot, dancing to some tunes. So that’s the one I decided to go with!

This one was definitely a bit easier than Baby Yoda, and was quicker to do. I had learned a few lessons from that experience which made this process go much more smoothly. And he looks pretty great all lit up!

Baby Groot pumpkin stencil

Okay, here’s my secret – I didn’t actually use a stencil for this pumpkin carving. I pulled up a few different pictures of baby Groot and just drew a design freehand onto the pumpkin in pencil.

I am okay (not amazing or anything) at freehand drawing, especially when I have a picture to work off of. But I wanted to provide blog readers with some sort of template or stencil. Technology is pretty cool these days and I’m sure there was an easier way to do this, but I uploaded a photo of my finished pumpkin and then used a tracing tool to make an outline of my carving.

It should definitely do the trick if you want to create your own baby Groot pumpkin carving, so feel free to save and print the image below for your pumpkin!

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Supplies needed

Baby Groot Pumpkin stencil – grab it right here! You can use my stencil above, or if you want a different version of Groot, feel free to search the internet. You’ll find a variety. You could also do it the way I did and freehand a drawing.

Pumpkin – of course you need a pumpkin! I highly recommend you support a local farm and make a fun day out of it. Though sometimes grabbing one at your local grocery store is just easier. If you don’t want the hassle of dealing with a real pumpkin though you can find craft pumpkins (at a craft store like Michael’s, or online) that are made or foam or other materials which you can carve. Then you don’t need to deal with all of the pumpkin guts, either.

Pumpkin carving tools – depending on your level of pumpkin carving expertise you may already have the basic tools you need. If you just need a starter kit, you can find them all over the place – CVS, Target, Walmart, or Amazon will all have what you need this time of year.

Pumpkin light – the best part is when your pumpkin is all lit up. I personally don’t love worrying about an actual candle or fire inside of my pumpkin, so I recommend an LED light. There are actually some lights designed to be used in carved pumpkins which can be set on a timer or done by remote control. Pretty cool!

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Baby Groot Pumpkin Carving

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Make a cute baby Groot pumpkin carving, inspired by Guardians of the Galaxy!

Materials

• pumpkin stencil
• pumpkin
• caving tools/knives
• small tea light

Instructions

1. Print your baby Groot pumpkin stencil on a piece of paper or draw your own design directly onto the pumpkin.
2. Remove the top of the pumpkin and scoop out all of the insides thoroughly.
3. Secure the stencil to your pumpkin with pins. Either trace the design onto the pumpkin or cut directly through the stencil.
4. Once you're finished carving, add a light and enjoy!

What do you think of my Baby Groot pumpkin carving? What should I plan for my pumpkin carving next year?