CUSTOM WORK
The possibilities are endless
Your vision will glow in a Maniac Pumpkin. Provide us with an image of your choice and our outstanding artists will turn it into a beautiful pumpkin carving. So many gourd-geous possibilities. We love a good challenge and we excel at impressing clients with our attention to detail. Whether you are looking for a unique gift or a fantastic way to engage an audience, a Maniac Pumpkin is sure to impress.
When seen in person our pumpkins are mesmerizing to people of all ages and demographics. And when featured online, our carvings often go viral, amassing great numbers of likes, shares, and engagement among followers.
For custom orders, email us with a detailed description plus any necessary images for us to be able to give you an estimate. Also please read our FAQ.
Logos & Branding
Portraits & Pets
Movie Posters & Album Art
Characters
Celebrities & Icons
Announcements
Monograms
Decorations & centerpieces
Unique gifts
Great form of promotion!
We also offer high resolution photography (work in progress or beauty shots) and time-lapse videos, documenting the creation of your pumpkin art. Be sure to inquire about pricing and availability.
PORTRAIT PUMPKINS
LIFE-LIKE REALISM, EXPERTLY CARVED
We carve stunning portraits of your loved ones, your bosses, your clients, and your crushes. Provide us with high resolution images and we do the rest. Which is, carve unbelievable portraits in real pumpkin like nobody else. It took many years to develop our methods of hand carving the portraits. The portrait carvings we create photograph gorgeously and can take on an almost holographic appearance when viewed in person. The effect is truly mesmerizing.
Professional Photo Services: Want a high resolution image of your pumpkin portrait? We offer professional photographic services. A beautifully captured photograph is the best way to preserve your pumpkin. You can choose how we shoot your pumpkin in a variety of different set ups to create a unique look. We can even create custom backdrops.
Time Lapse Photography: Our team can also document the making of your pumpkin with time lapse photography. You will be able to watch and share a unique memento; a digital video of your pumpkin portrait being carved. Videos can be formatted to your preferred file type. Perfect for any type of viewing from social media on mobile devices and desktops, or for streaming and TV. We make it easy to deliver high quality pumpkin content for whatever your needs! Contact us for pricing and availability.
Please note: Portraits can only be as good as the photographs you provide. Please make sure to provide us with high resolution and well lit, photographs. High contrast lighting typically looks best. We can assist in choosing a photo that will make a great carving.
LIVE CARVING EVENTS
DEMONSTRATIONS, ACTIVATIONS, & INSTALLATIONS
Activate your event with a demonstration by our expert carvers. Pumpkin carving is mesmerizing for crowds of all ages. While carving a beautiful display piece, or a huge installation, carvers will engage the audience, answering questions and offering tips & tricks for the crowds who attend.
We can tailor our demonstration to your event. Let us know if there is a particular theme for the event that we should try to incorporate into the pumpkin art.
Most demonstrations are between 2-6hrs. For giant pumpkins, 8hrs or more and multiple carvers can be necessary. Because of the limited number of pumpkins that can be carved on site, you can enhance your event by ordering any number of pre-carved pumpkins. This is a great way to add atmosphere, increase visibility, or to incorporate sponsor or brand logos. We typically carve within 24-36 hours of the event to ensure that our pumpkin display looks its best.
Please Note: Maniac Pumpkin Carvers HQ just north of New York City, in Yonkers NY. We are available for travel to limited engagements outside the NY Tri-State area. Weekends in October fill fast. Please book early to ensure availability on your important dates!
WEDDINGS AND SPECIAL OCCASIONS
Beautiful and decorative. Perfect for any fall occasion.
Want a unique proposal? Have us carve it into a pumpkin.
Need decorations for your Fall wedding tables? Table Numbers, Monograms, and more. Pumpkins are always a welcome sight at Fall weddings. Carved pumpkins don't have to be scary. Martha Stewart Living, Real Simple, and Good Housekeeping all come to Maniac when they need elegant Fall themed pumpkins and more. Maniac Pumpkin Carvers specialize in lettering, decorative, and floral designs. Send us your Save The Date, invites, or other important graphics, and we can incorporate them into the designs. We will coordinate with your wedding planner or florist to ensure that everything is perfect for your special day.
White pumpkins and heirloom varieties depend on local availability and are frequently more difficult to source. Contact us for pricing and availability.
Please note: illuminated pumpkins require our LED plug in lights, or high lumen LED power battery packs. Please mention your preference when placing orders.
Also great for birth announcements,anniversaries, birthdays, bar mitzvas and more.
ADVERTISING & CONTENT CREATION
Timelapse videos, Logos, Branding, Social Media & More
Maniac Pumpkin Carvers make brands shine. Attention to detail is one of our trademarks and we work hard to ensure your branding is faithfully represented. Logos and branding pumpkin carvings are a great way to advertise your company or engage with social media networks throughout the Fall season. Or use our portraits or characters to create content that people will want to share! Maniac can team with you to create stunning advertising campaigns and promotional videos. With beautiful time-lapse photography or HD video, your fans and followers will get a glimpse into our process, watching our talented carvers, as we create works of art.
PLEASE NOTE: Pumpkins are typically available from mid September to late November depending on the season.
For advertising, editorial, or other work that needs to be done further in advance we can be scheduled to carve in November and sometimes December, with the images being held until the following Fall season. Its never too early to get a jump on next year!
TIME-LAPSE VIDEOS
WATCH YOUR MASTERPIECE DEVELOP
A great way to engage audiences is with time-lapses and other video content with our carvings. At our in house photo studio, we produce can ready-to-share videos, or we can deliver our beautiful HD footage for your editors to put the final touches on. We work with top brands and agencies to get eyes on your content with fun and creative Fall content. Collaborations with Maniac Pumpkin Carvers are always a hit. We would love to work with you.
Book early to ensure that we can accommodate your requests. It is also never too early to prepare for the following year.
Pumpkin are typically available September through November (while supplies last).
PHOTO & VIDEO SERVICES
THE best WAY TO PRESERVE A PUMPKIN
Maniac Pumpkin Carvers offers in house photography services to make it easy for you to build a social media post or create a full ad campaign. Lit and glowing pumpkins are a difficult thing for even seasoned photographers to capture, but we have been photographing our pumpkin carvings for over 20 years, and have learned a lot of tricks along the way. We can shoot your pumpkin with a variety of Fall or Halloween themed props and settings. Anything from a clean black look to a fully custom painted backdrop is possible. The pumpkin can also be shot in our natural working environment. We will make sure your masterpiece of a pumpkin looks as captivating as it would in person.
Want to share some behind the scenes process photos of your pumpkin? We can document the making of the pumpkin carving with high resolution still images, timelapse or video clips. Work in progress shots can be great at building excitement and highlighting the hand crafted nature of our work.
Our pros can capture gorgeous footage in a variety of format options, making it easy to create captivating Reels, TikTok, Twitter posts, and more. We can deliver high quality footage and clips in both the popular 1:1 or 9:16 (vertical) formats for viral social media content.
When placing your order make sure to inquire about all our photo services.
Carvers are also available go live on IG, FB, Zoom, & more.
BRANDING
CARVING CLASSES
Learn to carve from the proS
Our artists are also experienced teachers. They can help people of any skill level to elevate their craft. Beginners and professionals will both benefit from classes with Maniac Pumpkin Carvers. You will have a blast learning all about pumpkin carving as we help you find new ways to unlock your creativity, and make your creations shine.
We offer a limited number of classes each season, but can also be booked for private or group classes.
Our pumpkin carving classes/parties are also a great team building activity for corporate events!
Company Team building Loreley Beer Garden
advanced Artists Carving Class The Cotton Candy Machine Gallery
Pumpkin Basics Workshop NBA Headquarters
JACK O' LANTERNS
A CLASSIC REIMAGINED
A Halloween Tradition
Carving Jack O' Lanterns dates back to the old Celtic holiday, Samhain. For this precursor to Halloween, people would often carve scary looking turnips, lighting them up with candles, in order to ward off spirits. When the Irish came to America, they found that pumpkins being grown here were an even better medium to carve. They adapted the custom to utilize the beautiful pumpkins that were now available to them.
Long before social media, DMs, or text messages, people would send each other hand written messages on the backs of wonderfully illustrated postcards and many of these were in celebration of Halloween. These beautiful postcards dating back from the late 1800s through early 1900s, give us a glimpse into the past traditions of Halloween. Some of these original postcards still exist and are now highly sought after collectibles!
WORKS OF ART
The Maniac Artists Series
Halloween is a time when people frequently pay homage to pop culture influences, athletes, icons, and pop stars. At Maniac Pumpkin Carvers, we like to pay homage to our biggest influences as well. Each year since we started Maniac Pumpkin Carvers, we have reinterpreted several extremely detailed, famous works of art into pumpkins, as part of our Artists Series.
In 2014 we created the first ever gallery exhibition of pumpkin art at The Cotton Candy Machine gallery in Brooklyn, NY. Each of the 16 unbelievably detailed pumpkins was inspired by an artwork by a contemporary artist who shows at the gallery.
Our Artist Series has also been recognized by the Museum of Modern Art. For 10 years in a row, we had the honor of reinterpreting a famous work of art on display at the museum. It is always a highlight of our season, carving a masterpiece for the Museum of Modern Art.
In 2022 & 2023, Chris Soria carved paintings from the Whitney Museumβs collection during their Halloween at the Whitney, members events.
We have also carved works of art for COSM (Chapel of Sacred Mirrors) in Wappinger NY, many other galleries, organizations, and institutions. Maniac Pumpkin Carvers have continually raised the bar with our Artists Series, elevating pumpkin carving from craft to art form.
Have an idea and want to collaborate? Contact us!
Artists series pieces are among the most labor intensive pieces that we produce, but the effort is well worth it. Contact us for availability, as pumpkins including this level of detail require additional lead time.
"FINDING IMMORTALITY ONE PUMPKIN AT A TIME."
Chuck Palahniuk