Here are some lovely Easter carvings made my a few of past students of our video lessons. Even if you don’t celebrate Easter, variations on these watermelon carvings ideas can be put to use anytime you want to create something special. Watermelon Easter Baskets and Cake This beautifully done watermelon basket with beet and turnip roses is perfect for Easter. Created by customer/student Weronika Front Tymich. We have a video lesson teaching how to carve a basket weave pattern. You’ll find it by clicking here. You can learn how to carve beet and turnip roses in our Hearts and Roses video lesso ..read more

Moving Halloween Sculptures If you want to really scare your neighbors with your Halloween decorations this year, take a cue from these scary Halloween sculptures that move that the Pumpkin Sculpt USA team created. Here’s are a couple of fun and very creative pieces with some movement created by Pumpkin Sculpt USA a few years ago. They are just as scary today. Posted by Pumpkin Sculpt USA on Wednesday, October 31, 2018 This first one is a dancing spider made from Pumpkin, Hubbard Squash and Corn by Andy Gertler and Sue Beatrice. Add Sound for an even Scarier Effect A few years ago Pumpk ..read more

They are at it again. The talented Pumpkin Sculpt USA team is sculpting up more amazing pumpkin creatures at the Bronx Zoo. This year, their theme is prehistoric animals. This Andrewsarchus is their first of the season of their huge pumpkin carvings of prehistoric creatures. The Andrewsarchus is the largest meat eating mammal that ever walked the Earth. Wouldn’t it be terrifying to come face to face with this scary looking beast? Scroll down to see the image below to see how large it was compared to a human! The Andrewsarchus was the largest meat eating mammal that ever walked the Earth. It l ..read more

Did you know that you can get Certification for our Vegetable and Fruit Carving 101 Course for Beginners? In this post, I’m showing off the photos of just one of our certified students, Xian Baldassara. She did a wonderful job of carving. In addition, she photographed her carvings beautifully as she created them. Some of her carvings are shown below. And these are only some of the carvings taught in the 101 Course. First Time Melon Carvings and more Xian Baldasarra carved this lovely, yellow watermelon flower. Here is closer look at Xian’s yellow watermelon flower made with our Corrugated U ..read more

A couple of weeks ago my husband and I were vacationing and stumbled across a Gelarto Rose shop in Budapest while exploring the square surrounding St Stephan’s Basilica. (https://gelartorosa.com/en/) The line was out the door for these eye-catching sweet treats. The employees of the shop hand form, one by one, gelato cones in the shape of roses. If you choose 2 or 3 flavors, your gelato rose cone will be made up with two or three colors. Gelato rose in process Gelato rose almost complete My video was an attempt to share with you, how these are crafted. At the very least, you can see how pr ..read more

Mickey Mouse has been a fan favorite of kids of all ages for over 90 years now. Take a look at many ways that some of our customers who have been students of our lessons, have created Mini and Mickey Mouse watermelon carvings to celebrate birthdays and special occasions. Whether you use your Mini and Mickey Mouse watermelon carvings as fruit tray centerpieces, table decorations, vases, or fruit bowls, these photos are bound to give you inspiration for your own creations. Mickey Mouse Watermelon Carvings Customer turned Pro carver, Cindy Rozich carved these Mickey Mouse watermelons for her gran ..read more