Kaupen's Carved Pumpkins
Every October, Minecraft players across the world carve pumpkins, slap a torch inside, and call it a night. The problem? After a few seasons, the same four vanilla faces start to feel stale. That is exactly the gap Kaupen's Carved Pumpkins fills. This lightweight add-on expands the humble jack-o'-lantern into a proper decoration toolkit, giving builders far more creative room for haunted houses, pumpkin patches, and Halloween-themed villages.
What Kaupen's Carved Pumpkins Adds to the Game
At its core, the add-on introduces eight brand-new carved pumpkin designs. Instead of being stuck with the default grin, you can now place a variety of expressive faces that suit different moods and builds. A creepy scarecrow, a mischievous smirk, or a genuinely unsettling stare — the choice is yours, and swapping between them takes only a second.
The pack also brings carved melons into the game, complete with two designs directly inspired by Minecraft Earth. Melons have always been the forgotten fruit of Minecraft decoration, so seeing them get proper carved variants is a welcome surprise for anyone who enjoys detail work in their builds.
All Carved Pumpkin Designs
- Eight unique carved pumpkin faces, each with its own personality
- Designs range from friendly to genuinely eerie
- Perfect for Halloween builds, spooky maps, and themed servers
All Carved Melon Designs
- Two carved melon variants inspired by Minecraft Earth
- A fresh way to decorate farms, markets, and jungle outposts
- Blends naturally with existing vanilla block palettes
All textures in the pack were created by Nanoattack, and the consistent art style means nothing looks out of place next to vanilla blocks. If you are ready to download Kaupen's Carved Pumpkins, you will find it hosted on the usual mod platforms alongside Kaupenjoe's other projects.
How to Cycle Pumpkin Designs
The mechanic here is refreshingly simple, and that simplicity is a big part of the appeal. There are no new crafting recipes to memorize and no complicated GUI to learn. Everything happens in-world with a single vanilla tool.
- Place a carved pumpkin or carved melon wherever you like
- Hold a pair of shears in your hand
- Right-click the block to cycle through its available designs
- Keep right-clicking until you land on the face you want
Because the block itself stays the same, you can switch designs at any time without breaking and replacing anything. That makes experimenting painless, whether you are fine-tuning a single porch decoration or lining an entire street with grinning lanterns.
Supported Minecraft Versions and Loaders
Kaupen's Carved Pumpkins for Minecraft is built for modern versions of the game and is distributed as a mod rather than a resource pack, since the design-cycling mechanic requires actual game logic. It is designed for the Fabric and NeoForge loaders, so both fabric users and NeoForge users can enjoy it without hunting for a separate build. Before installing, double-check that your mod loader matches the version of the add-on you are grabbing, as mismatched versions are the most common cause of startup crashes.
If you would rather skip the manual setup entirely, the foxygame.net launcher offers a one-click install for Kaupen's Carved Pumpkins, pulling the correct build for your game version automatically and keeping it updated between sessions. It is a handy shortcut for players who would rather build pumpkin patches than debug mod folders.
How to Install Kaupen's Carved Pumpkins
Installing the add-on follows the same routine as most Minecraft mods. Here is the short version:
- Install Fabric or NeoForge for your chosen Minecraft version
- Download the matching version of Kaupen's Carved Pumpkins
- Drop the mod file into your mods folder
- Launch the game through your modded profile
- Place a carved pumpkin, grab some shears, and start cycling designs
If you play on a server, remember that the mod needs to be installed on the server side as well for the cycling mechanic to work correctly for all players.
Final Thoughts
Kaupen's Carved Pumpkins is a small mod with a very specific purpose, and it executes that purpose beautifully. It does not try to overhaul Minecraft's decoration system or add a dozen new blocks you will never use. Instead, it takes one of the game's most iconic blocks and quietly makes it better, then throws in carved melons for good measure. For builders who care about atmosphere, seasonal events, or just want their pumpkin patch to stand out, this is an easy recommendation. Carve away.