Using an ice cream scoop to scrape out the pumpkin guts and sprinkling the lid of your pumpkin with cinnamon to make it smell like pumpkin spice (yes, seriously) will make pumpkin carving easier and much more fun. And if you need to learn how to carve a pumpkin in the first place, we can help with that, too. Pumpkin carving hack: If you’re carving a large pumpkin, thin the walls of the pumpkin first so it’s easier to punch out each shape.