60+ Pumpkin Puns to Make You Grin Like a Jack o’ Lantern
Pumpkins are pretty hard to ignore. After all, they’re huge, orange, and during the fall, extremely plentiful. In fact, when autumn rolls around, you can find them just about everywhere, from your front porch to your daily latte.
It’s no surprise that pumpkins also crop up in a lot of sayings. Throw in jack o’ lanterns, squash, gourds, and other related concepts, and you’ve got the seeds of some clever wordplay. And by clever, we mean painfully corny. To illustrate, we’ve produced a bumper crop of hilarious pumpkin puns for your amusement.
Jokes
Pumpkins and jack o’ lanterns are the subjects of many a Halloween joke. Here are some of the best pumpkin riddles for kids and pun-loving adults.
- What did the jack o’ lantern say to the jill o’ lantern?
No one holds a candle to you!
- Why do jack o’ lanterns like pumpkin carvers so much?
They always put a smile on their faces! - What is a pumpkin’s favorite sport?
Squash! - What’s a jack o’ lantern’s favorite movie?
Pulp Fiction! - How do you repair a broken jack o’ lantern?
Use a pumpkin patch!
- What did the farmer do when he caught someone stealing his pumpkins?
He beat him to a pulp! - What did the baker say to the beautiful pumpkin?
I only have pies for you! - Did the beautiful pumpkin turn into a beautiful pie?
Yep, it was a real cutie pie! - Did you know that Cinderella was having a wonderful night until her carriage turned back into a pumpkin?
Yeah, that’s when the wheels came off!
- What’s the ratio of a pumpkin’s circumference to its diameter?
Pumpkin pi! - Where do jack o’ lanterns live?
In the seedy part of town! - Who helps little pumpkins cross the road safely?
The crossing gourd! - What do you call a little pumpkin who doesn’t listen to the crossing gourd?
Squash! - Why did the jack o’ lantern look forward to having a candle placed inside him?
Because he wasn’t very bright!
- What did the pumpkin say to the pumpkin carver?
Cut it out! - What did the pumpkin carver say to the pumpkin?
Don’t get all mushy on me! - Why wasn’t the farmer able to start a pumpkin patch?
He didn’t raise enough seed money! - What do you call a chubby jack o’ lantern?
A plump-kin! - Is a pumpkin a squash?
It is when you drop it!
- Any idea how I can get over my pumpkin spice latte addiction?
Try the pumpkin patch! - Why was the scrawny pumpkin so excited for Halloween?
He wanted to get jacked! - How did the scrawny pumpkin get jacked?
By pumpkin iron! - What do you call it when an ugly pumpkin becomes a beautiful jack o’ lantern?
A glow up!
- How much pumpkin spice do Americans consume each year?
I don’t know, but it’s a latte! - What kind of music to jack o’ lanterns like to listen to?
Anything but Smashing Pumpkins! - What do you call an unsophisticated gourd?
A country pumpkin! - What’s the best name for an Irish pumpkin?
Jack O’Lantern! - What do you call a pumpkin on steroids?
A jock o’ lantern!
- What do you call a pumpkin who spits his seeds everywhere?
A jerk o’ lantern! - What does a pirate jack o’ lantern wear?
A pumpkin patch! - Why didn’t the jack o’ lantern cross the road?
He didn’t have the guts! - What do you call a jack o’ lantern who tells bad jokes?
A pun-kin!
Captions
Here are some short pumpkin puns that are ideal for social media captions and the like.
- Hollow, is it me you’re looking for?
- Pumpkin carving is awesome – and that’s a fact, Jack
- If you don’t love fall, you must be out of your gourd
- Feeling vine and dandy
- Orange you pumped for Halloween?
- Better to be lucky than gourd
- The size of this pumpkin caught me off gourd
- Someone’s getting smashed this Halloween
- When it comes to Halloween, I’m ahead of the carve
- Oh my squash
- Oh my gourd
- Here’s the scoop on pumpkin carving this year
- I’m going through a rough patch
- Thank gourd it’s October
- He’s not fat, he’s just a little plump-kin
- Let’s carve out some fun this October
- There’s a whole latte pumpkin spice this time of year
- Pumpkin wicked this way comes
- Peter, Peter, PSL drinker
- This pumpkin is lit
- What a gourd-geous day
- Pumpkin puns really strike a gourd with me
Gifts
Whether you’re giving someone an actual pumpkin or just a pumpkin-themed gift, these sayings add a cute extra touch.
- I hate to get all mushy on you, but you’re the cream of the crop.
- I thought this gift would pump you up.
- If you think I don’t appreciate you, you don’t know jack!
- Here’s the scoop – without you, my brains would turn to mush!
- Without you, I’d be out of my gourd
- I’m so pumped to have you as a friend!
- [For a Kid] For our little punkin
- [For a Relative] Since you’re my kin, I wanted to give you something that would pump you up for Halloween
- [Jack o’ Lantern] For someone whose smile always lights up a room
