4. Blood
If you like the idea of the brains but want to go one step further, then all you’re going to need is a little food coloring. Use the pulp once again to create the impression of brains spilling out the top of your pumpkin, only this time take the time to stain them red first. This way, the brains now become bloody and all the more gruesome. And if you want to go a step further, then you can also leave some of the blood to trickle out of the pumpkin-zombies mouth onto the pavement underneath.
Failing that, you can use a little food coloring or even red paint in order to add blood wherever you like to your pumpkin’s face.
Then again, why does pumpkin blood have to be red? Let your imagination run away with you and create something green instead!