They look like shrunken heads!

After sitting outside for a few days getting a little bit shriveled I think they look even better. This pic is actually from almost a week ago when they were freshly -carved, if I remember I'll snap a new pic of them later on

But yeah, I think they just generally have a lot more character than pumpkins, and you can usually get a couple turnips for the price of one decent carving pumpkin

The trick or treaters in my neighborhood always seem to appreciate them too, even if half of them don't seem to know what a turnip is (a disappointing amount both of kids and parents call them onions)

I just use a forstner bit in a cordless drill to do most of the work, so not really.

It would probably be a bit of a pain if you were to do it all by hand