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Graveyard Pumpkin Printables

Looking for graveyard pumpkin printables? You're in the right place. Print at 100% scale, tape it to your pumpkin, and poke through the lines with a pin.

Pick a favorite, hit print, and you'll have a glowing porch by sundown.

Mummy Pumpkin Stencil
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Mummy Pumpkin Stencil

A mummy figure wrapped in overlapping bandage strips stands upright in this hard pumpkin stencil: a round hooded head with two crescent eye cutouts and small circle pupils, a neck section, and a torso crisscrossed with diagonal and horizontal bandage-strip cutouts that create an intricate lattice pattern in the lower half of the design. Lit from inside, the bandage lattice glows as a grid of bright lines framed by solid pumpkin strips. Begin with the two eye crescents and pupil circles in the face, then work downward through the lattice section one row at a time to keep the remaining skin stable.

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Graveyard Scene Pumpkin Stencil
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Graveyard Scene Pumpkin Stencil

A bare, gnarled tree with reaching branches, a perched owl, two flying bats, and a cluster of cemetery cross tombstones fill a large crescent-moon frame in this expert graveyard pumpkin stencil. Nearly every element is a carved pierce-through, leaving thin orange bridges for the tree branches and tombstone edges. The lit pumpkin produces a richly detailed haunted graveyard scene. Start with the smallest elements inside the scene, such as the owl silhouette and the cross details on each tombstone, before the large moon arc is removed and the frame loses rigidity.

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Haunted Tree Pumpkin Stencil
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Haunted Tree Pumpkin Stencil

A gnarled, bare-branched haunted tree with an angry face hidden in its trunk dominates this expert-level pumpkin stencil, its dozens of thin branch tips and the snarling mouth and eye details forming an intricate web of cuts. When lit, the branching silhouette glows against the pumpkin's skin with dozens of narrow passages of light. Work from the outermost branch tips inward toward the trunk face so the stencil sheet holds its shape while you cut the trickiest inner details last.

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RIP Graveyard Pumpkin Stencil
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RIP Graveyard Pumpkin Stencil

A moonlit graveyard scene arches across this pumpkin stencil, with a large cracked tombstone bearing the letters RIP at center, flanked by two cross-topped stones and tufts of grave grass below, all framed inside a curved arch at the top. The composition is pierced so the entire scene cuts away from the pumpkin wall and glows as one large backlit picture. Cut the letter shapes inside RIP first with a detail blade, then work outward through the tombstone cracks, cross details, and grass tufts before removing the large arch framing area last.

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Graveyard Scene Pumpkin Stencil
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Graveyard Scene Pumpkin Stencil

A wide panoramic graveyard scene fills this pumpkin stencil from edge to edge: a gnarled bare tree dominates the right side with spidery branches, a crescent moon peeks above the tree line, two bats fly near the top left, a row of varied tombstones stretches across the middle ground, and a foreground of jagged dead grass and roots fills the bottom. All elements remain connected as a single cut sheet of pumpkin wall with the background space pierced away, so the entire scene glows in silhouette. Carve the bat shapes and moon sliver at the top first while the tall tree branches above them still anchor the upper wall.

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Rising Ghoul Pumpkin Stencil
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Rising Ghoul Pumpkin Stencil

A skeletal ghoul mid-stride in this expert pumpkin stencil reaches one clawed hand upward, its skull-face snarling with hollow triangular eyes, while ragged clothing and a mass of dirt and bone at the base suggest it is rising from the grave. The figure is a loose silhouette of interconnected pieces separated by thin white-line channels, so the lit jack-o-lantern shows a glowing zombie body with dark gaps that define the bones and tattered fabric. Preserve the thin ankle and wrist bridges until last, cutting the torso and skull interior openings first to keep those fragile joints from being stressed by surrounding cuts.

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RIP Tombstone Pumpkin Stencil
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RIP Tombstone Pumpkin Stencil

A classic Halloween tombstone with a pointed arch and pedestal base fills this pumpkin stencil, its face engraved with a melting ghost figure and the letters R.I.P. The ghost's hollow round eyes and the R.I.P. text are pierced-through openings against the solid tombstone body, which itself is surrounded by a large cut-out arch that glows around the stone's perimeter when lit. Cut the small letter periods and the ghost's eye dots before opening the large arch surround, so the isolated letter islands stay stable while the surrounding wall is still full.

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Tombstone Pumpkin Stencil
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Tombstone Pumpkin Stencil

A stacked tombstone silhouette fills this graveyard pumpkin stencil, with three wide horizontal bands separated by curved white gaps that read as the stone's chiseled lines when lit. The large cut-out sections glow boldly, making this one of the most open, lantern-like designs in the graveyard category. Because the horizontal bands are each an independent floating piece, carve the bottom base strip first and work upward so the upper segments stay supported while you cut.

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Halloween Graveyard Scene Pumpkin Stencil
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Halloween Graveyard Scene Pumpkin Stencil

A fully populated Halloween graveyard scene spans this expert pumpkin stencil: a bare dead tree at center with a jack-o-lantern hanging from one branch, two grinning jack-o-lanterns on the ground, a skeletal hand rising from the earth, a cross headstone, a wrought-iron fence section, a smaller rounded grave marker, a winged ghost in the upper left, and two bats in flight at the top right. All elements are connected along a common ground line with dozens of individual floating pieces throughout. Work from the upper corners inward, cutting bats and ghost first, then the tree, so the center ground elements are cut last while the skin is most rigid.

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Frequently asked

Can kids use these pumpkin printables?
Designs marked Easy or Kids are great for younger carvers with adult supervision. Plastic carving tools are safest.
Are these pumpkin printables free to download?
Yes β€” every pumpkin printable on this page is free. Click the preview to download the PDF.
Do I need special tools to carve these?
A basic carving kit with a serrated saw, a poker, and a scoop covers 95% of pumpkin printables. Detailed designs benefit from an X-Acto knife.

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