Unicorn Pumpkin Carving Ideas
12 carving ideas to explore
A unicorn is a horse head with a horn, and the mane is where the fun is. Pick how much mane you want to carve.
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Unicorn styles to try
A unicorn is a horse head with a horn, and the mane is where the fun is. Pick how much mane you want to carve.
Sparkly and rainbow unicorn
A unicorn with stars, sparkles or a rainbow. Cut the stars as small five-point openings around the head and scrape the rainbow as bands. A pastel light inside keeps it soft rather than spooky.
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Flowing-mane unicorn
A head in profile with a long mane sweeping around the pumpkin. Cut the eye and the horn through, then scrape the mane as wide flowing bands that follow the pumpkin's ribs. The mane is scraped, not cut, so it can be as big as you like.
4 designs in the gallery
Unicorn head silhouette
The outline alone: a horse head with a spiral horn. Cut the whole shape through as one opening, or reverse it and cut the background so the head stays dark. Twist a few scraped lines up the horn for the spiral.
1 design in the gallery
Unicorn stencils to download
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Unicorn pumpkin carving FAQ
- What is the easiest unicorn pumpkin to carve?
- A head silhouette. Draw a horse head in profile, add a long horn from the forehead, and cut the whole thing through as one shape. Scrape three or four diagonal lines across the horn for the spiral.
- How do I carve a unicorn mane?
- Scrape it. Peel the skin in long curving bands that sweep back from the head and follow the pumpkin's ribs. Scraped bands glow softly and can flow all the way around the side, which a cutout could never do.
- How do I keep the horn from breaking?
- Cut it as a solid island of pumpkin with the background cut away around it, rather than cutting the horn itself out. Keep the base of the horn at least an inch wide.
- What light works for a unicorn pumpkin?
- A color-changing LED or a pink or purple one. Unicorns are the one design where a soft pastel glow beats a candle flicker.
- Are the unicorn pumpkin stencils free?
- Yes. Enter your email on a linked stencil page to unlock its free printable PDF. Print on letter or A4 paper and adjust the scale to your pumpkin. Related stencils may differ from the inspiration images in this gallery.
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