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Simple Cat Pumpkin Templates

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

Preview the design and choose one that matches your carving experience.

Sitting Black Cat Pumpkin Stencil
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Sitting Black Cat Pumpkin Stencil

A cartoon-style black cat sits centered in a large oval cutout on this pumpkin stencil, its round body, pointy ears, and grinning face left as pumpkin skin while the oval background glows with light. The curling spiral tail sweeps to the right inside the oval, and thin whisker lines extend from each cheek. When carving, cut the large background oval first to establish the shape, then carefully remove the small eye and smile details, keeping the curled tail's narrow inner spiral intact by working slowly around its center loop.

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Cat Silhouette Pumpkin Stencil
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Cat Silhouette Pumpkin Stencil

A seated cat with one front paw raised stretches upward in this clean silhouette pumpkin stencil, the rounded head, pointed ears, compact torso, and curling tail all forming one continuous open cutout with no internal detail cuts. The simplicity of the single-piece design means glow floods the entire cat shape at once for a bold, graphic look. The tail curls away from the body and reconnects at the base, creating a narrow closed loop of pumpkin wall; cut along the inner curve of that tail loop first so the delicate enclosed section stays controlled.

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Kitten Pumpkin Stencil
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Kitten Pumpkin Stencil

A chubby kitten head in silhouette is the subject of this easy cat pumpkin stencil, showing one ear, a round face, and a small curled tail peeking below, with four delicate whisker lines extending from either side. The main body is cut away as one large opening; the whisker lines are narrow positive strips of pumpkin skin that must not be cut. When carving, leave the whisker lines until you have removed the large body void on each side, then carefully define their outer edges with a single shallow scoring pass.

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Frequently asked

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 templates. Detailed designs benefit from an X-Acto knife.
Can kids use these pumpkin templates?
Designs marked Easy or Kids are great for younger carvers with adult supervision. Plastic carving tools are safest.
Are these pumpkin templates free to download?
Yes β€” every pumpkin template on this page is free. Click the preview to download the PDF.

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