This is a cut-through stencil: the gray areas on the printable pattern are the pieces you remove, and everything white stays attached. The steps below give you the safest carving order. Plan on about 90-150 minutes from print to candle.

Set up first. Print the PDF at 100% scale on letter or A4 paper. Cut the lid at an angle, scoop the pumpkin clean, and thin the carving wall to about 1 inch where the design will sit. Tape the pattern on (snip small darts in the paper so it hugs the curve) and transfer every outline by poking dots along the lines, about one every 1/8 inch. Peel the paper away and carve dot to dot with short, straight strokes.

Carving order

1. Cut the small segments first. Start with the apostrophe and the smallest letter fragments, such as the short bars of the E and T in the top row. Small plugs come out cleanest while the wall is stiff.
2. Carve LET'S GO segment by segment. Each stencil letter is split into separate gray pieces by white gaps. Cut every segment as its own plug and leave each white bridge uncut; the bridges are what hold the S, G, and O counters in place.
3. Carve BRANDON left to right. Work across the bottom row one letter at a time, cutting the smaller piece of each letter before its larger piece. Push each plug out from inside instead of prying.
4. Watch the sharp inner corners. The stencil letterforms have many square corners. Cut into each corner from both directions so the saw never turns in place, which keeps the edges crisp.
5. Inspect the bridges before lighting. Check that every white strip splitting the letters is intact. If a bridge looks thin or ragged, shave the cut edges cleaner rather than recutting through it.

Clear loose fibers out of each opening as you go, and never twist or pry the blade against the shell; back it out and recut instead. When every piece is out, wipe the cut edges dry and drop in a battery LED puck.