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All pumpkin stencils, A to Z

All 1,193 free printable pumpkin stencils in one list. Each pattern is a PDF template you can print at home, tape to your pumpkin, and trace for a Halloween jack-o'-lantern. Looking for a theme or skill level? Start at the pumpkin stencils hub.

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The Sideways Glance pumpkin stencil
Easy

The Sideways Glance Pumpkin Stencil

This classic jack-o'-lantern face pairs two round side-glancing eyes with a triangle nose and a wide grin showing two blocky teeth. Every feature is cut all the way through, so candlelight pours out of the openings while the rest of the rind stays untouched. The shapes are big and forgiving, making this a perfect first carve; make small relief cuts at the corners of the smile so your blade can turn cleanly.

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The Sinister Snarl pumpkin stencil
Intermediate

The Sinister Snarl Pumpkin Stencil

Two sharply slanted triangle eyes glare above a wide jagged mouth lined with seven pointed fangs, giving this face a classic menacing snarl. Every element is cut fully through, and the zigzag mouth does most of the work, so accuracy there pays off. Cut each tooth as two separate straight strokes meeting at the point instead of dragging the saw around the corner, and the grin stays razor sharp.

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The Sinister Sneer pumpkin stencil
Easy

The Sinister Sneer Pumpkin Stencil

A sinister face with narrow slanted eyes, a slim angled nose, and a wide sneering mouth bristling with pointed fangs top and bottom. Eyes, nose, and mouth are pierced clean through, with the fang shapes left as solid teeth jutting into the glowing opening. Even though it rates easy, the fang tips are fragile; cut each tooth from base to point and let the waste fall away instead of pulling it free.

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The Sinister Stare pumpkin stencil
Intermediate

The Sinister Stare Pumpkin Stencil

Slanted, sinister eyes are crossed by narrow uncut bars that read like glaring pupils, while the sneering mouth bares pointed fangs above and below the grin. The face is all pierced openings, and those slim bridges across the eyes are the make-or-break detail. Cut each eye in sections around its bar rather than in one pass, and save the fang notches for last so the thin points do not snap while you work.

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The Sly Grin pumpkin stencil
Intermediate

The Sly Grin Pumpkin Stencil

A sly cat face with two swooping almond eyes, a small triangle nose, and an enormous curling grin that stretches nearly ear to ear. The eyes, nose, and mouth are cut fully through, and the thin rind strips inside the smile create the mischievous cat-lip curves. At medium difficulty, the tapering eye points need patience; finish each point with a short pull cut toward the corner.

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The Sly Side-Eye pumpkin stencil
Hard

The Sly Side-Eye Pumpkin Stencil

Two crescent-moon eyes glance slyly to the side above a small triangle nose and a mouth packed with a fence of narrow, uneven teeth. All openings cut through, and the row of skinny tooth gaps is what makes this a hard carve. Pierce and remove the little slots between teeth first, while the surrounding wall still supports them, then finish the big eye crescents and the mouth outline last.

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The Sly Smirk pumpkin stencil
Easy

The Sly Smirk Pumpkin Stencil

One enormous sweeping grin and nothing else: a wide crescent mouth interrupted by two blocky upper teeth and a single lower tooth, with no eyes at all for a mysterious, cheeky effect. The whole smile is cut through, so it pours light across the porch. An easy carve that goes quickly; remove the mouth in left and right halves around the teeth so the tooth tabs never take any strain.

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The Sly Wink pumpkin stencil
Intermediate

The Sly Wink Pumpkin Stencil

One eye is a jaunty upswept crescent wink while the other stays a wide triangle, set over a small diamond nose and a lopsided grin broken into five rounded gaps by chunky teeth. The eyes, nose, and mouth gaps are cut through, leaving the tooth shapes as attached skin between them. A medium carver should cut the five mouth gaps individually rather than one big mouth, which keeps every tooth solidly connected and the crooked smile intact.

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The Snarling Fang pumpkin stencil
Hard

The Snarling Fang Pumpkin Stencil

This snarling jack-o'-lantern glares through slanted, angry eyes above a flared triangular nose and a huge split mouth bristling with long fangs and jagged lower teeth. The eyes, nose, and mouth are all cut through, while thin skin bridges hold each fang in place against the glow. Rated hard because of those narrow tooth bridges; carve the fangs last with a fine saw and leave extra width until the final pass.

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The Sob Story pumpkin stencil
Expert

The Sob Story Pumpkin Stencil

A theatrically miserable face with layered droopy brow wrinkles stacked like ribs above two barred, half-lidded eyes, a long drooping nose, and a deep striped frown, all surrounded by cascading columns of teardrops. Every wrinkle, bar, and tear is cut through, creating an ornate pattern of dozens of small openings. This expert carve is all about sequence: work from the center outward and leave the fragile tear columns at the edges for last.

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The Soul Harvester pumpkin stencil
Expert

The Soul Harvester Pumpkin Stencil

A hooded Grim Reaper leans forward gripping a large curved scythe, its skeletal face visible inside the cowl, and tattered robe edges dissolving into ragged fringe at the bottom in this expert grim reaper pumpkin stencil. The composition reads as a single dramatic figure, with the scythe blade sweeping up behind the figure and the robe tatters creating many thin separate cuts below. Carve the robe fringe tatters at the base first, since those narrow flame-like cuts are the easiest to crack once adjacent large sections of the torso are removed.

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The Sprinting Raptor pumpkin stencil
Intermediate

The Sprinting Raptor Pumpkin Stencil

A velociraptor sprints across the pumpkin in full silhouette, head low, clawed legs mid-stride, and its long tail sweeping behind for balance. The entire dinosaur cuts through as one glowing shape, with the narrow tail and slim legs providing the medium challenge. Carve the thin tail and leg sections first in short segments, then remove the large body last so the delicate extremities are never left unsupported.

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The Starstruck Smiler pumpkin stencil
Hard

The Starstruck Smiler Pumpkin Stencil

A crown of small four-point stars sparkles around the top of this face, while two big playful eyes with attached pupil tabs sit over a wide grin lined with little teeth. Everything is cut through, and the pupils survive as tabs rooted to the top of each eye opening. Carve the star crown first while the wall is strongest, then cut each eye around its pupil tab in small strokes so the tabs stay put.

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The Stitched Smile pumpkin stencil
Intermediate

The Stitched Smile Pumpkin Stencil

Two droopy teardrop eyes hang over a long curving smile crossed by short stitch marks, giving the face a sweetly sinister rag-doll look. The eyes and the full stitched mouth are pierced through, with each stitch cut as a small notch branching off the main smile line. At medium difficulty, carve the long mouth curve first, then add the stitch notches one at a time so the thin rind between them stays supported.

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The Stitched Stare pumpkin stencil
Hard

The Stitched Stare Pumpkin Stencil

Two enormous wide eyes with hanging pupils stare beneath crackling zigzag brows, while small skull nostrils sit above a long stitched grin that stretches nearly ear to ear. The eyes are cut through around the drooping pupil tabs, the nostrils are pierced, and the mouth is one thin line crossed by vertical stitch slits. Those dangling pupils and skinny stitches make this a hard carve; keep every stitch cut short and support the pupil tabs while you saw around them.

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The Stump Speech pumpkin stencil
Hard

The Stump Speech Pumpkin Stencil

A caricature portrait of a suited male figure dominates this pumpkin stencil: the subject has distinctive swept-back hair, heavy open-mouthed expression, a pointing raised finger on one hand and a fist on the other, rendered in sweeping negative-space cuts against a solid silhouette. The broad facial features, jacket lapels, and hand details are all cut through, reading as bright shapes when the jack-o-lantern is lit. Cut the fine hair and facial detail lines first while the overall shape is still rigid, then remove the larger background areas last.

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The Swirly Grin pumpkin stencil
Hard

The Swirly Grin Pumpkin Stencil

This cheerful jack-o'-lantern face pairs big round eyes with a huge sweeping grin, a single pointed tooth, and playful swirl accents curling around the cheeks and brow. Every element is cut fully through, so the eyes, nose, mouth, and swirls all blaze with candlelight. The long curved swirls are the tricky part, so cut them in short passes and leave the thin bridges between shapes for last.

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The Tall Smiler pumpkin stencil
Intermediate

The Tall Smiler Pumpkin Stencil

A tall pumpkin design with arched happy eyes, an oval nose, three dot freckles on each cheek, and a huge open smile with four little teeth hanging from the top lip. Every shape is cut through, and the six small cheek dots add a sprinkle of glowing freckles around the grin. Punch the freckle dots with an apple corer or drill bit before opening the big mouth.

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The Unblinking Watcher pumpkin stencil
Intermediate

The Unblinking Watcher Pumpkin Stencil

Two enormous staring eyes dominate this design, each with a pupil tab left attached at the bottom rim, a curved brow arcing above, and short wedge-shaped rays radiating around the outside like a nervous twitch of light. There is no mouth, which makes the gaze even more unsettling. In this medium carve the pupil tabs are the key detail; cut around each pupil carefully so its bridge to the lower eyelid stays at least a half inch wide.

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The Wailing Ghost Mask pumpkin stencil
Easy

The Wailing Ghost Mask Pumpkin Stencil

A ghost-faced horror-movie mask is the subject of this easy pumpkin stencil: an elongated oval skull shape with two large teardrop eye cutouts, a small oval nose hole, and a wide gaping mouth that tapers to a pointed chin. Flowing tendrils extend from the lower sides of the mask. The three facial openings glow as three distinct shapes, and the flowing lower extensions give the mask a draping, spectral quality when lit. Cut the narrow nose piece first since it sits between the two large eye openings and is the most vulnerable to tearing.

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The Wailing Howl pumpkin stencil
Hard

The Wailing Howl Pumpkin Stencil

Two drooping, hooked eyes sag toward a small nose and an enormous lopsided open mouth, giving this face a wailing, ghostly howl. Every feature is pierced through, and the curled inner tips of the eyes are what sell the melting expression. This is a harder carve because the eye hooks and the long mouth curve leave narrow bridges of pumpkin, so cut those thin sections last and support the wall with your free hand.

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The Warty Grin pumpkin stencil
Easy

The Warty Grin Pumpkin Stencil

Two big triangle eyes and a huge upturned crescent smile turn any bumpy heirloom pumpkin into a cheerful classic jack-o'-lantern. All three shapes are simple cut-through openings, so warts and ridges on the shell only add character around the glow. This easy pattern is perfect for a first carve; make long smooth strokes along the smile and pop each triangle out in one clean piece.

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The Weary Wail pumpkin stencil
Easy

The Weary Wail Pumpkin Stencil

Two drooping teardrop eyes sag above a tall crooked oval mouth, giving the pumpkin a permanently startled, wailing expression. Just three pierced openings make up the whole face, so it carves quickly while still looking delightfully unsettling after dark. Since the design relies on its lopsided character, transfer the pattern loosely and do not worry about symmetry; the wobble is the point.

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The Wicked Zigzag pumpkin stencil
Easy

The Wicked Zigzag Pumpkin Stencil

The timeless sinister pumpkin: two sharply slanted eyes with hooked inner corners, a small angled nose notch, and a long zigzag mouth that saws across the lower face in jagged peaks. All five openings are cut clean through for maximum glow. It is rated easy because every shape is bold and open; the one spot that needs care is the zigzag mouth, where cutting into each point from both sides keeps the teeth from rounding off.

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The Wonky Wonder pumpkin stencil
Expert

The Wonky Wonder Pumpkin Stencil

A wonderfully odd face with two unequal eyes split by vertical bar pupils, a diamond nose, and a huge grin whose lower edge scallops into rounded lobes, all surrounded by constellations of freckle dots and hanging teardrop points. Everything is cut through, from the big mouth down to dozens of tiny drilled holes. This expert design is a marathon of small cuts; drill all the freckle dots first, then carve the scalloped grin so the thin borders between lobes keep support.

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The Zigzag Grin pumpkin stencil
Expert

The Zigzag Grin Pumpkin Stencil

An elaborate jack-o'-lantern face built from layered geometry: triangle eyes barred with double rind strips, arched claw-like brows, diamond accents down the cheeks, and a wide zigzag mouth of interlocking teeth flanked by curling flame flourishes. The many openings are cut through around a lattice of thin surviving rind. This expert design demands a sharp fine-tooth saw and a plan: cut from the center outward, finishing the outer flourishes last while the wall is still strong.

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Third Eye Visitor pumpkin stencil
Easy

Third Eye Visitor Pumpkin Stencil

A delightfully weird mutant face with three round eyes arranged in a triangle above one huge wide oval mouth. All four shapes are pierced through, and the extra eye instantly turns an ordinary pumpkin into a little alien visitor. This is an easy carve with no fragile parts; leave at least an inch of rind between the eyes and the mouth rim so the bridge stays strong.

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Three Bats pumpkin stencil
Hard

Three Bats Pumpkin Stencil

Three snarling bats in different sizes swoop across this bats pumpkin stencil: one large bat dominates the lower center with wide jagged wings and a gnashing face, a medium bat flies mid-right, and a small bat trails upper-left, all fully pierced through. The graduated scale creates depth on the jack-o-lantern face, and because the large bat's wing tips are long and thin, cut those points last after the broad wing voids are already removed to avoid snapping them during the heavy cutting.

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Three Graves Moon pumpkin stencil
Hard

Three Graves Moon Pumpkin Stencil

A moonlit cemetery scene: a huge glowing full moon fills the background while three headstones stand in silhouette, the tall center marker lettered RIP and flanked by two cross-topped stones rising from tufts of grass. The moon area is cut through and the graves are the pumpkin left in place. This is a hard pattern, so cut the big moon opening in several smaller sections to avoid snapping the thin grass blades along the bottom.

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Three Spotted Mushrooms pumpkin stencil
Intermediate

Three Spotted Mushrooms

Three spotted toadstools rise from a tuft of grass, one tall cap flanked by two smaller mushrooms. This is a shading pattern: you shave away the skin around the stems and caps so they glow softly, while the round spots are scraped a touch deeper for contrast. Nothing is pierced through, which keeps the pumpkin sturdy. Work in shallow layers and stop when light just starts to show through the wall.

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Three-Eyed Ziggy pumpkin stencil
Intermediate

Three-Eyed Ziggy Pumpkin Stencil

Three round eyes line up across the brow of this cheerful monster, above a wide grinning mouth with four rounded teeth hanging from the top lip and a small diamond accent cut on each cheek. The eyes, diamonds, and mouth are cut through, with the teeth left attached to the upper mouth edge. At medium difficulty, the main care point is those hanging teeth: cut around each one gently, and try it on a green or warty pumpkin for extra monster energy.

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Thumbs Down Emoji pumpkin stencil
Easy

Thumbs Down Emoji Pumpkin Stencil

A thumbs-down hand emoji is the subject of this easy pumpkin stencil: a clenched fist with four horizontal oval finger cutouts stacked on the right side, a large curved palm-and-back-of-hand mass pierced by a banana-shaped opening on the left, and a downward-pointing thumb teardrop at the bottom. The lit result shows the negative space of the knuckles and palm glowing while the solid pumpkin skin traces the finger outlines. Cut the four finger ovals first while the surrounding skin is still rigid, then remove the larger palm opening.

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Thumbs Up Emoji pumpkin stencil
Easy

Thumbs Up Emoji Pumpkin Stencil

A thumbs-up hand emoji fills this easy pumpkin stencil: a large upward-pointing thumb teardrop at the top, a broad curved palm-and-knuckle mass in the center, four stacked horizontal oval finger cutouts on the right, and a small curved side-panel on the left. When lit, the stacked ovals glow as distinct bright bars above the palm opening, reading immediately as a raised-fist thumbs-up. Cut the four finger ovals before removing the larger central palm section so the surrounding skin remains firm while you make the smaller, more precise cuts.

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Thumbs Up Relief pumpkin stencil
Intermediate

Thumbs Up Relief Pumpkin Stencil

The classic thumbs-up hand, thumb raised high over four curled fingers, presented as a bold etched panel on the pumpkin's face. No holes are pierced; you shave the outer skin inside the hand outline so the pale flesh forms the gesture, leaving thin rind lines to separate the fingers. Keep the shaved depth even and stop at each finger line so the knuckle ridges stay dark and readable.

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Thunder Jaw T. Rex pumpkin stencil
Intermediate

Thunder Jaw T. Rex Pumpkin Stencil

A roaring Tyrannosaurus head with sweeping jaws and bold teeth. Print this detailed cut-through dinosaur stencil with an individual carving guide.

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Tidal Dancer pumpkin stencil
Hard

Tidal Dancer Pumpkin Stencil

An elegant seahorse posed upright with a ridged, segmented body, a ribbed fan fin on its back, and a tail that coils into a tight spiral. This is a shading pattern: you carve away skin at varying shallow depths to sculpt the plates, fin ribs, and curl while the wall stays solid. Rated hard for its fine detail, it rewards a light touch; work the tiny tail spiral with a small gouge last.

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