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Awareness Ribbon Pumpkin Stencil pumpkin carving stencil
Easy

Awareness Ribbon Pumpkin Stencil

An awareness ribbon rendered in clean, rounded-corner shapes: two upper lobes that cross at center and taper to two diamond-pointed tails below. The entire ribbon silhouette is pierced through as three distinct cut pieces, the left lobe, the right lobe, and the lower V-tail, separated by solid pumpkin bridges at the cross-point and the lobe tops. Lit from inside, the ribbon glows as three bright sections with a narrow dark cross at the center. The gap at the ribbon's top center is the most delicate bridge; cut outward from it rather than into it.

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Baby Dragon Pumpkin Stencil pumpkin carving stencil
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Baby Dragon Pumpkin Stencil

A round-bodied baby dragon with oversized round eyes, stumpy clawed feet, and membrane wings spread to each side crouches in a compact, almost circular composition. The eyes are large pierced circles, the wings are open negative-space shapes with thin bony rib lines left intact, and small spiky horns crown the head. Lit from within, the glowing eyes become the focal point while the wing membranes glow warmly around the solid orange ribs. Carve the large eye circles first so you can verify the round cuts are centered before committing to the surrounding detail cuts.

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Baby Footprints Heart Pumpkin Stencil pumpkin carving stencil
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Baby Footprints Heart Pumpkin Stencil

Two cartoon baby footprints sit side by side inside a swirling open-line heart outline on this easy hearts pumpkin stencil. The footprints are pierced through entirely, while the thin looping heart border and the zigzag crack detail beneath are left as solid bridges of pumpkin skin. The ten small toe circles are the trickiest cuts: carve them with a small round detail bit or the tip of a narrow blade, and do them before removing the larger foot cutouts so the surrounding wall stays rigid.

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Baby Footprints Pumpkin Stencil pumpkin carving stencil
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Baby Footprints Pumpkin Stencil

Two tiny baby footprints, complete with individual toe circles, sit inside a gracefully flowing open-line heart on this pumpkin stencil for expecting parents. The footprint soles and toes are all cut away while the elegant swirling heart perimeter stays as a solid pumpkin-skin border. Carve all ten toe circles before cutting the foot soles, since the toe holes are easiest to punch cleanly when the surrounding wall is still undisturbed.

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Baby Seal & Seven Whiskers pumpkin carving stencil
Hard

Baby Seal & Seven Whiskers

A chubby baby seal lounging with its tail flipped up, round dot eyes, a sweet whiskered snout, and stubby front flippers. The body is revealed by shaving the skin into a smooth pale panel while thin lines of untouched rind form the whiskers, mouth, and flipper creases. This hard shading pattern lives in those fine lines; peel the big body areas first, then carve the whiskers with light, shallow strokes so they stay crisp.

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Badass Pumpkin Stencil pumpkin carving stencil
Hard

Badass Pumpkin Stencil

A single-word pumpkin stencil spelling BADASS in wide, chunky block capital letters that span the full face width, with stencil bridge cuts breaking the enclosed counters of the A and the two S letters. All letter interiors are carved through to glow as one continuous horizontal band of text. The double S at the end contains tight letter spacing, carve those two characters last, when the surrounding wall is still fully supported, and use a thin blade to maintain the narrow gap between them.

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Ballerina Pumpkin Stencil pumpkin carving stencil
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Ballerina Pumpkin Stencil

A ballerina in a lateral leg extension is shown as a clean solid silhouette: one leg planted on pointe, the other raised and extended out to the side at hip height, one arm arching overhead and the other sweeping forward, and a short tutu skirt visible at the waist. The entire figure is one connected cut-out with no interior detail lines, so the lit pumpkin casts a crisp dancer outline. The extended side leg and arching arm reach close to the stencil edges, so place the figure centered on the pumpkin and score the outstretched limb tips last to avoid accidental tears.

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Bandaged Mummy Pumpkin Stencil pumpkin carving stencil
Expert

Bandaged Mummy Pumpkin Stencil

A stout, squat mummy character dominates this expert pumpkin stencil, its entire body layered in spiraling bandage wraps that read as a dense web of curved negative-space cuts. Two round eyes peek out as small circles near the top, and wild tattered bandage ends fly from both arms and along the ground line. The arms, made up of irregular claw-like bandage shreds, are the most fragile sections; cut them after the body core is fully carved so the pumpkin stays stable throughout.

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Bare Tree with Forked Branches pumpkin carving stencil
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Bare Tree with Forked Branches

A gnarled bare tree glows from a wide split trunk up through forked, twisting branches, the classic haunted-forest silhouette in reverse. The entire tree shape is cut through as one connected opening, so light traces every crooked limb. It rates easy because the cuts are bold, but the branch tips narrow quickly; cut from each tip back toward the trunk and remove the waste in small pieces so no limb snaps off.

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Barred Cyclops Eye and Teeth pumpkin carving stencil
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Barred Cyclops Eye and Teeth

One huge round eye crossed by a vertical skin bar stares out above a stubby grin with two blocky teeth, giving this little cyclops a comically startled expression. The eye and mouth are cut through, with the center bar and both teeth left as standing strips of shell. It is an easy carve suited to smaller pumpkins; cut the eye as two half-circles on either side of the bar instead of one big circle, and the bar will never be at risk.

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Barred Eyes and Cheek Tears pumpkin carving stencil
Intermediate

Barred Eyes and Cheek Tears

A goofy clown face with big round eyes crossed by horizontal rind bars, teardrop shapes dangling from each cheek, a button nose, and a huge grin with three chunky teeth. The eyes, tears, nose, and mouth are all cut through, while the eye bars and teeth stay as attached rind bridges. Those bars make it a medium carve: cut each eye as an upper and lower opening on either side of the bar, supporting the bridge with a finger as you finish the strokes.

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Barred Eyes and Diamond Dots pumpkin carving stencil
Hard

Barred Eyes and Diamond Dots

A wildly ornate astonished face: two huge round eyes split by vertical bars, a tall oval mouth gaping in shock, and a halo of diamonds, dots, and curved flourishes radiating in every direction. All of it is cut through, from the barred eyes to the smallest accent dot, so the whole pumpkin erupts in patterned light. Rated hard for its piece count, work from the center outward and leave the outer diamonds and dots for the final pass.

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Barred Eyes and Four Fangs pumpkin carving stencil
Intermediate

Barred Eyes and Four Fangs

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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Barred Eyes and Serrated Grin pumpkin carving stencil
Hard

Barred Eyes and Serrated Grin

This wicked traditional face stacks barred triangle eyes with heavy slanted brows above a huge serrated grin, then flanks the mouth with rows of small wedge and diamond accents across both cheeks. Everything is cut through, and the eye bars are thin strips of shell left inside each triangle. Cut on both sides of each eye bar before removing the surrounding pieces, and save the tiny cheek diamonds for last.

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Barred Eyes and Star Cheeks pumpkin carving stencil
Hard

Barred Eyes and Star Cheeks

Two huge sparkling anime-style eyes, each split by a vertical skin bar, beam above a tiny smile and heart-shaped cheeks, while dozens of little stars and dots twinkle across the whole pumpkin. The eyes, hearts, stars, and dots are all cut through, leaving the eye bars intact. The sheer number of small piercings makes this a hard carve; drill all the dots first, cut the stars with a fine detail saw, and save the big barred eyes for the very end.

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Barred Eyes and Ten Grin Slots pumpkin carving stencil
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Barred Eyes and Ten Grin Slots

A vintage sugar-skull-style face packed with detail: huge round eyes crossed by curved bars, arching brow flourishes, a diamond nose, ten scalloped tooth slots in a wide grin, and comma-shaped swirls framing the cheeks. Everything is cut through, with slim rind bridges holding the eye bars and tooth dividers in place. As an expert pattern, treat those bridges as sacred; cut away from them, never toward them, and remove waste in small pieces.

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Barred Eyes, Fourteen Leaves pumpkin carving stencil
Hard

Barred Eyes, Fourteen Leaves

Big round eyes split by vertical rind bars sit over a button nose and a huge grin packed with square teeth, while clusters of petal shaped leaves fan out from each cheek. Everything is cut through, and the fourteen petals plus the tooth gaps are why this rates hard. Carve from the center of the face outward so the delicate petal clusters are handled last, when the wall is lightest.

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Barred Triangles and Grid Grin pumpkin carving stencil
Hard

Barred Triangles and Grid Grin

A grinning classic face where each triangle eye is split by a vertical bar of rind, the diamond nose sits between rows of small diamond cheek cutouts, and the huge smile is divided into a grid of rectangular tooth windows. Everything is pierced through, creating a lantern that flickers from dozens of openings. Rated hard because those rind bars and grid struts are fragile; cut away from each bar and never twist the blade near them.

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Baseball & Crossed Bats pumpkin carving stencil
Hard

Baseball & Crossed Bats

A big baseball with curved stitch seams sits front and center over two crossed bats, carved as a raised emblem in the pumpkin's surface. Nothing is pierced; instead you shave away the skin around the ball and bats so the design stands out in relief, with the stitching etched as shallow grooves. This hard shading design rewards patience: use a loop tool to clear the background evenly and keep your etch depth consistent so daylight viewing looks clean.

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Baseball and Crossed Bats pumpkin carving stencil
Expert

Baseball and Crossed Bats

A trophy-worthy relief of a baseball resting over two crossed bats, all standing out from a recessed panel in true sculpted depth. The ball's curved stitch lines and the bats' grain and knobs are incised details, and nothing pierces the wall. Excavate the background panel to an even depth before rounding the ball, and undercut the bat edges slightly so they cast real shadows in daylight.

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Baseball Over Crossed Bats pumpkin carving stencil
Intermediate

Baseball Over Crossed Bats

A baseball with curved stitch seams sits front and center over two crossed bats, a classic team-spirit emblem sized for a porch pumpkin. The ball, bats, and stitching are all shaved into the skin rather than pierced, so the emblem glows softly while the pumpkin wall stays whole. On this medium shading piece, shave the bats and ball to one even depth, then cut the stitch lines noticeably deeper so they show as dark laces against the bright ball.

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Baseball Pumpkin Stencil pumpkin carving stencil
Hard

Baseball Pumpkin Stencil

A full-face baseball pumpkin stencil showing the ball's circular outline split into four arc segments, with two curved seam lines running down the center packed with small chevron stitching details. The large pierced sections glow brilliantly when lit, while the narrow seam bridges stay solid to keep the stitching legible. Carve the four outer arc segments first to stabilize the pumpkin wall before tackling the delicate stitching chevrons at the center.

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Basketball Pumpkin Stencil pumpkin carving stencil
Easy

Basketball Pumpkin Stencil

A basketball pumpkin stencil showing the ball as a large circle divided by one vertical center line and two curving seam arcs, creating four large curved panel segments that are carved through as open glowing quarters. The vertical and curved seam lines remain solid, producing the classic basketball court-line pattern when lit. Because this is an easy design with only four large pieces to cut, keep the blade on the outer circle first, then trace each interior seam line precisely to maintain even-width bridge strips between the panels.

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Basketball Seam Lines pumpkin carving stencil
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Basketball Seam Lines

This design turns the whole pumpkin front into a basketball by shaving the classic seam pattern into the skin: one vertical line, one horizontal line, and two curved side arcs. Nothing is cut through; the grooves alone read instantly as a ball, and the round pumpkin does the rest. It is an easy carve, so just score each line lightly with the stencil in place first, then widen the grooves to an even depth.

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Bat and Moon Pumpkin Stencil pumpkin carving stencil
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Bat and Moon Pumpkin Stencil

A crescent moon curves across the upper half of the design with a small bat silhouette flying in front of it, both cut through as a single pumpkin stencil. The crescent is a wide sweeping arc and the bat sits slightly below center within the curve, its wings spread and ears pointed. The bat's body stays connected to the moon's surface by a thin shared border; carve the crescent first and leave the bat's outer wing edges touching the moon arc so the bat doesn't shift before you finish the interior.

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Bat Heart Pumpkin Stencil pumpkin carving stencil
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Bat Heart Pumpkin Stencil

A large heart with two bat wings spread wide forms this simple pumpkin stencil: the entire shape is a single solid silhouette to be cut away as one connected piece, leaving a bold heart-with-wings opening in the pumpkin face. The pointed wing tips extend on each side and have small secondary notches along the trailing edges. Because the whole design is one cut, work around the heart curves first, then trace out each wing tip slowly so the narrow notches do not tear before the main body of the shape drops free.

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Bat Pumpkin Stencil pumpkin carving stencil
Easy

Bat Pumpkin Stencil

A front-facing bat with outstretched wings fills this jack-o-lantern pumpkin stencil, showing a snarling face at center and jagged wing edges that sweep to pointed tips on each side. The large background panels of each wing are cut away, leaving a solid bat silhouette with interior cut-outs for the eyes and facial features that glow distinctively when lit. Keep the narrow connecting bridge between the bat's body and each wing intact during carving so the whole design holds together.

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Bat with Scalloped Wings pumpkin carving stencil
Hard

Bat with Scalloped Wings

A bat spreads huge scalloped wings across the whole front of the pumpkin, its furry body, tall ears, and wing finger-bones modeled in carved relief shading. Skin is shaved away inside the wing membranes while the ribs, body, and outline are left raised, and nothing is pierced. Shave the membrane panels evenly and keep the wing bones proud for a dramatic sculpted look.

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Beach Umbrella and Sun pumpkin carving stencil
Intermediate

Beach Umbrella and Sun

A scalloped beach umbrella on a straight pole stands above a short shoreline bar, with a round sun cut high to one side. The umbrella canopy, pole, ground line, and sun are each fully cut out, and the scalloped edge leaves a playful fringe of skin between canopy sections. A medium carver's best move is to cut the small scallop notches before removing the big canopy piece, while the wall still has plenty of support.

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Bear and Cub Pumpkin Stencil pumpkin carving stencil
Easy

Bear and Cub Pumpkin Stencil

A bear silhouette pumpkin stencil showing a large adult bear in full profile stride, head slightly lowered, four legs planted mid-walk, with a small bear cub silhouette tucked between two of the adult's legs. Both figures are carved through as a single connected cut-out that glows solidly when lit. The narrow gap between the cub and the adult bear's belly is the most delicate section; cut around the cub's outline with a thin blade before opening the larger bear body to avoid accidentally removing the cub when you pull out the big piece.

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Bear Silhouette Pumpkin Stencil pumpkin carving stencil
Easy

Bear Silhouette Pumpkin Stencil

A stocky bear strides to the right in pure silhouette for this easy animal pumpkin stencil, with a broad humped back, small rounded ears, and four stubby legs all merged into one solid cutout shape. The entire figure is carved open, so candlelight pours through the outline and throws a bear-shaped shadow behind the jack-o-lantern. When scoring the outline, cut the concave gap between the front and rear legs first so the blade has a clean starting point before you trace the longer body curves.

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Bearded Man Portrait Pumpkin Stencil pumpkin carving stencil
Expert

Bearded Man Portrait Pumpkin Stencil

A bearded man shown from chest up is rendered in this expert pumpkin stencil with fine portrait linework: tousled spiked hair, narrow cut-out lines for expressive eyes with visible irises, a trimmed goatee built from small isolated patches, an open jacket collar, and a table or surface line at the bottom. The face relies on dozens of thin pumpkin bridges to hold the portrait together, creating a detailed likeness when lit. Carve the small goatee patches and eye details first, before the larger jacket and background cuts are made, to keep the face area stable throughout.

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Beaver & Crosshatched Tail pumpkin carving stencil
Hard

Beaver & Crosshatched Tail

A sturdy beaver stands in profile with its famous flat tail fanned behind it, the tail filled with a crosshatched diamond pattern and a tiny buck tooth showing at the mouth. The design is carved as a relief, shaving the outline and detail lines into the skin without piercing the wall, so it reads beautifully even unlit. Score the crosshatch grid lightly first, then deepen each groove one pass at a time.

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Bee with Three Raw Stripes pumpkin carving stencil
Intermediate

Bee with Three Raw Stripes

A friendly bumblebee spreads four scalloped wings wide, with a round head, curled antennae, and a plump body banded by three raw stripes. This is a shading design with no pierced holes: the wings, head, and body stripes are shaved down to pale flesh while strips of dark skin form the outlines and bands. Shave the big wing panels first, then refine the narrow antennae with a small gouge.

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Bent Crown and Broad Brim pumpkin carving stencil
Easy

Bent Crown and Broad Brim

A classic witch hat fills the pumpkin face, its tall crown bending over at the tip above a broad, gently curved brim. The whole hat is removed as one pierced piece, making a big bright silhouette with no interior details to fuss over. As an easy single-cut design, just keep your blade angled slightly inward as you saw so the large panel pulls free without wedging.

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Bent Hat with Nine Sparkles pumpkin carving stencil
Intermediate

Bent Hat with Nine Sparkles

A tall witch hat with a jauntily bent tip glows from the pumpkin, its wide oval brim carved as a separate opening beneath the crown so the solid hatband reads as a dark stripe between them. Around the hat, small circles and diamonds sparkle like scattered magic. This medium design hinges on that hatband bridge; cut the crown and brim as two independent openings and never saw across the band, then finish with the little sparkle shapes using a drill and detail knife.

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