Pumpkin carving templates
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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.
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.
Cheerful Snail & Spiral Shell
A grinning cartoon snail with a big spiral shell, a smiling face, and two ball-tipped eye stalks glows warmly from the pumpkin front. The design is shaved rather than pierced, with narrow ridges of skin left in place to define the spiral bands, body curve, and happy face. It earns its hard rating from those thin dividing ridges; shave the spiral from the center outward and keep your blade shallow so the ribs survive.
Cute Starfish Pumpkin Stencil
A stylized starfish with five rounded arms and a cute cartoon face, including two large round eyes with small lashes, a button nose, and a gentle smile, sits symmetrically centered in this hard pumpkin stencil. The arm openings and facial features are cut through while the narrow bands between the arm segments stay solid, framing the starfish shape clearly when lit. The thin band between the two eye holes is the most vulnerable bridge; cut the right eye last so you can brace the section from both sides during that final cut.
Heart Cheeks and Eight Dots
An irresistibly cute kawaii face: two tall oval eyes, a tiny curved smile, a heart-shaped blush on each cheek, and eight little sparkle dots scattered around the edges. Every element is a small pierced opening, and the wide spacing across a squat pumpkin gives it that classic sticker-art charm. At medium difficulty the hearts and dots demand patience; use a drill bit or apple corer for the round sparkles to keep them perfectly circular.
Kawaii Acorn Pumpkin Stencil
A kawaii-style acorn character fills the stencil: the domed cap is covered in a dense diamond lattice of cut-out shapes, while the rounded body below carries two crescent-shaped eyes, a small curved smile, and delicate arm curves along each side. Lit from within, the hatched cap glows like a lantern screen and the face reads warmly against the solid body. Carve the lattice diamonds from the center of the cap outward, and avoid cutting the thin grid lines between them until all surrounding diamonds are removed.
Kawaii Burger Pumpkin Stencil
A kawaii-style cheeseburger with a sesame-seed bun, two wavy patty layers, and a smiling face with spiral eyes fills this easy food pumpkin stencil, its stacked layers translated into a series of bold horizontal cuts separated by solid pumpkin-skin ridges. The round sesame seeds on the bun are punched as individual small circles, and the curly eyes and smile arc are cut as open shapes inside the bun half. Punch all the seed holes first with a small drill bit or apple-corer tip before cutting the long horizontal bun and patty slots, so the surrounding wall stays firm while you place those precise dots.
Kawaii Candy Corn Pumpkin Stencil
A kawaii candy corn character fills this pumpkin stencil, with a wide triangular body divided into two large cut-out sections and a solid mid-stripe band that holds a pair of circular eyes and a curved smile. The two open panels at top and bottom glow brightly when lit, while the pumpkin-colored face strip stays solid, making the cute expression pop in candlelight. Cut the smaller eye circles last to avoid weakening the surrounding pumpkin skin before the big panels come out.
Kawaii Mushroom Pumpkin Stencil
A kawaii-style mushroom character fills this hard pumpkin stencil, with a broad spotted cap, small horns or fins at the sides, and a round face below it showing large anime eyes and a tiny curved mouth. The cap spots are solid orange circles against a pierced cap background, and the face details are fine interior cuts within the solid round head. Carve the small circular spots on the cap before removing the large open cap area, so those circles have firm pumpkin wall behind them while you make the precise cuts.
Kawaii Pizza Slice Pumpkin Stencil
A kawaii pizza slice takes center stage in this pumpkin stencil: the triangular slice has a curved crust bar across the top, a cute face with crescent-shaped eyes and a small smile, circular pepperoni cutouts, and two thin diagonal lines suggesting arms. All the face features, pepperoni circles, and the space surrounding the slice are pierced through, while the slice outline and crust shape remain solid. Cut the tiny crescent eyes and smile first before the circular pepperoni holes, which are easier to control while the surrounding skin is still intact.
Narwhal, Seven Bubbles & Waves
A chubby, smiling narwhal swims among seven round bubbles with stylized waves rolling beneath its tail. Nothing is pierced; the whole design is shaved into the skin so the pale narwhal body, spiral tusk, bubbles, and wave curls stand out against the untouched rind. For this hard shading project, remove skin in shallow, even layers and keep a consistent depth across the body so the narwhal glows uniformly when lit.
Oval Eyes and Round Cheeks
Two big oval eyes glow above a tiny curved smile, with a small round blush circle on each cheek that lights up like a bashful glow. All five features are pierced through, and the shapes are large and simple, making this one of the sweetest easy carves for kids to help with. Cut the little smile last with a fine blade, since that short curve is the only delicate stroke in the whole design.
Rainbow and Two Clouds
A four-band rainbow arches across the top of the design, with two puffy clouds floating beneath its ends. Each rainbow band and both clouds are cut fully through, so the concentric arcs glow in bright stacked stripes separated by thin ribs of rind. This medium pattern lives or dies by those ribs, so cut the innermost arc first and work outward, supporting each rib with your free hand as you remove the waste.
Right Wink and Eight Freckles
A winking smiley with one open eye, one curved wink swoosh, a big grin holding a single square tooth, and a cluster of four freckle dots on each cheek. All shapes cut through, and the tiny freckles are what nudge this to medium difficulty. Punch the dots with a drill bit or apple corer before sawing the larger openings, since small circles are far easier while the wall is intact.
Round Eyes and Heart Cheeks
A kawaii-style face made of two big round eyes, a gentle crescent smile, and a glowing heart on each cheek like a blush. All five shapes cut cleanly through the wall, and their simple outlines make this one of the easiest patterns in the collection. Start each heart at its top notch and cut down both lobes toward the point so the little cheeks come out in one neat piece.
Round Penguin with Raw Wings
A chubby cartoon penguin stands front and center with round eye patches, a little triangle beak, stubby flippers, and wide webbed feet. The design uses skin shaving instead of holes; you peel the pale belly, face, and feet down to the flesh so they glow softly while the outline stays raised. Trace the border with a shallow V cut first, then peel inward for tidy edges on this medium carve.
Round Pupils and Twelve Drops
A round-eared bear face grins from the pumpkin, with big circular eyes holding attached pupil tabs, a shiny nose, two little teeth, and a crown of twelve teardrop openings fanning above like fur tufts. The eyes, muzzle, teardrops, and ear rings are pierced while pupils and outlines stay connected. Rated hard for the hanging pupil tabs, so leave their bridges thick and cut them dead last.
Round-Eyed Kitten and Whiskers
A sweet kitten face with big round glowing eyes, a tiny triangle nose, a bow-shaped smile, perky ears, and fine whisker slits fanning from each cheek. Every feature is a simple pierced cutout sized for small hands to trace and grown-ups to saw. Cut the narrow whisker slits first with a detail blade while the wall is stiff, then open the larger eyes and mouth.
Seated Capybara with Smile
The internet's favorite chill rodent sits in calm profile, its whole rounded body glowing warmly with a small dark eye and nostril left as untouched spots of skin. Rather than piercing the wall, you shave the capybara's full silhouette down to the inner flesh so it lights up as one soft shape. For this medium shading carve, peel the big body areas with a flat scraper, thin them evenly, and leave the eye and nose dots strictly alone.
Six Hearts and Tiny Top Heart
Six hearts arranged in a ring point inward toward the center, with a tiny seventh heart crowning the top and small round dots filling the gaps between them like beads on a wreath. Every heart and dot is cut fully through, creating a lantern that throws a circle of glowing hearts across the porch. For this medium carve, poke a starter hole in each heart and cut the notch last; the dots are quick work with an apple corer or drill bit.
Sleepy Eyes and Eight Lashes
Two closed crescent eyes with four little lashes apiece rest above a small oval mouth, while round dots on each side form rosy cheeks for a sweetly sleeping face. Every crescent, lash, dot, and the mouth is pierced through, so the tiny lash cuts do the expressive work. Cut the two big crescents first, then add the short lash strokes with a fine saw, keeping each one clear of its neighbor.
Smiling Narwhal & Two Fins
A smiling narwhal glides across the pumpkin with a long spiral tusk, two side fins, and a happy upturned mouth. The whole body is skin-shave work with no pierced holes, so the pale shaved shape stands out against the dark rind by day and glows gently with a light inside. On this medium shading design, etch the thin tusk and smile lines first with a fine V-tool, then clear the wide body area so you never drag a big tool across your detail lines.
Spouting Whale & Three Drops
A chubby, smiling whale with a curled tail sprays three playful droplets from its spout in this sweet ocean design. Nothing is pierced through; instead you shave away the orange skin inside the whale and droplets so they glow as soft golden shapes against the untouched pumpkin around them. That continuous-wall approach makes it very kid-friendly; scrape shallow, even layers with a loop tool until light shows through evenly across the whale's body.
Star Border and Heart Cheeks
A sweet kawaii face with big lashed eyes, heart cheeks, and a tiny smile sits inside a lavish border of stars, hearts, teardrops, and dots that rings the whole pumpkin front. Every one of those dozens of little shapes is pierced through, which is what earns the expert rating despite the friendly look. Carve the face first while the wall is strongest, then work the border outward in sections, resting between rounds.
Star Eyes and Six Freckles
This starstruck face beams with two five-pointed stars for eyes, curved brows arching above them, a wide open grin with tiny teeth, and three round freckles dotting each cheek. All the features are pierced through the wall, and the star eyes are the showpieces. Cut each star from its center out to the points, and drill the six freckles with a small round bit for perfectly matched circles.
Three Rainbow Arcs and Clouds
Three nested rainbow arcs stretch across the pumpkin, each end tucking into a puffy little cloud at the bottom corners. The arcs and clouds all cut through the wall, and the thin ribs of skin left between the arcs are what give the rainbow its striped look. Cut the innermost arc first and work outward, supporting each rib with your free hand so those curved strips do not snap.
Triangle Crown Face
A tiny wide-eyed face with a sweet smile sits low on the pumpkin beneath a crown of triangles and diamond sparkles arching overhead. All the shapes are pierced through, from the big round eyes down to the small candy corn style points. The hard part is spacing; transfer the pattern carefully and carve the little crown pieces with a detail saw so each point stays sharp.