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Trees Pumpkin Carving Patterns

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

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Spooky Tree in Moon Pumpkin Stencil
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Spooky Tree in Moon Pumpkin Stencil

A bare-branched tree fills a full circular moon in this expert-level pumpkin stencil, its trunk and sweeping limbs carved away while dozens of tight spiral curls on every branch tip remain as solid orange bridges. The lit jack-o-lantern shows the curled branch ends glowing like tiny flames against the open black sky of the moon circle. Tackle the small spiral cuts at the outermost branch tips before removing any large background sections, so the sheet stays supported while you work the most delicate shapes.

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Twisted Haunted Tree Pumpkin Stencil
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Twisted Haunted Tree Pumpkin Stencil

A twisted, leaning haunted tree with gnarled branch-arms, a hollow face cavity with two small round eye holes, and exposed root tendrils sprawling across the ground makes up this expert tree pumpkin stencil. The writhing upper branches and root fingers are each narrow separate cuts, while the face hollow is the main open void at the center. Carve the largest root sections at the base first since they anchor the lower design, then progress upward through the arm-branches, leaving the thin finger-tip branches and the tiny eye circles for last.

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Haunted Oak Tree Pumpkin Stencil
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Haunted Oak Tree Pumpkin Stencil

A bare haunted oak rises inside an oval frame in this expert-level tree pumpkin stencil, its trunk split at the base into gnarled roots, its branches spiraling upward with curling scrolled tips, and a sinister face lurking at the trunk where two narrow eye-slits and a spiky mouth hide among the roots. The large background sections within the oval are cut away so the curling branch and root shapes glow as solid orange silhouettes against a dark interior. Work from the outermost curled branch tips inward toward the trunk so the delicate spirals stay supported while you remove the surrounding background.

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Monster Tree Pumpkin Stencil
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Monster Tree Pumpkin Stencil

A menacing anthropomorphic tree creature with clawed outstretched arms, a roaring jagged-toothed mouth, and swirling branch-tentacle hair stands silhouetted inside a large circular moon in this expert pumpkin stencil. The entire moon disc interior is cut away and glows with light, while the creature silhouette and the area outside the moon ring remain as solid pumpkin skin. The swirling hair tendrils at the top create the finest detail against the glowing backdrop. Cut those wispy curling tips before clearing the large moon interior, to avoid cracking the delicate spiral ends once the surrounding wall is weakened.

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Haunted Tree Pumpkin Stencil
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Haunted Tree Pumpkin Stencil

A gnarled, wind-blown tree trunk splits into wildly curling branches with spiral tips in this hard-rated pumpkin stencil, the entire tree canopy forming a large negative-space cut-out against a small RIP gravestone and a spider-web accent that remain solid. The swirling branch tips are the most delicate cuts in this design; save them for last and use a thin-tipped blade, approaching each spiral from the outside inward so you never cut across a completed curl.

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

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