2 free printable patterns
Valentine's Day Pumpkin Stencils
Valentine's Day pumpkin stencils feature hearts, arrows, love messages, and romantic designs, a fun way to reuse your carving skills in February on a stored pumpkin or a pale winter squash.
- Free PDF, no watermark
- Prints on letter or A4 at 100%
- Carving guide with every stencil
2 Valentine's Day pumpkin stencils
Carving guide
How to carve a valentine's day pumpkin stencil
Hearts are two curves meeting at a point: cut the lobes with short saw strokes and finish the bottom point with a knife. A heart with an arrow keeps the arrow as an uncut strip crossing the cut-through heart. Lettering like LOVE is easiest scraped, or cut through with bridges left inside the O.
A carved pumpkin in February is a surprise on its own. Put a heart pumpkin on the dinner table, or a row of small ones on the windowsill.
Questions
Valentine's Day stencil questions
Where do I get a pumpkin in February?+
Pie pumpkins and pale winter squashes like white acorn or butternut are sold year round. A stored fall pumpkin kept cool and dry can also last until Valentine's Day.
How do I carve a heart cleanly?+
Cut each lobe as a smooth curve with short strokes, meeting at the top notch, then cut the two straight lower sides into a point and finish the point from both sides with a knife.
How long do Valentine's Day pumpkin stencils take to carve?+
Check the individual stencil's carving guide for its time estimate. Preparation, pumpkin size, wall thickness and your experience affect the total; difficulty alone does not determine carving time.
Which Valentine's Day pumpkin stencils are the easiest?+
2 of the 9 are easy, 3 of the 9 are intermediate, 3 of the 9 are hard, 1 of the 9 are expert. Compare the difficulty labels and carving guides to choose a design.