250 Printable Pumpkin Carving Stencils That Actually Work
Easy to advanced. Every design is checked for thin bridges, floating pieces and carving complexity before we publish it. Print on ordinary paper and start carving.
- 250 designs
- 121 Easy
- 51 Medium
- 78 Advanced
- Plain printer paper
- Difficulty measured, not guessed
- Instant PDF download
Prefer paper? See the 5-book series.
Pick the one that suits you
The Complete Collection
All 250 Halloween designs. No repeats.
$19.95
- · 121 Easy, 51 Medium, 78 Advanced
- · The five packs one at a time cost $39.75
- · Prints on ordinary paper. Reprint as often as you like
One 50-design pack
$7.95
Classic faces, ghosts and cats, monsters, haunted scenes, skulls.
Any single design
$2.99
Choosing more than a few? The Collection is the better value.
310 designs
$24.95
250 Halloween plus 60 pets, animals and dinosaurs. 60 more designs for $5.00 more.
The Complete Pumpkin Stencil Collection
All 250 Halloween designs as printable files. No design appears twice. Every one sized to a full page and reprintable at any scale, for as long as you own it. Buying the five packs one at a time costs $39.75.
- · All 250 Halloween designs, no repeats
- · 121 Easy, 51 Medium, 78 Advanced
- · A difficulty rating on every single design
- · Prints on ordinary printer paper, at 50% to 200%
- · Reprint any design as often as you like, for your own household
- · Transfer and carving instructions are in the file
Seven free stencils, no email
2 Halloween designs plus 5 bonus animal designs. The Halloween two are a classic face and a sitting cat, both rated Easy, both the same files that sell for $2.99. Click and the PDF downloads.
Measured, not guessed
Difficulty on this site is a measurement, not an opinion. Every design is turned into a black-and-white mask and five things are measured before it is published.
- Bridge width
- The narrowest strip of skin holding a piece in place. Thin bridges are why stencils tear.
- Floating pieces
- Parts with cut area all the way round. One can be a pupil. A dozen is a broken design.
- Cut regions
- How many separate holes you have to make to finish it.
- Complexity
- Detail density and total cut length, scored together.
- Cut or etch
- Detail too fine to saw is marked cut and etch, so you scrape instead.
These are computational, structural measurements of the artwork. No pumpkins were carved to produce the ratings, and we do not claim otherwise. Read the full method, including the version that was wrong.
Pick how hard you want to work
Every stencil shows a three-bar meter. We measured all 250 designs for thin bridges and loose pieces before publishing them, so an Easy really is easy.
Only want one?
One design: $2.99. All 250: $19.95. If you are choosing more than a few designs, the Complete Collection is the better value.
Browse by what you want to carve
Or buy a theme
Fifty designs each, $7.95 a pack. The whole ebook, one download. The same files that are in the paperbacks.
Classic Jack-o'-Lantern Faces Pack
50 printable stencils
$7.95
Ghosts, Bats, Cats & Spiders Pack
50 printable stencils
$7.95
Monsters, Dragons & Creatures Pack
50 printable stencils
$7.95
Witches, Zombies & Haunted Houses Pack
50 printable stencils
$7.95
Skulls, Demons & Gothic Designs Pack
50 printable stencils
$7.95
Pets, Animals & Dinosaurs Pack
60 printable stencils
$7.95
Or hold them in your hands
Five paperbacks, fifty designs each, printed large on their own page with a blank page behind so you can cut one out without losing another. $9.99 each on Amazon.
Every price, one table
Start free. Buy one design, one theme, or the whole library. Nothing is a subscription.
| What you get | Designs | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Starter packNo email needed | 5 year-round designs | Free |
| Two free Halloween stencilsNo email needed | 2 designs | Free |
| Any single stencil | 1 design | $2.99 |
| One theme pack (the ebook) | 50 designs | $7.95 |
| The Complete Pumpkin Stencil CollectionFive packs bought one at a time cost $39.75 | All 250 Halloween designs | $19.95 |
| The Everything Bundle | 310 designs, pets included | $24.95 |
| Paperback, any volumeSold on Amazon | 50 designs, one per page | $9.99 |
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Not carving this year?
A lot of people paint instead. The same stencils work, and nothing sharp is involved.
What is Pumpkin Stencil Co.?
Pumpkin Stencil Co. is a library of 250 printable pumpkin carving stencils made by Anvil Road LLC in the United States. Every design is measured for thin bridges and loose pieces before it is published, and rated Easy, Medium or Advanced on a three-bar meter. Stencils sell one at a time for $2.99, in fifty-design packs for $7.95, as the 250-design Complete Collection for $19.95, and as five paperback books at $9.99. Seven designs are free with no email: two Halloween stencils and a five-design starter pack. Everything prints on plain paper.
Questions
- What is Pumpkin Stencil Co.?
- Pumpkin Stencil Co. is a library of 250 printable pumpkin carving stencils, made by Anvil Road LLC in the United States. Every design is measured for thin bridges and loose pieces before it is published and rated Easy, Medium or Advanced. Stencils sell one at a time, in fifty-design packs, as a 250-design collection, and as five paperback books. Seven designs are free: two Halloween stencils and a five-design starter pack.
- Are any of the stencils free?
- Yes, seven of them. Two Halloween stencils and a five-design starter pack download free with no email. Everything else is $2.99 per design or $19.95 for all 250.
- Do I need special stencil paper?
- No. Print on plain paper, tape it to the pumpkin, poke the outline, take the paper off, then carve the marks.
- How do I know if a stencil is easy?
- Every design shows a three-bar meter. One bar is Easy: big shapes, under ten cuts, nothing floating. Three bars is Advanced: fine detail and thin bridges. We measured all 250, so the rating is about the cutting, not the picture.
- What is the difference between the pack and the book?
- The pack is a PDF you print at any size as often as you like, $7.95. The book is a paperback with the same fifty designs, one per page with a blank back, $9.99 on Amazon.
- Can I use the stencils for painting instead of carving?
- Yes. Trace around the black shapes and paint inside the lines. An uncut painted pumpkin can often last several weeks under good conditions.
- How long does a carved pumpkin last?
- A carved pumpkin commonly lasts several days, depending heavily on temperature and conditions. Seal the cut edges with petroleum jelly, keep it cold, and use a battery LED light instead of a candle.