Five Books. 250 Stencils.
Each book has 50 designs. One per page, blank on the back, so you can tear a page out or copy it without losing another design. No design appears in two books. $9.99 each.
The series is published by Anvil Road Publishing. Every volume is 108 pages, 8.5 by 11 inches, and carries the same three-bar difficulty meter used on this site. Across the five books there are 121 Easy, 51 Medium and 78 Advanced designs.
Volume 1: Classic Jack-o’-Lantern Faces
50 Easy Halloween Templates for Carving Pumpkins
Fifty classic faces. Big grins, mean scowls, missing teeth, wide eyes. Forty are marked Easy, so a first-timer gets a good result the same night.
50 designs · 40 Easy · 4 Medium · 6 Advanced
Who it is for: first-timers, kids with an adult, and anyone who wants a classic face finished in an evening.
108 pages · 8.5 by 11 in · ISBN 979-8-90716-001-9
$9.99
Volume 2: Ghosts, Bats, Cats & Spiders
50 Spooky Halloween Templates for Carving Pumpkins
The four shapes everyone knows are Halloween. Twenty-two ghosts, eleven cats, ten bats and seven spiders.
50 designs · 25 Easy · 8 Medium · 17 Advanced
Who it is for: people who want the shapes everyone recognises as Halloween, from a quick cat to a detailed ghost.
108 pages · 8.5 by 11 in · ISBN 979-8-90716-002-6
$9.99
Volume 3: Monsters, Dragons & Creatures
50 Halloween Templates for Carving Pumpkins, Easy to Advanced
Dragons, werewolves, aliens, a kraken and a knight on a horse. The widest range of easy to hard in the series.
50 designs · 24 Easy · 14 Medium · 12 Advanced
Who it is for: a mixed household. This volume has the widest spread from Easy to Advanced in the series.
108 pages · 8.5 by 11 in · ISBN 979-8-90716-003-3
$9.99
Volume 4: Witches, Zombies & Haunted Houses
50 Spooky Halloween Templates for Carving Pumpkins
Whole scenes instead of faces. A witch crossing the moon, a house on a hill, a bare tree over a graveyard.
50 designs · 21 Easy · 15 Medium · 14 Advanced
Who it is for: carvers who want a whole scene on the pumpkin rather than a face.
108 pages · 8.5 by 11 in · ISBN 979-8-90716-004-0
$9.99
Volume 5: Skulls, Demons & Gothic Designs
50 Detailed Halloween Templates for Carving Pumpkins
Twenty-nine of the fifty are marked Advanced. Skulls, demons, reapers and sugar skulls with real lacework.
50 designs · 11 Easy · 10 Medium · 29 Advanced
Who it is for: experienced carvers who want fine detail and are happy to etch as well as cut.
108 pages · 8.5 by 11 in · ISBN 979-8-90716-005-7
$9.99
The whole series in one line
| Volume | Designs | Easy / Medium / Advanced | ISBN | Matching pack |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Classic Jack-o’-Lantern Faces | 50 | 40 / 4 / 6 | 979-8-90716-001-9 | $7.95 pack |
| 2. Ghosts, Bats, Cats & Spiders | 50 | 25 / 8 / 17 | 979-8-90716-002-6 | $7.95 pack |
| 3. Monsters, Dragons & Creatures | 50 | 24 / 14 / 12 | 979-8-90716-003-3 | $7.95 pack |
| 4. Witches, Zombies & Haunted Houses | 50 | 21 / 15 / 14 | 979-8-90716-004-0 | $7.95 pack |
| 5. Skulls, Demons & Gothic Designs | 50 | 11 / 10 / 29 | 979-8-90716-005-7 | $7.95 pack |
Questions
- What is in each book?
- Fifty pumpkin carving stencils, one per page, printed large with a blank page behind it. Every design carries a three-bar difficulty meter. Each book is 108 pages, 8.5 by 11 inches, paperback.
- Do any designs repeat across the five books?
- No. The five volumes hold 250 different designs. Nothing appears twice.
- Should I buy the book or the digital pack?
- Buy the book if you want a page you can tear out and take to the kitchen table. Buy the pack, $7.95, if you want to print any design as often as you like and resize it to fit the pumpkin. The designs are the same.
- Who publishes them?
- Anvil Road Publishing, the publishing imprint of Anvil Road LLC. Pumpkin Stencil Co. is the series name.