Not for the youngest carver

Scary Pumpkin Carving Stencils

From $2.49 · Easy or medium

scary pumpkin carving stencils

Scary

9 sets in this collection, 31 designs in total. Every one is an instant PDF download, tested on a real pumpkin before it went in the shop.

Angry Face pumpkin carving stencil

Angry Face

12 designs · Easy
$3.99
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Creepy Clown pumpkin carving stencil

Creepy Clown

Single design · Medium
$2.49
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Frankenstein pumpkin carving stencil

Frankenstein

Single design · Easy
$2.49
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Grumpy Face pumpkin carving stencil

Grumpy Face

Single design · Medium
$2.49
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Poison Apple pumpkin carving stencil

Poison Apple

Single design · Medium
$2.49
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Skeleton Hand pumpkin carving stencil

Skeleton Hand

Single design · Easy
$2.49
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Creepy pumpkin carving stencil

Creepy

12 designs · Medium
$3.99
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Scary Face pumpkin carving stencil

Scary Face

Single design · Medium
$2.49
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Werewolf pumpkin carving stencil

Werewolf

Single design · Medium
$2.49
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About this collection

These are the scary pumpkin carving stencils. Scary as in the neighbor kid stops at the end of the driveway and does the math on whether the candy is worth it.

Here's my problem with most scary patterns online: they look great on a screen and turn to mush on a pumpkin. Fangs snap off. Cracks in the face become one big hole. So every design here is built for the knife, not the screen, and I put a knife through it on a real pumpkin before it goes in the shop. Thick teeth, connected shadows, and islands that stay put. It'll still look scary at 10 p.m. when the candle's half gone.

This section runs easy to hard, and I mean it. Easy is a grinning face you can knock out during a football game. Hard is a full portrait that wants a poking tool, a small saw, and a chair. Every listing says which one you are getting. The 70 face Mega Bundle is all of them in one PDF for $9.99, which is about fourteen cents a face. Do with that what you will.

Common questions

How scary is scary?

Scary enough to earn a double take from across the street, never gory. Skulls, fangs, hollow eyes, screaming mouths. No blood, no movie killers, nothing you'd have to explain to a grandparent.

Are any of these good for a first-time carver?

Yes. Every listing says how hard the set carves. The easy ones are big bold shapes with a few cuts. Start there, then work up.

Is the 70 face Mega Bundle everything in this section?

It's 70 scary faces in one PDF, running easy to hard. Singles sold on their own here are separate designs, so if you want a specific one, grab it directly.

How these are made

Built for the knife, not the screen

A pumpkin is a wet, round, uncooperative vegetable. A pattern with skinny lines and floating pieces falls apart around 9 p.m. on October 30th, right when the kids are watching. So the lines here are bold, every island connects, and nothing snaps off mid carve.

Every set is tested on a real pumpkin before it goes in the shop. Every listing says how hard it carves, easy to hard, and it means what it says. Each design prints one to a page, and your printer's scale setting fits it to the pumpkin you actually brought home. Print it, tape it, poke it, carve it, then keep the file for next year.

The Mega Bundle

70 scary faces in one PDF

$9.99

Seventy faces, easy to hard, in a single printable download. That works out to about 14 cents a face. Do with that what you will.

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