Letters, and whatever your family is into
Words & Themed Pumpkin Carving Stencils
From $2.49 · Easy to hard
word and themed pumpkin carving stencils
Words & Themes
9 sets in this collection, 120 designs in total. Every one is an instant PDF download, tested on a real pumpkin before it went in the shop.
Poison
Dog
Dragon
Hawaiian
Slime Letters
Christian
Hunting
Alphabet
Halloween Word
About this collection
Spell something out, or carve the thing your family won't stop talking about. This section holds the word pumpkin carving stencils and full alphabets alongside the themed packs: the dog, the hobby, the vacation, the church trunk or treat.
Letters are sneaky hard to carve. The middle of an O or an A wants to fall out the second you cut around it. Every letterform here uses connected islands, so the centers stay attached and the word still reads from across the street once the candle's lit. The strokes are thick on purpose. Skinny type looks great on a screen and terrible on a gourd. You get two full alphabets, a clean one and a dripping slime one, plus a pack of ready made Halloween words and enough letters to spell whatever your family thinks is funny this year.
The themed side is dog breeds from Doberman to Chihuahua, a hunting pack with deer, elk and ducks, fantasy dragons for the carver who wants a challenge, a Hawaiian set for anyone doing Halloween on a beach, and a Christian pack with a cross, a fish and "Jesus". Each pack exists because somebody asked and I couldn't find a good one either, so I put one together and carved it to make sure it worked.
Same rules as everything else in the patch. Built for the knife, not the screen, bold outlines, connected islands, and a test carve on a real pumpkin before it ever goes in the shop. Difficulty on every listing. If you've got a word or a theme I'm missing, tell me. Half of this section started as an email.
Common questions
Can I spell a custom name?
Yes. The alphabet packs give you every letter, plus numbers and a question mark and exclamation point, so you can spell anything you'd say out loud in front of your mother.
Do the centers of letters fall out?
No. Every letter is built with connected islands, so the middle of an O or a B stays attached to the pumpkin. I carve a test pumpkin before a pack goes in the shop, so I know the centers hold.
Can you make a stencil for my dog's breed or my hobby?
Sometimes. Send a note through the Help page with what you're after. No promises on timing during October, but most of this section started that way.
Are the dragon designs hard?
Yes, they're the most detailed patterns in the shop. Plan on a poking tool, a small saw, and an evening. The result is worth it.
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.
See the Mega Bundle