Carving newbies and kids alike will love these easy pumpkin carving patterns. Simply resize the pattern to fit your pumpkin, print it, then tape the stencil to your pumpkin and start carving. Or you can cut out the pattern, and trace it on your pumpkin then carve out the design.

You’ll find several versions of Halloween classics such as witches, mummies, cats, monsters and creepy graveyard ghosts to frighten up your pumpkin display. Scary not your thing? We've also got kid-friendly pumpkin carving templates like a rainbow, a unicorn, funny faces, candy corn, dinosaurs and dogs. Browse through our gallery of beginner-friendly pumpkin carving stencils and get inspired to create your Halloween masterpiece.

Before you start carving, check out our best pumpkin-carving tips and tool suggestions. We’ll explain the right tools to use, the best way to illuminate your pumpkin and how to make your pumpkin last a long time.

If you're looking for more unique pumpkin carving stencils and you have some advanced carving skills, take a look at one of these 90+ exclusive HGTV pumpkin-carving templates.

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