October and Halloween area always brought with a Jack-o-lantern in our house. We’re a creative family so when it comes to pumpkin carving we try to more than the typical three triangles and a semblance of a crooked mouth on a pumpkin. The secret to great pumpkin carving is to use a great stencil. That’s right, the easiest way to carve an amazing pumpkin is to use a pumpkin carving stencil or template – and what’s the best part is that there are some amazing free pumpkin carving stencils in your kid’s favorite cartoon characters.
I’ve compiled a list of some favorite pre-schooler and up character pumpkin carving stencil templates so you can wow your kids this Halloween. All of the templates shown in this list are free downloads.
Pumpkin Carving Ideas
Disney Pixar pumpkin carving stencils
More Pumpkin Carving Stencils
- Blues Clues
- Bob the Builder
- Curious George
- Caillou
- Daniel Tiger
- Disney templates
- Dora
- Elmo
- SpongeBob
- Thomas the Tank Engine
Other Pumpkin Carving Stencil Resources
Step-by-step Blues Clues pumpkin carving stencil with photos
You can also make your own pattern.
And, learn how to carve using a stencil — with step-by-step photos.
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Comments & Reviews
Lyndsey says
these are so cute!! my girls would love these!
Samantha Kuzyk-Raising Twincesses says
That’s a great way to carve different designs onto pumpkins! We’ll have to try it next year!
Zuzana says
Love how cute these look on pumpkins. Great idea if you have small kids.
Lesly says
This would be really fun! I am such a sucker for the original 🙁 I know my kids would appreciate a bit of a change. Beautiful stencils!
kiersten says
We’ve seen a few done with characters, but we always figured they were too complicated to even try. Love that they are not that hard to do, especially with the stencils. Love this!
Tamara Goyette says
We went with a Toy Story theme this year and had so many comments on them.
Alicia at BalancingMotherhood.com says
It’s really not as hard as you’d think to carve a more elaborate picture on a pumpkin. The stencils are the way to go!