Hello, Halloween

Classic Jack-o’-Lantern — pumpkin carving stencil

Triangle eyes, a small triangle nose and a wide smile give this pumpkin its traditional Halloween look. The face is balanced around the center, with two blocky teeth along the top of the grin.

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Hello, Halloween

Illustration previewDark shapes on paper = cut out

Your pumpkin, your way

Hello, Halloween

Easy

Two triangle eyes and a wonderfully wide, two-toothed smile.

Print width160 mm 6.3 in

130 mm185 mm

Sets the printed width. The pumpkin illustration stays the same size.

Print layoutA4 · 160 mm wideChoose Paper stencil for a larger print preview.

Paper size Mirror horizontally

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Check narrow gaps on the printed template before carving.

Build your own pumpkin face →Mix eyes, a smile and playful extras to make a separate design.

Classic Jack-o’-Lantern: dark shapes to cut out; light spaces to keep connected — The actual stencil · Dark shapes are removed.

A closer look at this pattern

What to cut. What to keep.

Follow these shapes

Transfer the three triangles and the mouth as four separate outlines. The upper edge of the mouth steps around the two teeth; include those steps when tracing.

Leave these areas connected

The teeth remain part of the shell above the mouth. Keep the light bands between the eyes, nose and smile rather than joining the dark shapes into one opening.

Fit this design to your pumpkin

Center the nose on a smooth part of the pumpkin and check the full width of the smile. The straight eye edges offer a different outline to the curved eyes in the toothless laughing face.

Print width: 130–185 mm. Check the whole print against your pumpkin before transferring; this range does not guarantee the design will be easy to carve.

From this page to your pumpkin

Print, check, transfer.

Set the width of this pumpkin carving stencil with the controls above, flip the whole design if needed, and choose A4 or US Letter. The PDF keeps your chosen measurements; PNG gives you an image for other projects.

Download the PDF and print at 100% or Actual size. Measure the 50 mm line to check your printer settings.
Tape ordinary printer paper over a smooth area. Trace with transfer paper underneath, or mark closely spaced dots along the dark outlines.
Remove the paper and compare your marks with the cut-and-keep notes above. An adult handles carving; use an LED light for the glow.

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