The midnight tree

Crooked Tree and Moon — pumpkin carving stencil

This bare tree bends into several chunky branches beneath a small crescent. It makes a quiet Halloween scene without a face or a haunted building.

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The midnight tree

Illustration previewDark shapes on paper = cut out

Your pumpkin, your way

The midnight tree

A little detail

One bent tree spreads chunky bare branches below a crescent moon.

Print width165 mm 6.5 in

165 mm185 mm

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

Print layoutA4 · 165 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.

Crooked Tree and Moon: 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

Follow the trunk and all of its branches as one connected dark silhouette. The crescent is a separate opening above the branch on the right.

Leave these areas connected

Keep the light forks between branches open all the way to the outer shell. Avoid rounding across a fork and accidentally joining neighboring dark branches.

Fit this design to your pumpkin

Check the tree’s left branch and right moon on the actual-size print. Leave room for the broad base below the trunk; it is wider than the narrow middle.

Print width: 165–185 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.

More printing & transfer help →

Make it part of a little scene