Not a morning pumpkin

Grumpy Pumpkin Face — pumpkin carving stencil

Heavy sloping eyes and a downturned mouth make a pumpkin that is not ready for visitors. It has just three dark shapes and no separate nose.

Free printable PDFA4 & US LetterNo sign-up

Not a morning pumpkin

Illustration previewDark shapes on paper = cut out

Your pumpkin, your way

Not a morning pumpkin

Easy

Heavy sloping eyes and a deeply unimpressed downturned mouth.

Print width160 mm 6.3 in

140 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.

Grumpy Pumpkin Face: 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 two angled eyes and the arched frown. The mouth is a filled curved wedge, not a thin line drawn from one side to the other.

Leave these areas connected

Leave the broad middle of the face intact. Keep the light area under the frown connected to the rest of the pumpkin rather than extending the cut into a closed oval.

Fit this design to your pumpkin

The eye tips set the overall width, while the frown sits lower and closer to the center. Check the eye tips before positioning this face beside a taller, smiling pumpkin.

Print width: 140–185 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 →

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