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One autumn acorn

Small Acorn — pumpkin carving stencil

A broad cap with a short stalk sits above a rounded acorn nut. Two openings and a clear horizontal band replace the textured cap of a more detailed autumn drawing.

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One autumn acorn

Illustration previewDark shapes on paper = cut out

Your pumpkin, your way

One autumn acorn

Easy

A wide cap, short stalk and rounded nut divided by a generous shell band.

100 mm 3.9 in
85 mm185 mm

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

Print layoutA4 · 100 mm wideChoose Paper stencil for a larger print preview.

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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.

Small Acorn: 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 cap and its attached stalk as one shape, then the lower nut as another. The nut tapers to one broad lower point.

Leave these areas connected

Keep the entire light band between cap and nut. It should remain a shell connection across the width, not a decorative line to score through.

Fit this design to your pumpkin

Compare the horizontal band on the 85 mm print before transferring. Center the short stalk above the nut so the acorn reads upright.

Print width: 85–185 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.

  1. Download the PDF and print at 100% or Actual size. Measure the 50 mm line to check your printer settings.
  2. Tape ordinary printer paper over a smooth area. Trace with transfer paper underneath, or mark closely spaced dots along the dark outlines.
  3. 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

Ideas using this pattern

A little harvest trio An acorn, a mushroom and an apple make a compact autumn group with a different outline on each pumpkin.

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