A little pond visitor
Small Fish Silhouette — pumpkin carving stencil
A plump fish with a triangular tail makes a single broad silhouette. Its pointed nose and tail shape do the work without a tiny retained eye.
A little pond visitor
Your pumpkin, your way
A little pond visitor
EasyA plump solid fish with a broad triangular tail and no retained eye.
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.
A closer look at this pattern
What to cut. What to keep.
Follow these shapes
Transfer the fish and connected tail as one opening. Follow the two inward corners where the tail meets the body.
Leave these areas connected
Keep the light tail notches open to the outside. Do not add a white eye inside the removed silhouette, where it would become an unsupported island.
Fit this design to your pumpkin
The wide design starts at 80 mm on paper and can be flipped to face a partner pumpkin. Check the tail tips before fitting the nose near a curved edge.
Print width: 80–185 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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