A little floating sheet
Small Ghost Silhouette — pumpkin carving stencil
A small floating ghost lifts both arms over a zigzag hem. Its face is left out so the whole character can be one filled cut-out.
A little floating sheet
Your pumpkin, your way
A little floating sheet
EasyA faceless ghost silhouette with two lifted arms and a three-point hem.
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 one continuous silhouette from the rounded head around both hands and the lower hem. Do not add eye islands within the dark body.
Leave these areas connected
Leave the light notches under the arms and between the hem points attached to the surrounding shell. These are outside the silhouette, not enclosed details.
Fit this design to your pumpkin
Check the raised hands as well as the head at the suggested 80 mm width. Increase the paper size if either arm notch is difficult to follow on your pumpkin.
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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View & print patternPumpkin previews are illustrations. Check the printed pattern against your pumpkin before carving.