20 Pumpkin-Carving Templates to Let Your Creativity Shine
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Embracing the spooky season means embracing things like candy corn, Halloween costumes, scary books and movies, and, of course, good old fashioned pumpkin carving. The time-honored tradition of scooping out seeds and letting a candle (and your creativity) shine through your design is hands down one of the best parts of fall. When it comes to carving a gourd, nobody is too grown-up or too busy to get their hands dirty.
Still, pumpkin carving doesn't all have to follow the same formula every single year. You can never go wrong with a classic jack-o'-lantern, but why not put your individuality on display? Maybe you'll carve a pizza slice this Halloween, or a lipstick, or even a marijuana leaf — we all have our preferences.
Even if you struggle with free-hand sketching basic shapes, there's still a way for you participate in Halloween's most fun DIY project. Here are 20 free printable templates that you can choose from to get your creative juices and those pumpkin guts flowing. Simply drag to your desktop, print, and carve away!
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Moon Bat
Witches love this classic Halooween scene.
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Weed Leaf
It may be 10/31, but it's 4/20 somewhere.
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Constellation
Astrology babes unite — this constellation carving template is too cute.
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Banana
For a kick of potassium this Halloween, try carving this banana. Orange you glad I didn't say pumpkin?
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Flame
Lit from the inside, this flame template will give your Halloween pumpkin a cozy glow.
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Lipstick
This lipstick template comes in our favorite shade: pumpkin.
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Headphones
For the rockers out there, this headphone carving template is sure to pump you up.
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Ice Cream
Halloween is for screaming, and you already know what we all do for ice cream. This template is a no-brainer.
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Knife
Get meta this Halloween by carving a knife into your pumpkin. Knifeception?
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Bae
Love letters are so over. Carve your crush a pumpkin this Halloween instead using this super easy template.
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Martini
Shaken, stirred, or carved, darling?
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Pizza
For when Halloween candy doesn't do the trick, there's always pizza.
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Heart Shades
Because your pumpkin is cooler than the others.
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Like Heart
For your most chronically online friends, this digital native icon will look adorable carved into your pumpkin this Halloween. Like, save, and subscribe!
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Lips
Pucker up for the best night of the year!
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Palm Tree
This Halloween will be good vibes only with this palm tree template carved into your pumpkin.
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Peach
Peach emoji, meet pumpkin. So cheeky.
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Skull
Stay in the spooky lane with this skeleton template that's a twist on the classic pumpkin-carved face.
— Additional reporting by Haley Lyndes
Haley Lyndes was an assistant editor for PS Shopping where she found and tested the best home, beauty, and fashion products. She is a graduate of Northern Vermont University and has nearly five years of experience in both written and broadcast journalism.
Lilli Boice is a former PS editorial intern.