Carve pumpkins for Halloween with templates: Free carving templates and tips for cool pumpkin lanterns

October 31st is approaching and it's time to start carving the pumpkins. The glowing pumpkin lanterns are the symbol of the spooky festival and are intended to drive away evil spirits on Halloween. If you've already bought the pumpkins, then maybe all you're missing is the right idea. With oursTemplatesYou can carve a cool or spooky pumpkin and create your own holiday decorations. What is it supposed to be?

It's so easy to carve pumpkins using templates

Whether it's a scary grimace, an evil witch or a funny, playful motif, with the right template you can create really great Halloween pumpkins. And for those of us who can't paint at all, this is a huge help. But how can the template be transferred to the pumpkin? We summarize the simple steps and a few useful bonus tips below.

First, scroll through our image gallery and select a template. Download and print the template. Then proceed as follows:

  1. Wash the pumpkin and pat dry.
  2. Remove the lid and scoop out the innards.Tipp:Instead of throwing away the pumpkin seeds together with the pulp,you can recycle themand try out different recipes!
  3. Attach the template to the pumpkin with tape or carefully with pins.
  4. Use a thick needle to poke several holes along the lines.
  5. Remove the template.
  6. Carve the pumpkin according to the pattern provided.

Note:The black parts are removed from our templates. For an even more interesting effect, you can also engrave some parts of the designs by removing only the top part of the pumpkin shell.

Free printable carving templates

On Halloween, everyone can slip into any role and be someone else for a day. But you can use different motifs not only in the costumes, but also in the decoration.

When carving pumpkins, spooky pumpkin faces are a classic. But alsofunny facesare very popular. Spooky ghosts and evil witches and monsters would also be a good idea for decorating this year's pumpkins.

Although Halloween is the day of fright, no parent wants to scare their children to the point where they have nightmares. For those looking to have a non-spooky Halloween, we have a few toocute carving templatesprovided.

Keep scrolling and choose one or more motifs!

Non-scary themes are a good choice for toddlers

Disney Tinkerbell Pumpkin Template

Printable paw carving template

Cat motif for the Halloween pumpkin

Design pumpkin as an owl

An evil or scary face is always possible at Halloween

The American classic – Jack-o'-lantern

Print out evil pumpkin face to carve

Vampire jack o lantern template

Carve pumpkin face with mouth sewn shut

Scary pumpkin face carving template

Funny pumpkin faces also look really great

Printable grin template

Carve a smiling pumpkin using this template

Spider and spider web templates for pumpkin carving

A lantern with a spider web creates great lighting effects

Carve pumpkins with witch templates

Witch hat template

Cool carving templates – ghosts, dragons, bats and owl

SpookyCarving Halloween pumpkins

* For this template, remove the white areas within the circle.

Pumpkin lantern template with dragons

Bats go well with Halloween

Carve the pumpkin with an evil owl