Start carving

Got a face? We'll make it a pumpkin.

Pick a photo or use your camera: yours, a friend's, a famous face or a movie monster. You get a printable stencil that tells you exactly where to cut, shave and leave alone.

The stencil carved into a pumpkin and lit by a candle: black-and-white portrait of abraham lincoln3 Carved & lit
Black-and-white portrait of Abraham Lincoln1 Your photo
The carving stencil made from it: black-and-white portrait of abraham lincoln2 Your stencil

Three tones. That's the whole trick. (Or is that a treat?)

  • Cut throughCarve all the way through. Glows brightest.
  • Shave the skinPeel off the skin only. Glows soft orange.
  • Leave itDon't touch it. Stays dark.

Your kit is just three pages.

Print it, tape it on, follow the lines. No carving skills needed: the stencil tells you what to do with every bit of the pumpkin.

  1. The guide

    What it'll look like, the key, what you'll need and the steps. All on one page.

  2. The stencil sheet

    Printed to your pumpkin's size. Tape it on and poke along the lines.

  3. The reference

    The whole design at a glance. Keep it next to you while you carve.

See an example kit (PDF)Carving tips

Any face. Every face.

Astronauts, film stars, scientists, a president: every one of these pumpkins came from a real photo, carved by Pumpkinify at its default settings.

  • Dorothy Parker
  • Lena Horne
  • Anna Fisher
  • Judith Resnik
  • Ida Leeson
  • Mae Jemison
  • Akihiko Hoshide
  • Gale Pollock
  • Conrad Veidt
  • Marie Curie
  • Abraham Lincoln
  • Doris Day
  • Mildred Bailey
  • Chief Joseph
  • Wyemah
  • Amelia Earhart
  • Nikola Tesla
  • Jim Thorpe
  • Charlie Chaplin
  • Mary Pickford
  • Vilma Banky
  • Anna May Wong
  • Sessue Hayakawa
  • Oscar Wilde
  • Walt Whitman
  • Rabindranath Tagore
  • Srinivasa Ramanujan
  • Mark H. Allen
  • A. Philip Randolph
  • Paul Robeson

Hover over a pumpkin to see the photo it came from.Tap a pumpkin to see the photo it came from. Tap again to flip it back.