Free pumpkin stencil

Ghostface pumpkin stencil

The Scream mask: drooping eyes, a long screaming mouth and the black hood. Big, simple shapes make it a great first portrait pumpkin.

Ghostface carved into a pumpkin and lit on a doorstep at night
Pumpkin
Large pumpkin (about 11″ / 28 cm tall)
Design
182 mm tall
Paper
A4, 3 pages
Difficulty
Easy

Print at 100% (“Actual size”). On US Letter paper the stencil still fits; only the page footer may be trimmed.

The Ghostface stencil in three tones: cut through, shave and leave the skin
The three tones: cream is cut through, orange is shaved, dark is left alone.
How the Ghostface stencil glows by candlelight
How it glows: cut areas shine brightest, shaved areas glow softly.

How to carve it

  1. Print every page at 100% scale.
  2. Tape the sheets together using the corner marks.
  3. Tape the stencil to your pumpkin and poke along the lines.
  4. Cut through the black. Shave the grey. Leave the white.
  5. Pop a candle inside and step back.

New to three-tone carving? The carving tips cover the tools and the order to cut in.

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