The Best Sites for Free Pumpkin Carving Designs

It doesn’t really matter whether you get your pumpkin fresh from the patch or out of a bin at the grocery store. What counts is what you do with it once you lug it home. Get some free design assistance from the best websites for pumpkin carving templates.

Hershey’s Free Stencils Hershey’s is well known for their chocolate, but it turns out they are also a good source for free pumpkin carving stencils. The site breaks them down into three categories: easy, intermediate and advanced.

Better Homes and Gardens’ Free Quiz
Better Homes and Gardens magazine takes pumpkin carving very seriously. How do we know? They offer a free quiz to help you pinpoint the best pumpkin pattern and project for you. Plus they’ve got a pretty extensive collection of free pumpkin carving templates.

Reader’s Digest for Beginners
Reader’s Digest is also getting in on the free Halloween stencils, offering up a dozen free printable designs courtesy of the book Halloween! Your Best Ever. If you’ve got little ones around these basic designs are definitely kid-friendly.

PumpkinGlow.com Shares Unique Patterns
Forget the friendly ghost or black cat—if you want the most unique pumpkin on the block head to PumpkinGlow.com. Author Emily Dickenson, businessman Henry Ford, and golf pro Tiger Woods can all become pumpkin art with these free printable patterns. Just keep in mind some of these are best for advanced carvers.

Pumpkin Masters Free Patterns
Pumpkin Masters sells carving tools and on their website they offer free printable templates. (http://www.pumpkinmasters.com/free-patterns.asp) The designs are really cool, but if you “like” them on Facebook you’ll get access to even more free designs.

Unique Jack-O-Lanterns from Martha Stewart
If you’re tired of the same old pumpkin year after year take a stab at some fresh designs courtesy of Martha Stewart. They’re broken into seven categories including scenic, funny face, and designer. With Martha’s help your pumpkin will become a work of art, not just a gourd.

By Alison Storm

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