Free Easy Pumpkin Carving Stencils

1. http://www.pumpkinlady.com/pattern.htm Even though the site offers several stencil books and such for sale, The Pumpkin Lady has tons of free printable stencils to choose from along with many "How To" videos.

2. http://www.zombiepumpkins.com/ offers a big selection of free printable stencils. They have many categories to choose from such as unique creations, rock gods, movie monsters, kreatures for kids, and much more. The only downfall is that you must be a member to have access to print. Membership is $2 for sampler, $5-$15 for all access and $20 if you want the exclusive bonus stencils. There is a category called freakish freebies which has about 5 patterns to choose from that you can print without a membership.

3. http://www.dltk-holidays.com/halloween/mpatterns.htm This is a great site for Mom's. Plenty of free patterns plus detailed instructions with a list of materials you will need.

4. http://www.spookmaster.com/pumpkin-carving-patterns-freebies.htm This site actually has a stencil for Barack Obama and John McCain. You will only find around seven free patterns, but they are unique from what I've seen. Plus they will be offfering a daily freebie from October 27th through October 31st.

5. http://gonewengland.about.com/od/pumpkincarving/l/blpmpkinpattern.htm doesn't have exotic stencils, but are free nonetheless and look easy enough for even children to do.

6. http://familycrafts.about.com/od/pumpkincarving/ig/Pumpkin-Carving-Patterns/ designed by Tom Henry. You can either carve or paint these stencils. The author of the site, Sherri Osborn, request that if you use one of the stencils, to take a picture of your finished pumpkin and email it to her so that she can display it in her Halloween Pumpkin Photo Gallery. It's not a requirement.

7. http://www.extremepumpkins.com/ Is more than just pumpkins. They carve different squashes as well and have tons of designs and how to's. This can be very handy when pumpkins are sold out everywhere. It happens. Plus they have ideas that go beyond carving by adding clothing, twigs, and such to give it a more spooktacular look. Check it out! It's a very fun site.

8. http://www.celebrating-halloween.com/pumpkincarving/index.shtml This site offers tons of free printable Halloween stencils that even include text patterns and "Angel & Demons" ambigram patterns. Most of them are the usual patterns you see around but they have quite a few unique patterns too. Worth checking out

9. http://www.starwars.com/kids/activity/crafts/f20051027/index.html for the Star Wars fan. This site offers a great selection of free printable Star Wars patterns for your pumpkin.

10. And for my last but not least find that is also my favorite... http://www.sparkplugging.com/kids-activities/halloween-printables-disney-pumpkin-carving-patterns/ This blogger has tons of free printable Disney Pumpkin Carving Patterns. I love it! I'm going to use this site myself this year.