Free Pumpkin Carving Patterns

A rich Halloween tradition is to decorate a pumpkin by carving a design into the surface of the pumpkin and placing a light inside. These designs look great in the daylight but they really come alive in the night air when the candle flickers inside and transforms the image by exposing the carving without the shape of the pumpkin being as visible. Are you looking for ideas to decorate your pumpkin? Want to find free patterns to use for carving your pumpkins? Here is a list of links that will provide unique pumpkin carving patterns and templates from easy to difficult. You can use the carved pumpkins to decorate your home or enter them into a pumpkin-carving contest. You can get great ideas from these links. You don't have to buy a pumpkin carving kit to get great results. This list of links will show you all you need to know to carve a fantastic pumpkin, gourd, or jack-o-lantern for your Halloween celebration.

Before you start you may want to consider these tips. Use a large knife to cut the bottom of your pumpkin to make it sit more flatly. Another tip is to cut open your pumpkin from the bottom instead of the top. Why? Because this will make lighting your candle inside easier to access then you can just slip the pumpkin on top of the candle and the bottom of the pumpkin.

DLTKs
Suggested materials and instructions as well as patterns for carving your pumpkin.

The Pumpkin Lady
While this site is about selling patterns, scroll down and find a listing of free patterns as well.

eHow
A great resource for more than just templates, but they are there too!

Family Crafts
A nice list of ideas, tips and patterns for pumpkin carving.

Spook Master
While they offer a variety of patterns for sale there are a few freebies. The most interesting thing about the freebies is that there is a daily freebie, so visit often to collect a variety of additional freebies.

Dot Com Women
A great resource for free pumpkin carving patterns, see them on the pumpkin!

Pumpkin Glow
A variety of un-halloween patterns to carve, grouped together by themes.

Fabulous Living
A few offerings for free patterns.

Fabulous Living - Rock n Roll
A few more offerings for free patterns of Rock n Roll stars.

Stoneykins
100 free patterns to carve while also offering patterns for sale.