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48 Free Jack-O'-Lantern Faces Anyone Can Carve

Updated on October 22, 2025

Our printable jack-o'-lantern patterns include funny faces, scary smiles and cute laughing grins. Try one of our designs to help you greet trick-or-treaters on Halloween night.

Pumpkins carved with jack-o-'lantern faces light with candles.

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Easy Jack-O'-Lantern Faces

Whether you carve a real pumpkin or a faux pumpkin, we’ve got jack-o’-lantern faces that are just right for your gourd. To get started, download your favorite design, resize it to fit your pumpkin and then print it. Attach the stencil to your pumpkin and trace the pattern onto the surface, then start carving.

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Goofy Grin Pumpkin Carving Pattern

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Easy: Goofy Grin Pumpkin Carving Stencil

Print the goofy grin pumpkin-carving template.

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Easy: Vampire Face Pumpkin-Carving Stencil

Print the vampire pumpkin-carving template.

Sugar Skull Pumpkin-Carving Stencil

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Advanced: Sugar Skull Pumpkin-Carving Stencil

Print the sugar skull pumpkin-carving template.

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Menacing Laugh Pumpkin Carving Pattern

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Easy: Laughing Jack-O-Lantern Pumpkin Carving Stencil

Print the menacing laugh pumpkin-carving stencil.

Friendly Face Pumpkin Carving Pattern

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Easy: Scarecrow Pumpkin Carving Stencil

Print the scarecrow pumpkin-carving template.

Cool Skull Pumpkin-Carving Stencil

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Easy: Sunglass Skull Pumpkin Carving Stencil

Print the skull in shades pumpkin-carving stencil.

Cat Pumpkin Carving Pattern

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Easy: Cat Pumpkin Carving Stencil

Print the cat face pumpkin-carving stencil.

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Easy: Alien Pumpkin Carving Stencil

Print the alien pumpkin-carving template.

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Excited Smile Pumpkin Carving Pattern

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Easy: Big Smile Jack-O'-Lantern Carving Stencil

Print the excited smile pumpkin-carving stencil.

Geometric Smile Pumpkin Carving Pattern

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Easy: Geometric Jack-O-Lantern Carving Stencil

Print the funny face pumpkin-carving pattern.

Mummy Pumpkin-Carving Stencil

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Easy: Mummy Pumpkin Carving Stencil

Print the I Want My Mummy pumpkin-carving stencil.

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Grimace Pumpkin Carving Pattern

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Easy: Grimace Pumpkin Carving Pattern

Print the grimace pumpkin-carving stencil.

Giant Grin Pumpkin Carving Pattern

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Easy: Happy Face Pumpkin Carving Stencil

Print the giant grin pumpkin-carving pattern.

Toothy Smile Pumpkin Carving Pattern

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Easy: Toothy Smile Pumpkin Carving Stencil

Print the toothy smile pumpkin-carving template.

Wink Pumpkin Carving Pattern

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Easy: Winking Jack-O'-Lantern Pumpkin Carving Stencil

Print the winking pumpkin-carving stencil.

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Nightlight Design for Downloadable Pumpkin Carving Template

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Easy: Jack-O'Lantern With Hat Pumpkin Carving Stencil

Print the hat jack-o'-lantern pumpkin carving stencil.

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Easy: Jack-O'-Lantern Dots Pumpkin Carving Stencil

Print the dotted jack-o'-lantern pumpkin carving stencil.

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Easy: Snaggletooth Jack-O'-Lantern Pumpkin Carving Stencil

Print the snaggletooth jack-o'-lantern pumpkin carving stencil.

Smiley Face Pumpkin Carving Template

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Easy: Happy Jack-O'-Lantern Pumpkin Carving Stencil

Print the grinning jack-o'-lantern pumpkin carving template.

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Easy: Traditional Jack-O'-Lantern Pumpkin Carving Stencil

Print the traditional jack-o'-lantern pumpkin carving template.

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Easy: Evil Jack-O'-Lantern Pumpkin Carving Stencil

Print the sinister jack-o'-lantern pumpkin carving pattern.

Frankenstein Design for Downloadable Pumpkin Carving Template

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Easy: Frankenstein Pumpkin-Carving Stencil

Print the Frankenstein pumpkin-carving stencil.

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Clown Face Pumpkin Carving Template

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Advanced: Creepy Clown Face Pumpkin-Carving Template

Print the creepy clown pumpkin-carving template. For fans of Stephen King's It, pair Pennywise with our single balloon pumpkin-carving stencil.

Pirate Pumpkin-Carving Template

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Advanced: Pirate Pumpkin-Carving Stencil

Print the pirate pumpkin-carving stencil.

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Wolf Pumpkin-Carving Template

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Advanced: Vampire Pumpkin-Carving Stencil

Print the Dracula pumpkin-carving stencil.

Mummy Head for a Halloween Pumpkin

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Advanced: Mummy Pumpkin-Carving Stencil

Print the mummy pumpkin-carving template.

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Wizard Design for Advanced Pumpkin Carving Template

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Advanced: Wizard Pumpkin-Carving Stencil

Print the wizard pumpkin-carving stencil.

Printable Pumpkin Carving Pattern With a Dia de Los Muertos Style Cat

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Advanced: Dia de Los Muertos Cat Pumpkin-Carving Stencil

Print the Dia de Los Muertos cat pumpkin-carving stencil.

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Vampire Skull Design for Advanced Pumpkin Carving Template

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Advanced: Vampire Skull Pumpkin-Carving Stencil

Print the vampire skull pumpkin-carving stencil.

Skull and Candle for a Halloween Pumpkin

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Advanced: Skull and Candle Pumpkin-Carving Stencil

Print the skull and candle pumpkin-carving stencil.

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Mummy Pumpkin Carving Pattern

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Advanced: Mummy Pumpkin-Carving Stencil

Print the Mummy Eyes pumpkin-carving stencil.

Wolf Pumpkin Carving Pattern

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Advanced: Wolf Jack-O'-Lantern Pumpkin-Carving Stencil

Print the Wolf Face pumpkin-carving stencil.

Skull Pumpkin Carving Pattern

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Advanced: Skull Pumpkin-Carving Stencil

Print the Skull Face pumpkin-carving stencil.

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Bashful Face Pumpkin Carving Pattern

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Advanced: Bashful Face Pumpkin-Carving Stencil

Print the Bashful Face pumpkin-carving stencil.

Spider Pumpkin Carving Pattern

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Advanced: Googly Eyes Pumpkin-Carving Pattern

Print the Googly Eyes pumpkin-carving stencil.

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Dinosaur Pumpkin Carving Pattern

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Advanced: Dinosaur Face Pumpkin-Carving Stencil

Print the Dinosaur Smile pumpkin-carving stencil.

Crow Pumpkin Carving Pattern

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Advanced: Crow Face Pumpkin-Carving Pattern

Print the Crow pumpkin-carving stencil.

Cyclops Pumpkin Carving Pattern

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Advanced: Cyclops Pumpkin-Carving Pattern

Print the Cyclops pumpkin-carving stencil.

Owl Pumpkin Carving Pattern

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Advanced: Owl Jack-O'-Lantern Pumpkin-Carving Stencil

Print the Owl pumpkin-carving stencil.

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Cat Pumpkin-Carving Stencil

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Advanced: Cat Jack-O'-Lantern Pumpkin-Carving Stencil

Print the happy cat pumpkin-carving stencil.

Frankenstein Pumpkin-Carving Stencil

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Advanced: Frankenstein Jack-O'Lantern Pumpkin-Carving Stencil

Print the Frankenstein's face pumpkin-carving pattern.

Dracula Pumpkin-Carving Stencil

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Advanced: Dracula Pumpkin-Carving Stencil

Print the Dracula pumpkin-carving stencil.

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Werewolf Pumpkin-Carving Stencil

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Advanced: Werewolf Pumpkin-Carving Stencil

Print the werewolf pumpkin-carving template.

Pumpkin Carving Pattern: Screaming Frank 'N' Stein

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Advanced: Screaming Frankenstein Pumpkin-Carving Pattern

Print the screaming Frankenstein pumpkin-carving stencil.

Pumpkin Carving Pattern: Witch Way

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Advanced: Smiling Witch Pumpkin-Carving Stencil

Print the evil witch pumpkin-carving template.

Pumpkin Carving Pattern: Monster Madam

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Advanced: Bride of Frankenstein Pumpkin-Carving Stencil

Print the bride of Frankenstein pumpkin-carving stencil.

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Halloween Jack-O-'Lantern Sugar Skull Face

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Jack-O-'Lantern Sugar Skull Face

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