Are you ready to create some fun carved pumpkins for Halloween this year?  Here are a few sources for free and paid pumpkin stencils online.

Better Homes and Gardens offers 38 free downloadable pumpkin stencils. Here are two examples:

BHG also has from stencil to carved. A slide show that shows you the stencil and what it looks like on a pumpkin after it has been carved. They also have a design your own stencil maker. You need to give them your email address to use it. This is fun for small children to use (with your help) and they can create their own stencil.

Pumpkin Lady has a bunch of stencil patterns one can purchase and then download. I like that they offer Thanksgiving stencil themes. I usually keep two pumpkins uncarved for Thanksgiving and this year we may try to carve a Thanksgiving day theme. The Harvest (Thanksgiving) stencils sell for $5.00 for 12 stencils and the Halloween 2008 Stencils sell for $5.00 for 24.  They offer several pages of free downloadable pumpkin stencils. Our favorite place to get free downloadable pumpkin stencils for 2008 is at World Wildlife Fund! They have 10 animal stencils that you can download for free. Why do we like it so much? They let you know the difficulty level of each stencil, tell you aprox. how long it will take to carve the stencils, they give instructions, and have information about each animal. Turn your pumpkin carving into an educational experience. Would you like to share your decorated or carved pumpkins? Send us a photo and we will post them here.

Tags: animal pumpkin stencils, carving pumpkins, free pumpkin stencils, halloween, pumpkin stencils

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