A bat stretched across a moon, a tumble of autumn leaves, a spider beneath its web: these four free pumpkin-carving printables give you a design to start from. Each link opens the matching National Park Service JPEG. Image note. AI-assisted illustration based on the NPS pattern, not a photograph of a pumpkin carved by Hearth & Petals.
4 Free Pumpkin-Carving Printables With a Little Character
four different characters
Which pumpkin feels like yours?
Each choice has its own matching printable. Open the JPEG below the design you want.
Before you print
In the NPS instructions, the dark regions mark the areas to cut out of the paper template. Print the image at a size that matches your pumpkin’s surface, cut out those dark regions, trace the openings onto the pumpkin, then carve.
The H&P pumpkin scenes are AI-assisted illustrations based on the linked NPS patterns, not photographs of pumpkins carved by Hearth & Petals.
1. Bats across a moon
The large bat stretches across the circle, with a second, smaller bat above and to the right. That overlap is the appeal: you get the shape of a bat against an opening, giving this carving more contrast than a single outline.
2. Three autumn leaves
A lobed leaf sits above two pointed leaves of different sizes. Those separate shapes bring the feeling of fallen foliage to the pumpkin, with enough variation that the design doesn’t read as one repeated leaf.
3. A howl beneath the full moon
Here the circle holds a small night scene: a howling animal beside a pointed tree. The raised muzzle gives your eye somewhere to go, and the tree gives the animal a setting.
4. A spider and its web
The web spreads outward through repeated openings, with a small spider below and to the right. It’s the most geometric choice here: the pattern comes from the spaces and connecting strips, rather than a broad animal silhouette.
Keep your pattern for carving day
Once you’ve picked a design, save that JPEG with a name you’ll recognize, such as “bat pumpkin pattern.” Keep the file for carving day so you can return to the same pattern without hunting through a gallery.
Printable patterns by the National Park Service. Original U.S. Government works are excluded from Hearth & Petals’ copyright claim. Source credit does not imply NPS affiliation or endorsement.
Hearth & Petals has not physically printed or carved these patterns. The printing and transfer guidance above is a short summary of the linked NPS instructions.
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The email form is loading. You can also subscribe from the site footer. quick answers The four National Park Service downloads are JPEG images, rather than PDF or SVG files. Print it to suit the surface of your pumpkin. These patterns don’t have one universal print size or a fixed A4 or Letter format. The National Park Service instructions say to cut out the dark regions of the paper template. Trace those openings onto your pumpkin, then carve. Children need adult help. They’re AI-generated illustrations based on the exact patterns. H&P hasn’t physically printed or carved these designs, so the pictures aren’t photographs of our finished results.
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