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Scary Pumpkin Templates

This Halloween, add some fright to your night with our hair-raising pumpkin carving templates. With horrifying faces and creepy animal designs, your illuminated pumpkins will be the scare of the town.

Make one of these bat, cat, witch, bird, buzzard bird, or owl ink-coated silhouettes -- if you're not too scared.

Fierce Feline Template

Print the spooky cat template and use our carve-by-color technique to make this alarming pumpkin.
Haunted House Templates

Print parts 1 and 2 of our haunted house or choose a small one to set pumpkins ablaze with spookiness.
Screaming Pumpkin Template

You may not be able to hear this pumpkin's shriek, but his frightful face says it all.
Morbid Templates

These pumpkins have shifty glances and tormented frowns that look similar yet not quite the same.
Birdbath Templates

Welcome guests with these angry, evil, and scared pumpkin faces.
Witch Template

The grotesque faces on these ghoulish Hubbard squash will send the neighbors running.
Spider Templates

These creepy multilegged creatures skitter across black-green squash.
Denizens of the Dark Templates

Set a spine-chilling scene on pumpkins using our skull, wineglass, and candlestick templates.
Spiderweb and Tarantula Templates

Tempt trick-or-treaters with spiderwebs and a tarantula shining brightly.
Vulture and Cage Templates

Create a scenario of fear with this menacing vulture inside a gothic cage.
"Boo" Template

Who says pumpkins need faces to scare the neighbors? Try carving a word or a saying.
Witch Silhouette Template

Carve a full moon silhouette behind a wicked witch.
Night Owl Template

This spooky owl stands out against a night sky, complete with stars and a full moon.
Angry Pumpkin Template

We're afraid if this angry pumpkin doesn't get candy ASAP he could do something really scary!