Free Pumpkin Stencils !? ...
(Links to other sites with SOME decent free pumpkin carving stencils..
Around September folk start looking & wading pointlessly through google searches for free Pumpkin carving stencils...most of them are gut wrenchingly awful..
You do get what you PAY FOR! ..in other words most free stuff are hacked together & naff, a waste of time..
But....
The following sites operators have SOME decent FREE stencils to print out & many "pay as you go" (for only a few pence each ..or pounds for more than you could carve in a decade of halloweens!
Membership is definitely the most cost effective means compared to extensive time wasted browsing with little to show!..even if it's for one or two stencils
The Big 3 (below), & mentioned over this site are where you'd tend to end up, so save time, check out these links, visit & support the hard-hitters of pumpkin carving stencil design!
Stoney, Ryan & JP
Have fun, & maybe we'll see you on the sites, ..tell em Gus sent you!
Around September folk start looking & wading pointlessly through google searches for free Pumpkin carving stencils...most of them are gut wrenchingly awful..
You do get what you PAY FOR! ..in other words most free stuff are hacked together & naff, a waste of time..
But....
The following sites operators have SOME decent FREE stencils to print out & many "pay as you go" (for only a few pence each ..or pounds for more than you could carve in a decade of halloweens!
Membership is definitely the most cost effective means compared to extensive time wasted browsing with little to show!..even if it's for one or two stencils
The Big 3 (below), & mentioned over this site are where you'd tend to end up, so save time, check out these links, visit & support the hard-hitters of pumpkin carving stencil design!
Stoney, Ryan & JP
Have fun, & maybe we'll see you on the sites, ..tell em Gus sent you!
http://orangeandblackpumpkins.com/ Storming out of Ontario Canada operating a donation site, (be kind folks & don't rip them off)! A newcomer for 2012 featuring a blend of simple through to medium / hard cut outs.
Stand out stencils for me are a halloween witch & haunted house ..simply fabulous
http://orangeandblackpumpkins.com/2011/11/06/nbc-mayor/ Nightmare before Christmas Mayor (2 patterns)
A super Para-norman pumpkin stencil, dr doom, venom, Star treks dr spock, Kick Ass, Yo Gabba Gabba, Tinkerbell, Winnie the Pooh, & more
http://www.stoneykins.com/Patterns/
Stoney "churns them out" I estimate he has in excess of 7000 shaded & cut out (traditional pumpkin carving stencils... a veritable master, too many to list here, you'll be amazed at how prolific he is! (hint: use the search facility)
http://www.zombiepumpkins.com/patterns.php
2013 season releases are trickling out, ...some gems, but some very purely America themed have seem to have dulled it for it's worldwide audience of late with a plethora of US cereal monsters, & 1980's toy representations such as nostalgia bogglin toys, maybe not so hot value if you are going for full membership known as monster harvest / monster harvest with vip limited stencils, however still plenty to choose from.
http://www.jamminpumpkins.com/cgi-bin/jp_main.pl
Jp go's for a slight skew on the zp style, anime & gaming characters feature strongly within the site as do traditional terrors
SUPPORT THESE ARTISTS.. & HAVE A LOOK AT THEIR IRRESISTABLE PUMPKIN STENCILS !!!
creations include..
..DISNEY, ..STAR WARS, ..Anime, ..Superstars, Traditional, cartoon characters, children's favourites, ..macabre, ..Horror, ..Celtic, ..Animals ..& PLAIN OLD SPOOKY!
Freebies ..via interesting sites, (banner links to be inserted)
http://www.darkimaginings.com/goodies.html
Dark Imaginings creates professional quality haunted artwork and changing portraits, special visual effects, and creepy props designed for the haunt industry, ..EXCELLENT FREE SKULL STENCIL / WINGED SKULL
http://www.oct31st.org/downloadables/pumpkin-stencils/
I don't know much about this site, other than it's got some pretty simplistic stencils, which someone may find useful
..thus the link!
Oct31st.org - A Tribute to Halloween oct31st.org/It's always Halloween in this part of the interweb! Come see the Halloween Music, Recipes, Wine Labels, Wallpapers, Pumpkin Stencils and more.http://www.halloweenpumpkins.be/en/patterns.html
FREE Ghostbusters logo ... http://www.pumpkinpile.com/content/patterns/movies/ghostbusterslogo.pdf
http://www.frightmaster.com/pumpkincarving/ FREE FRIGHTMASTER SITE LOGOFrightmaster.com Horror Shopping "Maul" and Your Guide To Horror. Find great horror and sci-fi merchandise.
http://www.buried.com/pumpkincarving/ FREE CRAWLING ZOMBIE STENCIL
buried.com, ...we are everything that is horror!
http://rfrpodcast.com/2009/10/rfrs-mortician-pumpkin-template-and-carving-contest/ FREE SPOOKY ODD-BOD! "The Mortician"
...This is a great carve & personal favourite
Rotting Flesh Radio is a Wisconsin based weekly podcast dedicated to the Haunted Attraction Industry hosted by Jonathan Johnson, also known as The Mortician. The weekly show covers current industry news within the Haunted Attractions/Dark Rides Industry focusing on events, props, how-to, conventions, trade shows and haunted attractions. Rotting Flesh Radio also invites industry veterans and horror icons on the show to give their insights.
http://trickrtreat-movie.warnerbros.com/ FEATURES 3 FREE DOWNLOADABLE SAM / PUMPKIN STENCILS..
http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/47652/visit-zombie-pumpkins-and-get-free-halloween-carving-pattern DREAD CENTRAL OFFERING UP THE CHANCE TO CHOMP DOWN ON A FULCI ZOMBIE STENCIL (courtesy Zombie Pumpkins)
http://www.myscaryhalloween.com/pumpkinarts/index.html SIMPLE STENCILS..
insight...
Below are the Dregs, the sort of stencils that if these challenge you it's due to incorrect tools, not your own ability, if in doubt go back to the homepage & see what my daughter did at 5yrs of age! ...now think again, this is probably the only instance we can switch the bad workman blames his tools scenario, poor tools ofr carving result in literal "hack jobs" ...you CAN do better!
& now for the truly awful stuff that if pushed i'd say look then go elsewhere (please, the above BIG 3 sites will tend to have professional versions of alot of what you are looking for, & the satisfaction of a pumpkin well carved makes you the best parent ever) ..or so i'm always told!
Hotel Transylvania stencils...
http://flash.sonypictures.com/animation/halloween/hoteltsocialgame_stencils.pdf
OBAMA stencils (hint, page 2 is best)
http://yeswecarve.com/category/stencils/
http://www.nickjr.com/printables/nickjr-pumpkin-stencils.jhtml Awful, just awful, ill thought out, skimped designs including..
Team Umizoomi's Journey to Numberland, Dora the explorer, go diego, Blues clues, the dog ...ach they could have been so much better than this!
http://family.go.com/printables/disney-halloween-pumpkin-carving-templates-photo-gallery-pg/view-all/ ...for some awful disney pumpkin carving stencils, again for such a big corporation it seems they couldn't care less !
http://www.hersheys.com/celebrate/halloween/fun-stuff/stencils/
http://www.cartoonjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/disney-pumpkin-tinkerbell.gif TINKERBELL
OTHER FAVOURITE SITES FOR GENERAL QUALITY KNOWLEDGE...
http://www.lovemanor.com/
http://www.darkimaginings.com/goodies.html
Dark Imaginings creates professional quality haunted artwork and changing portraits, special visual effects, and creepy props designed for the haunt industry, ..EXCELLENT FREE SKULL STENCIL / WINGED SKULL
http://www.oct31st.org/downloadables/pumpkin-stencils/
I don't know much about this site, other than it's got some pretty simplistic stencils, which someone may find useful
..thus the link!
Oct31st.org - A Tribute to Halloween oct31st.org/It's always Halloween in this part of the interweb! Come see the Halloween Music, Recipes, Wine Labels, Wallpapers, Pumpkin Stencils and more.http://www.halloweenpumpkins.be/en/patterns.html
FREE Ghostbusters logo ... http://www.pumpkinpile.com/content/patterns/movies/ghostbusterslogo.pdf
http://www.frightmaster.com/pumpkincarving/ FREE FRIGHTMASTER SITE LOGOFrightmaster.com Horror Shopping "Maul" and Your Guide To Horror. Find great horror and sci-fi merchandise.
http://www.buried.com/pumpkincarving/ FREE CRAWLING ZOMBIE STENCIL
buried.com, ...we are everything that is horror!
http://rfrpodcast.com/2009/10/rfrs-mortician-pumpkin-template-and-carving-contest/ FREE SPOOKY ODD-BOD! "The Mortician"
...This is a great carve & personal favourite
Rotting Flesh Radio is a Wisconsin based weekly podcast dedicated to the Haunted Attraction Industry hosted by Jonathan Johnson, also known as The Mortician. The weekly show covers current industry news within the Haunted Attractions/Dark Rides Industry focusing on events, props, how-to, conventions, trade shows and haunted attractions. Rotting Flesh Radio also invites industry veterans and horror icons on the show to give their insights.
http://trickrtreat-movie.warnerbros.com/ FEATURES 3 FREE DOWNLOADABLE SAM / PUMPKIN STENCILS..
http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/47652/visit-zombie-pumpkins-and-get-free-halloween-carving-pattern DREAD CENTRAL OFFERING UP THE CHANCE TO CHOMP DOWN ON A FULCI ZOMBIE STENCIL (courtesy Zombie Pumpkins)
http://www.myscaryhalloween.com/pumpkinarts/index.html SIMPLE STENCILS..
insight...
Below are the Dregs, the sort of stencils that if these challenge you it's due to incorrect tools, not your own ability, if in doubt go back to the homepage & see what my daughter did at 5yrs of age! ...now think again, this is probably the only instance we can switch the bad workman blames his tools scenario, poor tools ofr carving result in literal "hack jobs" ...you CAN do better!
& now for the truly awful stuff that if pushed i'd say look then go elsewhere (please, the above BIG 3 sites will tend to have professional versions of alot of what you are looking for, & the satisfaction of a pumpkin well carved makes you the best parent ever) ..or so i'm always told!
Hotel Transylvania stencils...
http://flash.sonypictures.com/animation/halloween/hoteltsocialgame_stencils.pdf
OBAMA stencils (hint, page 2 is best)
http://yeswecarve.com/category/stencils/
http://www.nickjr.com/printables/nickjr-pumpkin-stencils.jhtml Awful, just awful, ill thought out, skimped designs including..
Team Umizoomi's Journey to Numberland, Dora the explorer, go diego, Blues clues, the dog ...ach they could have been so much better than this!
http://family.go.com/printables/disney-halloween-pumpkin-carving-templates-photo-gallery-pg/view-all/ ...for some awful disney pumpkin carving stencils, again for such a big corporation it seems they couldn't care less !
http://www.hersheys.com/celebrate/halloween/fun-stuff/stencils/
http://www.cartoonjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/disney-pumpkin-tinkerbell.gif TINKERBELL
OTHER FAVOURITE SITES FOR GENERAL QUALITY KNOWLEDGE...
http://www.lovemanor.com/