The scary stencils
- Angry face: slanted eyes and a zigzag grin. Four holes, no bridges, and a good first scary carving.
- Vampire fangs: angled eyes under shaved brows, and a wide mouth with two long fangs hanging from the upper lip and two small teeth at the bottom.
- Stitched grin: ring eyes and a thin grin crossed by five stitches. The ring middles get bridges; switch Pieces that would fall out to Mark them in red to see them.
- Skull: a shaved skull with cut-out eye sockets, nose and tooth gaps. It needs 3 tones, so keep 3 tones selected.
- Spider and web: a web of shaved threads in the corner and a cut-out spider hanging from a shaved line. The legs are thin, so print it at the large or extra-large size.
Making scary faces look scary
Light makes the face. A carved grin looks sharpest with a bright LED puck placed low in the pumpkin, so the light rakes up through the mouth. Shaved areas like the skull and the brows only show with a thin wall: scrape the inside behind them before you start.
Thin points such as fangs and the tips of jagged teeth break easily. Carve the openings around them with short strokes, and don’t lever the knife against them. If one breaks, pin it back with a toothpick.
The designs on this page
| Design | Difficulty | Tones | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angry face | Medium | Cut only | More pieces or curves; may need a bridge or a shaved area |
| Vampire fangs | Medium | Cut and shave | More pieces or curves; may need a bridge or a shaved area |
| Stitched grin | Harder | Cut only | Thin parts, many pieces or several bridges |
| Skull | Medium | Cut and shave | More pieces or curves; may need a bridge or a shaved area |
| Spider and web | Harder | Cut and shave | Thin parts, many pieces or several bridges |
All designs were drawn for this site. Every other design is one click away under All in the picker, and the pumpkin stencil maker also turns photos into stencils.