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If you want to use battery powered lights or plug-in lights, cut the bottom of the pumpkin for a cleaner look, and especially to hide the cord.This way the candle can breathe and won’textinguish itself. If you use a candle inside, you should cut the top of the pumpkin when you remove the pulp.

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Linoleum cutter set or wood carving setĬlick here to go straight to the full tutorial for carving a mini pumpkin using a stencil, or continue reading to find your perfect mini pumpkin stencil first! Tips For Carving A Mini Pumpkin.Click here to read my full disclosure policy. I only recommend products I’ve used and loved, unless otherwise stated. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. Some of the links on this page have been provided as a convenience for finding materials. Here’s a photo from a tutorial of the cat mini pumpkin I carved by etching, lino cutting-style. I recommend using a linoleum carving set or wood carving tools instead, which I have listed in the materials below. If you are going to etch-carve your pumpkin, then you don’t need a pumpkin carving set. You can get much more creative with your designs by carving the surface, rather than cutting through. The solution? Etch carving!Įtch carving a pumpkin allows you to use more intricate stencil design patterns, especially if you want to carve a mini pumpkin. Narrow lines allow little room for error and one small slip can have you cutting off a crucial piece of your design. With a very simple template design, carving a small pumpkin is very doable! But if your design has any narrow lines, keep in mind that making full cuts through a tiny pumpkin can be difficult. Wear a work glove to protect your hand, because unlike a regular sized pumpkin, there’s not much mass there to protect your hand from the blade. With the help of sharp tools, and a little patience, you can carve mini pumpkins. A marker will tend to pick up moisture from the pumpkin and dry out. Use a ballpoint pen, to trace the outline on the pumpkin instead of a marker. And here’s a tutorial for carving a cat Jack O’ Lantern.

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If you have a regular sized pumpkin, here are 67 free patterns for carving a cat design. You can see how I did this in my carved mini pumpkin tutorial. This will allow the stencil material to bend more easily around the curves of the pumpkin. To do this, just start drawing from one edge, then remove some of the tape, and add some more to the next section and trace that section. When it comes to using this type, it will be easier if you tape down only the edge of the stencil that you are working on. Some stencils are made to be reusable and these tend to be thicker and more resistant to bending. For reference, the biggest pumpkin in the photo is 10” and the tallest of the mini’s is just under 5”. Most mini pumpkins range in sizes of 3-5” tall.

That’s why we’ve hand selected 31 mini pumpkin stencils that you can use for carving these tiny pumpkins.

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And it really can be tricky getting a professional look drawing it freehand. Using a stencil is a great way to get a perfect design carved on your Halloween pumpkin.