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The Zombie Pumpkins! site offers its own breed of unique pumpkin carving patterns. Each stencil has been carefully crafted to work easily with traditional cut-out carving techniques.
There are currently 189 pumpkin designs to choose from, with more being added all the time. Traditional Halloween patterns, classic and modern movie monsters, television and music heroes... they're all here.
You can have immediate access to these patterns today. All you need is a printer, some carving tools, a pumpkin and maybe some guts.
Don't doubt your skills, with these patterns anyone is an artist! Just follow the simple pumpkin carving tricks illustrated on the Terrifying Tips page and you'll be shocked by your stunning monsterpiece, even on the first try!
Just dig through the Gruesome Galleries and you'll witness thousands of chilling creations from carvers of all ages and experience levels.
For six years, Zombie Pumpkins! has been your one-stop haunted home for everything pumpkin carving. The Creepy Contests will give you something to strive for.
And the Shocking Shop provides many gory goods for cutting, gutting and lighting your jack o' lantern.
As the pumpkin portal for the people, most of the pumpkin patterns here were created by request. If there's a pattern you'd like to see, make contact!
Welcome to Zombie Pumpkins! Enjoy your stay, but watch your step. We wouldn't want you to fall into an empty grave, now would we?
Latest News!
07/02/09 -
Another summer month begins, and another watermelon pattern leaps
to the Summer Spirits page.
Go out on a limb, and give this Tree Frog a try.
06/28/09 -
If there's one legacy Michael Jackson gave us
Halloween fans, it's a certain song and music video
released in 1983. For no mere mortal can resist,
the evil of the
Thriller!
06/24/09 -
Summer is officially here and the watermelons are ripe for the gutting.
Let's kick off the tropical carving with another for your tiki collection.
This primitive great ape carries an island curse. Beware the cheeky
Tiki Monkey!
Need some tips on carving a melon lantern? Click here for instructions specifically geared to this variation on the art form.
05/16/09 -
As visual proof that the Zombie Pumpkins are taking over,
close to 1,000 photos were submitted for the Creepy Contest last season!
The fruits of your labor are now available for viewing in the completed
2008 Pumpkin Carving Gallery.
But there's more to see than just pumpkins. Check out the new photo additions to the Costumes and Carvings, Beyond the Pumpkins and Watermelon Carving galleries as well.
And if moving pictures are your thing, there's a new category of user submitted Pumpkin Videos. The pumpkins really seem alive in this freaky footage.
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"I love your site and patterns! Every year I carve 50 pumpkins for my front yard. Thank you for the hard work you put into creating such wonderful work! I always look forward each year to your new patterns."- Dabney W.
Richmond VA
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