Traveler and Friends Halloween Pumpkin Stencils

This jack-o’-lantern template features the Traveler, all suited up to explore the universe! This pattern is appropriate for experienced pumpkin carvers, with small details to cut and scrape. In the menu, we’ve got multiple options to help you scale the design to fit your pumpkin.

Share your gourd-geous creations with us by tagging @NASAUniverse on social media or sharing your photos in comments on our posts.

Descriptive text: This pumpkin-carving template shows a smiling cartoon figure shaped like a round-topped cylinder with one eye and an antenna, wearing a gray bubble-shaped helmet and a space suit outlined in a dotted orange pattern. The top of the template says “The Traveler” with a colorful version of the same character, above icons indicating that the template is level 4 in difficulty.

An example of the Traveler template carved into a pumpkin.

Credit: Sara Mitchell

Descriptive text: A pumpkin sits on a gray table with a design carved into it of a smiling cartoon figure shaped like a round-topped cylinder with one eye and an antenna, wearing a bubble-shaped helmet and a space suit. Many of these details are scraped into the pumpkin’s orange skin, revealing yellow flesh underneath, but the facial features and helmet are carved out. A wooded area filled with green leaves is in the background.

An example of the Traveler template carved into a pumpkin and illuminated by a light inside.

Credit: Sara Mitchell

Descriptive text: A jack-o’-lantern glows in the darkness with the design of a smiling cartoon figure shaped like a round-topped cylinder with one eye and an antenna, wearing a bubble-shaped helmet and a space suit. Many of these details are scraped into the pumpkin’s skin and glow in a soft orange color, but the facial features and helmet are carved out and are more brightly illuminated in yellow.

This jack-o’-lantern template features a grumpy cartoon black hole, warning visitors to keep a safe distance! This pattern is fairly simple and appropriate for carvers of all levels. In the menu, we’ve got multiple options to help you scale the design to fit your pumpkin.

If you carve this pattern, share your creepy creation with us by tagging @NASAUniverse on social media or sharing your photos in comments on our posts.

Descriptive text: This pumpkin-carving template shows a circle with a pair of thin arms on each side with balls for hands. They have two gray half-circle eyes, thin straight eyebrows, and a small line for a mouth. The top of the template says “The Black Hole” with a colorful version of the same cartoon character, above icons indicating that the template is level 2 in difficulty.

An example of the Black Hole character template carved into a pumpkin.

Credit: Ashley Balzer Vigil

Descriptive text: A pumpkin featuring the design of a grumpy cartoon black hole, represented by a circle with a pair of thin arms on each side with balls for hands. These outlines are scraped into the pumpkin’s orange skin, revealing yellow flesh underneath. They have two half-circle eyes, thin straight eyebrows, and a small line for a mouth, which are all carved out. The pumpkin is held by a person’s hand, to the left, and sits on lacey, black fabric with a spiderweb pattern.

An example of the Black Hole character template carved into a pumpkin and illuminated by a light inside.

Credit: Ashley Balzer Vigil

Descriptive text: A grumpy cartoon black hole glows in yellow and orange in this photo of a jack-o’-lantern taken at night. The black hole is represented by a circle with a pair of thin arms on each side with balls for hands. They have two half-circle eyes, thin straight eyebrows, and a small line for a mouth.

A close-up of the Traveler template taped to a pumpkin, with the outline being transferred to its surface with a sharp tool.

Credit: Sara Mitchell

Descriptive text: A paper template is taped to a pumpkin with a smiling cartoon figure shaped like a round-topped cylinder with one eye and an antenna, wearing a gray bubble-shaped helmet and a space suit outlined in a dotted orange pattern. A hand pokes a sharp tool along the outline of the pattern to transfer the design to the pumpkin.

The outline of the Traveler template fully transferred onto a pumpkin with hundreds of tiny dots.

Credit: Sara Mitchell

Descriptive text: The orange surface of a pumpkin has hundreds of tiny dots in the pattern of a smiling cartoon figure shaped like a round-topped cylinder with one eye and an antenna, wearing a gray bubble-shaped helmet and a space suit outlined in a dotted orange pattern.

A closeup of the outline of the Black Hole character template being scraped into the surface of a pumpkin.

Credit: Ashley Balzer Vigil

Descriptive text: In this close-up image, a hand holding a serrated knife scrapes details into the orange skin of a pumpkin, revealing yellow flesh underneath. Lower down, several shapes are cut through the jack-o’-lantern entirely. Lacey, black fabric with a spiderweb pattern is visible in the background.