1. Jack-o-lantern

You can’t go wrong with the classic jack-o-lantern. If you’re carving multiple pumpkins, you can give each pumpkin a different facial expression. This isn’t a stencil. You and your kids can use your creativity to make some truly unique pumpkins. Here’s a cool stencil you could use.

2. Dracula

The best part about this pumpkin carving idea is that you can interpret it as loosely as you want. You could carve Dracula’s detailed face into your pumpkin or you could simply carve a face and make sure that your pumpkin has a nice set of fangs. Here’s a stencil to give you inspiration.

3. Bat Signal

Send Batman running to your door this Halloween when you carve a bat signal pumpkin. You could either carve a bat into your pumpkin or carefully carve a circle out of your pumpkin, leaving a pumpkin bat in the center. Here’s a stencil example for the first option.

4. Darth Vader

Bring your pumpkin over to the dark side with this Star Wars-themed carving. You decide how intricate you want to make it, but you know that Darth Vader deserves to be temporarily immortalized in pumpkin this Halloween. This would be even more apt if any one of your family members is going as a Star Wars character this year. This stencil is great if you’re ready to go all out.