It's Halloween, and that means pumpkins! If you want something this year other than a face with lopsided triangle eyes and crooked teeth, check out these free car-themed pumpkin carving patterns. The links below take you to a PDF template of the pattern with instructions.?
Volkswagen provides three fun templates with the?classic Beetle?or the more modern?ID.4?and?ID.Buzz.
Why not go green this Halloween? Put a stop to the horrors of bad gas mileage with this?pumpkin carving template?of the Nissan Leaf. NissanPartsPlus.com and StoneyKins teamed up to create this carving pattern of the first-generation Leaf.???
The Mustang fan in your neighborhood will cringe with?this pattern?of a Chevy Camaro ZL1 1LE. On another note, have you ever tried to see how many pumpkins would fit in the back of a Chevy SUV? A few years ago, a parts supplier from McAllen, Texas, tried this with some?pretty surprising results.?
- Use painter’s tape to hold the stencil in place and a washable marker to trace the outlines.
- For both stencils, carve the cut-out sections (those that are black on the PDF) first. Once you’ve carved those pieces, leave them in place; this helps maintain pumpkin strength while you scrape away other sections.
- Scraped-away but not completely carved-through sections are tricky. Start by using a craft utility knife to lightly trace the stencil outline. Then use a small sanding or linoleum carving tool to remove the topmost layers of the pumpkin.
- Cut a hole in the top or bottom of the pumpkin and clean out the inside.
- Using the print size commands or a copier, size the stencil based on the size of the pumpkin. Print and transfer the stencil to the pumpkin. You can do this in one of two ways: Cut out the stencil pieces and tape them to the pumpkin. Trace around the stencil pieces using a washable marker. Tape the entire stencil sheet to the pumpkin. Use a pin or awl to poke through the stencil at the edges, tracing the lines where you will need to cut or carve.
- Using a sharp knife or a pumpkin-carving tool, cut through, front to back, the two holes in each of the “headlights.” Leave these sections in for now to give you a good anchor point for the rest of the shape.
- Using a craft utility knife, carefully trace the edges of the circle sections of the logo and the outlines of the horizontal grille section. Do not cut all the way through; simply cut through the surface. These are the sections in which you will scrape off the outer edge of the pumpkin to create depth and shadow. Using a craft utility knife to outline the scraped areas helps keep the area from splintering. Use a carving tool to “scrape” the outer skin of the pumpkin inside the lines you just cut.
- Remove the previously carved-out carved pieces; place a battery-operated candle inside the pumpkin.
*This article originally appeared on Automoblog.
