I adore Birds of Prey and my Pumpkin carving owl templates are a must for fellow fans. Owls are such a popular animal during the Autumn months.
Pumpkin Cat Face – Cat Pumpkin Carving Ideas
One of the easiest cat pumpkin carving ideas out there is a pumpkin cat face! Let us face it, everyone likes a cute kitty cat especially at Halloween!
I was seriously surprised at how easy and how popular pumpkin cat carving actually is. Well come to think of it, it was the first suggestion from my 3 year old of what design she wanted on her pumpkin! Apart from pumpkins she associated Halloween with black cats!
You can come up with your own pumpkin cat stencil or you can search for the hundreds available online. Most of these are simple but as always there are some free advanced pumpkin carving patterns for cats too if you want something more intricate.
I have found some awesome pumpkin carvings of cats and cannot wait to share them with you. Of course I have made my own pumpkin cat face carving, and if you like it you can recreate it or make it better. Find it right at the end, because we always save the best to last
Before you make your pumpkin carving cat why not take a look at the origin of the Jack O Lantern and how it all started!
Cat Face Pumpkin Carving Stencil Designs
Have a cat face on your pumpkin this year with these unreal free pumpkin stencils. I decided to feature some popular cats as I know this is what all the cool kids will want including Cat Boy, Hello Kitty, Top Cat and the Pink Panther.
How about PJ Masks pumpkin template, specifically Cat Boy; he is my son’s favorite character. Heck we have so many Cat Boy toys we could start a shop.
Some people actually think it is easier to paint a pumpkin blue and draw catboy as opposed to carving him so I have shared this below. Sorry about the candy inside, if your kids see this they will definitely demand it!
How about the famous pink cat, that is Pink Panther. I know technically he is a panther, but when I was a kid we always seen him as a cat! He is awesome and makes for an unique pumpkin carving ideas that not many other people will use. Please find a pink panther pumpkin cat face template.
My four year old daughter loves Hello Kitty so I had to search out some Hello Kitty Pumpkin cat face stencils to keep her happy. Some of these look rather complicated so I might have to block off several hours on my diary just to complete one of these.
Who wants to see a Kitty pumpkin carving?! Anyone actually one to make one for me and deliver it to our house before Halloween, I’m joking honestly!!
They are mega cute and well worth the time and effort (not to mention you will have a delighted little girl if you complete one of these). Of course I know what day Halloween falls in 2022 so I can make sure I get it done in time.
Top Cat was a popular cartoon in the 90s and still remains on our screens today. I have included a free Top cat stencil here that bares some resemblance to the cartoon character.
Ideas for Cat Jack O Lantern Faces +Free Pumpkin Cat Face Stencil
I have provided you with lots of pumpkin cat carving ideas but you can easily mix it up a little. You can use star or heart shaped eyes for a starry eyed cat, or love heart cat as I like to call them. I like the spooky cat face carving shown in the video below.
Please feel free to copy my cheeky pumpkin cat carving (you can see the final carve below). I know it’s not perfect but I had a seriously sore hand so had to take shortcuts! I would class it as one of the easy cat pumpkin carving ideas.
Another idea is to paint this little guy black! We all know witches have black cats at Halloween so if we turned this dark we could say it was the witches Jack O Lantern.
In fact you could always paint it black and then add eyes and a mouth in white paint if you want a no carve idea for your Pumpkin Cat. I have tons of cool painted pumpkin ideas in my locker for little kids!
The Swell Designer
Each year on my blog, I get geared up to do atleast one celebrity pumpkin. This year, my celebrity pumpkin wasn’t the obvious choice Amanda Bynes (truthfully, I think the girl has problems). It was the favorite cat on the internet of the moment…Grumpy Cat! Grumpy Cat a.k.a. Tarder Sauce has taken the internet by storm, so why not pumpkins too, right? Now here’s how you can make your very own Grumpy Cat pumpkin!
First up you’ll want to trace on the Grumpy Cat face with a pencil. I referenced some photos of Grumpy Cat I pulled up in a Google image search on my phone.
I poured out my Tulip Soft Paint colors. I left plenty of extra room for mixing colors on my plate.
I next painted the iris and the pupil in a sky blue and black for the pupil.
Then I outlined the entire eye with black.
Next up was painting the mouth and the pink of the lip and nose. I outlined under the nose to suggest nostrils and a little bit of a shadow.
I then mixed black and brown together to make the patches of brown around his eyes. I actually used more darker colors around the eye. I also used the bristles of my angle brush to fan out around the outside of the patch to look like fur.
Now I went back in and added details to give the eyes life using white paint and the liner brush.
My final painting step was to paint on whiskers. This is the one I still need a bit of practice on! I struggle with fine line detail while painting.
The final step was to hot glue on the ears using basic felt. I pinched them in the back and glued them down at the edges to make them perky, attentive ears!
I had fun making some funny meme pics using my new pumpkin.
As you can tell, Grumpy Cat is NOT looking forward to the upcoming Halloween season.
Here’s a comparison of the real Grumpy Cat with the pumpkin version. I tried to recreate the original photo that went viral on Reddit, but darn it! I forgot to put my hand behind the pumpkin head.
My cat Dexter isn’t really liking all this attention the Grumpy Cat pumpkin has been getting. Turns out that Grumpy Cat makes other cats grumpy too!
Until next time Swellions!
