Christian Pumpkin Carving for Halloween
Simple Free Pumpkin Carving Templates With Christian Designs
Halloween is a holiday often taken over by the scary and ghoulish, but that should not deter Christian families from carving pumpkins. Pumpkin carving is a fun project enjoyed by all ages, and can actually be used within your family values and christian ministry.
This year, consider carving a christian pumpkin that will spread God's Word to those who see it. Have your whole church youth group carve religious pumpkins to decorate the church steps or even inside the church. Pumpkin carving can be a great Sunday School project.
I have made some Christian pumpkin carving cutouts that you can use as stencils, and I've linked to some other great sites that also provide free pumpkin carving templates.
The pumpkin shown here was done by Gabriel Jordan using this stencil from pumpkinglow.com. I think he did a great job.
This year, consider carving a christian pumpkin that will spread God's Word to those who see it. Have your whole church youth group carve religious pumpkins to decorate the church steps or even inside the church. Pumpkin carving can be a great Sunday School project.
I have made some Christian pumpkin carving cutouts that you can use as stencils, and I've linked to some other great sites that also provide free pumpkin carving templates.
The pumpkin shown here was done by Gabriel Jordan using this stencil from pumpkinglow.com. I think he did a great job.
Carved Pumpkin photo By Gabriel Jordan used with permission.
Church Pumpkin Stencil
Pumpkin Patterns By Pumpkinglow.com
Pumpkinglow.com offers several UN-Halloween Christian Pumpkin Carving Pattern Stencils for free on their website. The stencils include:
Savior of Men
White Dove
Flying Dove
Noah's Ark
Christian Fish with Cross
The Last Supper
Come Unto Me
Gethsemane
Nativity
Christian Fish Jesus
Christian Fish Peace
Christian Fish What Would Jesus Do?
Raising the Daughter of Jarius
Let the Children Come Unto Me
Savior of Men
White Dove
Flying Dove
Noah's Ark
Christian Fish with Cross
The Last Supper
Come Unto Me
Gethsemane
Nativity
Christian Fish Jesus
Christian Fish Peace
Christian Fish What Would Jesus Do?
Raising the Daughter of Jarius
Let the Children Come Unto Me
Jesus Heart Pumpkin Stencil
Sunday School Lessons Using the Pumpkin
- What does Jesus have to do with a pumpkin?
- Story about what we can learn about God from the carving of a Jack o lantern
- Pumpkin Sunday School Lessons
- Pumpkin Carving Prayer, The Peter Pumpkin Story, Perky the Orange Pumpkin, Jack O' Lantern Poem
- Halloween Lesson for Kids - How God Makes Us New
- Jack-o-lantern Object Lesson
- How a Christian is like a Pumpkin
- "It's like being a pumpkin: God picks you from the patch, brings you in, and washes all the dirt off you may have gotten from the other pumpkins. Then he cuts the top off and scoops out all the yucky stuff. He removes the seeds of doubt, hate, greed, etc. Then He carves you a new smiling face and puts His light inside of you to shine for all the world to see."
- Like A Halloween Pumpkin
- A Devotion for the Halloween Season
Cross of Light
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Alpha & Omega
Trick-or-Treating Idea
Use the Holiday for Outreach
Consider using Halloween as a chance to reach out to the community on behalf of your church. At your home, or even at the church, have baggies ready for the Trick or treaters that can help spread the Word of God and maybe even an invitation to church.
Available free from the American Bible Society are children's bookmarks that would be great to include in your baggies. Also, check your local Bible bookstore for cheap novelty items, pencils, and toys that the kids might like. A lot of kids can't have candy, and all kids will already be getting enough on Halloween, so consider handing out Halloween candy alternatives instead.
If you do hand out candy, you can also include a Christian application to the candy you are handing out. Here are some examples:
Poem giving a meaning to each color in a baggie of M&Ms
A Candy Corn Christian Message
The meaning of the Candy Cane
Available free from the American Bible Society are children's bookmarks that would be great to include in your baggies. Also, check your local Bible bookstore for cheap novelty items, pencils, and toys that the kids might like. A lot of kids can't have candy, and all kids will already be getting enough on Halloween, so consider handing out Halloween candy alternatives instead.
If you do hand out candy, you can also include a Christian application to the candy you are handing out. Here are some examples:
Poem giving a meaning to each color in a baggie of M&Ms
A Candy Corn Christian Message
The meaning of the Candy Cane
Candy Alternative - Religious Bracelets
God is Love Pumpkin Pattern
Jesus Blood
Christian Pumpkin Keychain Craft
Beaded Christian Pumpkin Key Chain Craft Kit
Amazon Price: $11.36 (as of 02/23/2012)
Jesus
John 3:16 Pumpkin Stencil
Gorgeous Religious Pumpkins
Expertly Carved
- Jesus Defeats Death
- Portrait of Jesus, Crucifixion, and Nativity
- Christian Fish (at bottom of page)
- Portrait of Jesus
- Jesus Jack-o-Lantern - with Christ-Centered Pumpkin Carving Poems
Christian Books For Children About Pumpkins
Jesus Optical Illusion
Chalice
What would Jesus Do?
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sans300
Nov 14, 2011 @ 8:20 am | delete
- Really very interesting. Did not think about this!
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Iain84
Nov 5, 2011 @ 12:45 pm | delete
- Fantastic stuff! Although I found this a little late - there's always room for next year! Thanks
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JoshK47
Oct 30, 2011 @ 1:05 pm | delete
- Very interesting idea!
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diFromSouthernOregon
Oct 29, 2011 @ 10:45 pm | delete
- We put up a big plastic sheet with "Happy Harvest Day," and carve a cross with light beams on tall pumpkins which show up great in the dark! Usually type up a gospel msg. to go with and dress up. We have over 200 kids in our subdivision which we enjoy. This year I will do your fish & cross, I love it! Thx & luv!
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BeavisP
Oct 29, 2011 @ 4:33 pm | delete
- Thanks a million for your carving suggestions. Our family love to carve Christian pumpkins and needed new ideas. It's become our family tradition and a testament that the message of Christ can be seen on a day used to celebrate evil.
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Lana
Oct 25, 2011 @ 12:29 pm | delete
- Thank you sooooooooooo much for this post. For years I have looked for a way to connect Christ to our pumpkin (if my husband had his way we wouldn't observe this day at all). We have always made happy pumpkins and all our costumes are happy and friendly characters. Great links to the children's poems as well! What a great way to display the Lord's Light on the darkest night of the year :)
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pawpaw911
Oct 24, 2011 @ 11:25 am | delete
- Cool idea. Just did some carving with my sons and grandsons. 3 generations carving pumpkins....life don't get much better than that. Nice lens.
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happynutritionist
Oct 20, 2011 @ 12:04 pm | delete
- I am a Christian and though have always made a point of keeping my pumpkins smiling, it never occurred to me to do something like this...my children are grown, but the kid at heart may just want to do this sometime for the children that come to the door. I absolutely love this!
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Chris
Oct 20, 2011 @ 9:29 am | delete
- I have been given the challage of carving a pumkin in showing some form of the creation for our world. Any ideas on how i can make this happen, any stenciles you guys know of?
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kab
Oct 20, 2011 @ 10:23 am | delete
- 1 Pumpkin? It seems to me you'd need 7!
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