By Tony SlavinIt's that time of year again! Sharpen those carving knives and get ready to delve into your pumpkin with one of many free downloadable pumpkin carving templates. From traditional Halloween stencils to more obscure pop culture stencils, we've found free stencils that are suitable for anybody. Keep reading for hundreds of free stencils!PumpkinPile.com has hundreds of stencils and lots of themes like video games, celebrities, symbols and super heroes.OrangeAndBlackPumpkins.com lots of themes, including video games, celebrities, symbols and super heroes.Reader's Digest: 27 free stencils that range from simple to silly.Redtri.com: 12 templates, including Vampire Pac-Man.Better Homes and Gardens: 25 dog breed pumpkin stencil patterns and about a dozen for cats! They've also got 12 hilarious pop culture pumpkin templates.KraftCanada.com: tons of templates -- and pumpkin seed recipes, too!ThePumpkinLady.com has a selection of free patterns along with some fancier paid options.HP.com: several pumpkin templates and lots of other printable freebies.Dremel.com: if you have a Dremel tool, this site has twenty patterns to tackle.Disney's Family.com: Carve Ralph from Wreck-It-Ralph, Rapunzel and more.PinkRayGun.com has a great variety of interesting templates including Thor, Walking Dead Zombies, Stephen Colbert as well as characters from Harry Potter, Twilight, Star Trek, and more.MarthaStewart.com: Unsurprisingly, MarthaStewart.com has a huge selection of templates, pumpkin creature instructions, and more.Better Homes & Gardens has some free stencils and pumpkin ideas, as well as carving tips.ThinkGeek.com: they haven't posted their 2015 Pumpkin Contest yet, but there's always a good batch of geeky, funky, user submitted pumpkin templates here. For now you can check out the designs from 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.CartoonJr.com: Here, you'll find tons of different stencils including ones for Spongebob, Star Wars, Marvel's Avengers, and more.NickJr.com: A good choice for kids with 25 free templates of Nickelodean characters like Dora the Explorer and Moose.The History Channel: Not a bad variety of interesting beginner and advanced stencils... including Benjamin Franklin!SpookMaster.com has a selection of free templates plus a daily freebie.Celebrating-Halloween.com: You'll find 10 free patterns, some simple and some complicated.Hersheys.com: 30 Pumpkin stencils (10 each for easy, intermediate, and advanced)Cyberhaunt.com: Over 20 traditional Halloween themed stencils available.FantasyPumpkins.com: There's a variety of impressive (and challenging) looking patterns. Some geared towards kids as well.BandOfCats.com has 28 cat-themed pumpkin stencils/jackolantern ideas.DLTK-Holidays.com has a few dozen basic templates for you to explore. Many are simple and kid-friendly.HGTV.com has lots of template available for download as well. Advanced templates can be found here.AngryBirdsNest.com features a handful of templates to carve out your favourite Angry Bird.ScaryProducts.com has some basic, traditional Halloween templates, including ghosts and haunted houses.TasteOfHome.com has a few classic stencils available.PumpkinGlow.com has lots of pop-culture stencils, including famous people and popular cartoons.DotComWomen.com has some traditional Halloween templates for download.CarvingPumpkins.com has 24 free patterns a week, but if you're willing to pay for an all-access membership, you'll get 1200 patterns for $9.99 US.SouthernLiving.com has 14 simple Halloween and fall stencils. Not very scary, but will look great on your lawn nonetheless. Have fun and practice safe carving!