Pumpkin Decorating

This year I'm really liking the look of pumpkin stencils that you don't carve through the pumpkin like the following example from Better Homes and Gardens (you can get free stencil downloads there like this owl one). BHG has an entire section of stencils of various dog breeds and cat breeds as well as "text me" pumpkin carving stencils. They also have a cool video called "Pumpkin Carving 101" that has some neat ideas. Or you can get a written tutorial.

{The above images are all from BHG.com/stencilgallery.}