Free wood carving patterns for you

Full-color patterns that can be sized to fit any wood block.

How to use our free wood carving patterns

If you are using a bandsaw, simply increase or decrease the size of the pattern to match your wood block.

Cut out the pattern (front and side view) and use spray adhesive to secure it to your wood block.  Then head to your band saw!  Rather than try to explain the next steps, it may be easier just to watch the video below. 

When you are cutting the outline of on of our free wood carving patterns on the block, you may want to add a little extra space around the pattern to give yourself flexibility as you carve.  

If you do not have a bandsaw, click on any of the patterns below to get to a free, step-by-step tutorial where we carve the piece directly from a block of wood.  Use the patterns as a guide as you are carving.  

You can also use our free wood carving patterns to guide your painting (we always include painting guides with each tutorial). 

Free wood carving patterns for caricatures/people

This miniature wood carving pattern is a fun little whittle.  This ginger-haired little man carving has his head slightly tilted and looks like he’s taking a break from splitting logs. And he’s got the cutest smile!  Check out the free, step-by-step tutorial for instructions to carve him.

The step-by-step tutorial for this hilarious rubber-banded asparagus wood carving is so much fun to carve!  It also pairs wonderfully with my mushroom wood carving tutorial on a kitchen counter.  Guaranteed to bring a smile to your face.  

This mummy wood carving tutorial is super easy for beginners and meditative for experience carvers too!

This is a pattern for our carving a little man tutorial using the flat-plane carving style.  It’s a great tutorial to build your wood carving skills.

Our circus clown caricature is ready for the big tent!  Our easy-to-follow tutorial features a template that makes it easy to get the right body proportions.  We also include instructions on how to make his red hair.

Our funny screw-up fairy caricature carving is super fun to carve and has the added challenging of carving hands.  The wings and wand are made from glitter cardstock.  You can get to the step-by-step tutorial for this caricature carving here.

Our medieval knight wood carving includes a wood-carved sword and shield that is easy to make from gold glitter cardstock.  He’s more of an ale drinker than a fighter (with a bulging tummy).  The most challenging part of this knight wood carving tutorial is the detail work on the helmet and cloak.  

This two peas in a pod wood carving tutorial is so much fun to carve.  You can change up the expressions and create a bunch of different renditions.  Pair it with our mushroom wood carving to make great decorations (or gifts) that are perfect for fun kitchen decor.  

We suggest using a straight-edged knife for carving the flat plane wood carving pattern above.  It will help you get cleaner cuts and avoid wood from crumbling. 

Also check out our ultimate flat plane carving guide for more great tips. 

The Yippie Hippie pattern is great to learn how to pack a lot of detail into a small block of wood.  The head also looks to the left, which is another fun challenge to carve. 

Our nisse wood carving tutorial makes it easy to carve a miniture nisse, which is part of Scandanavian folklore. 

Our DIY Valentine gnome tutorial makes it easy to carve this adorable little whittle in time for Valentine’s Day or any other gift-giving reason.  He’s super fun to carve and shouldn’t take that long.  

Our snowboarding gnome tutorial features subtle movement, including bent knees and a tilted snowboard.  He’s a bit more challenging than our ski gnome tutorial (pattern below). 

For more of a carving challenge, try our old world gnome tutorial.  He has eyes, ears, and an intricately detailed hat. 

Our big-haired, Atticus troll carving tutorial is so much fun to carve and the color combinations for the hair are endless.  

This carving goes pretty quickly and you can make other brother trolls with slight variations to the pattern.  

Want to carve an old world wizard?  This pattern and our wizard wood carving tutorial make it easy to carve this beautiful wizard holding his staff.  Carve yours easily with our step-by-step instructions. 

What could be more fun than carving your own Oompa Loompa?  Our Oompa Loompa carving tutorial makes it super easy to carve a green-haired little man. 

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Free wood carving patterns for the holidays

Our humorous Santa caricature carving is fun to carve and goes very quickly.  The painting guide will help you create a brick chimney that looks like real bricks.  The gift bag is carved separately. 

If you want to carve a Christmas tree wood carving caricature ornament in no time, this tutorial is for you.  It is super easy and carves up really fast.  Perfect stocking stuffer gift idea or make a larger table-top decoration.  

This mini Vlad the vampire wood carving tutorial is fun and easy

Our Christmas elf looks a little grumpy, but Christmas is his busy season (and he's been dealing with supply chain delays).   

We use our triangle-by-triangle nose carving technique for this tutorial, which makes it easy to get a perfect nose, carving after carving.

Our pumpkin carving tutorial helps you carve this hilarious Halloween pumpkin.   You can also use a wood burner to accentuate the lines. 

Our modern leprechaun pattern goes with our step-by-step how to carve a leprechaun tutorial.  You can carve this quirky leprechaun in no time for St. Patrick’s Day.  

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Free wood carving patterns for animals

This trio of owls is so much fun to carve with my step-by-step tutorial.

Carving a moose is easy with our free step-by-step tutorial.  Add a little wood burning to accentuate the details.  

Our big-mouthed how to carve a frog tutorial is bright, fun, and colorful with warts all around.  He is great for practicing cartoon eyes and droopy eyelids.  

Carve a fun and colorful carving with our carving a fish tutorial.  You will learn how to easily carve scales with just a knife. 

Our mouse carving pattern and easy-to-follow tutorial make it easy to carve this adorable mouse.  The addition of wire for the whiskers and tail really bring the carving to life.  

Our primitive sheep carving tutorial makes it easy to carve this simple yet elegant sheep.  It makes a great housewarming gift.

If you want to carve an adorable bear, this is the pattern to do just that.  Our tutorial also features instructions for how to carve the honeypot and bee. 

This adorable raccoon is fun to carve and the texture you can create using our tutorial really brings him to life. 

This cute little rabbit would look great in anyone's Easter basket.  Make sure his ears and teeth are oversized.

Our elephant carving features an over the head trunk that can be a challenge to carve.  We also provide instructions for carving the block and peanut. 

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Free wood carving patterns of other characters

This snowman on ice skates tutorial has a vintage look and feel.  Add a few magnets and you can watch him skate. 

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