Free Printable Welsh Pumpkin Stencils for Halloween - Dragon Patterns

 

 

Three Dragon Pumpkin Stencil Patterns To Choose From - Free to Download

Easy EasyDragon.pdf    Medium MediumDragon.pdf   Hard HardDragon.pdf


 

I love carving jack-o-lanterns and do gothic haunted houses, castles and stuff for my house and friends and relatives and I thought I'd do a dragon this year so I made some stencils which anyone can download and use. Above you'll find three dragons , a hard version and medium and easy versions. We also have a 'Castell Coch' stencil here for those of you who prefer 'creepy castle' designs.

The dragon is an emblem of Wales and can be seen on the national flag:-'Y Ddraig Goch'. So if you are Welsh or of Welsh descent carving a dragon pumpkin is a superb way of celebrating Halloween and your 'Welshness' at the same time. If not, well, it's a great motif anyway. There are pictures of the dragon below, both in outline and as a finished product.  Read  on for an account of some interesting Welsh Halloween customs.

 

This is the hard dragon pattern:-

 

 

Welsh Dragon Ddraig Goch halloween pumpkin stencil

 

 

Here's one somebody did last year:- http://americymru.ning.com/photo/pumpkin-carve

 

 


Try our Castell Coch halloween pumpkin stencil here:- http://americymru.net/profiles/blogs/free-castell-coch-halloween


Old Welsh customs associated with Halloween/Nos Calan Gaeaf

From the Wikipedia:-

" * Coelcerth: Families build a fire and place stones with their names on it. The person whose stone is missing the next morning would die within the year.

* Yr Hwch Ddu Gwta: Legend has it that a fearsome spirit called Yr Hwch Ddu Gwta took the form of a tail-less black sow and roamed the countryside with a headless woman. Children would rush home early.

* Eiddiorwg Dalen: A few leaves of ground ivy is thought to give you the power to see hags. For prophetic dreams a boy should cut ten ivy leaves, throw away one and put the rest under his head before he sleeps. A girl should take a wild rose grown into a hoop, creep through it three times, cut it in silence, and go to bed with it under her pillow.

* Teiliwr: In Glamorgan tailors were associated with witchcraft. They supposedly possessed the power to ‘bewitch’ anybody if they wished.
"


 

Views: 28801

Tags: dragon, dragon pumpkin stencil, dragon pumpkin stencil free, free halloween pumpkin templates, free printable pumpkin patterns, halloween, hard pumpkin stencils, jack o-lantern, pumpkin stencils, welsh

Comment

Comments Welcome!   Sign in or   register.

Comment by Ceri Shaw on October 31, 2012 at 2:13pm

Still time to carve your Welsh Dragon stencil for tonight. Download the pattern now!!

Comment by Jane Brown on October 2, 2012 at 9:01pm
Diolch!!
Comment by gaabi on October 10, 2011 at 10:47pm

WOW!  That looks great!  I'm still hoping to do a book of these and someone else did another one of these last year or the year before and he said I could use his pic, if that's your son's pic, could you ask him if I can have permission to use it or if it's yours, can I get your permission?  He did a great job and it looks awesome!

Comment by Ceri Shaw on October 10, 2011 at 9:18pm

It's that time of year again folks

Comment by gaabi on October 20, 2009 at 9:16am
If you do it, please share a pic! I'd love to see how they come out. I'll try mine tonight so tomorrow we'll see what I got.
Comment by Jodee James on October 20, 2009 at 8:13am
Wow Gaabi - that's great! Thank you :)
Comment by Tracy Edwards Greene on October 20, 2009 at 5:34am
That's fabulous. I'll definitely take a stab at it. Thanks for sharing!

Photos

Loading…
  • Add Photos
  • View All

G+, Facebook & Twitter

Donate

Advertising

 

 

Celtic artist Jen Delyth site link

Celtic spirit journeys travel site link

SPONSORS

Badge

Loading…

© 2013   Created by Ceri Shaw.

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service