BOOk Pumpkins! 2013 edition
The leaves are changing, the censors are book banning, it must be time for...
YA pumpkin patterns!
Because there's nothing scarier than letting teenagers read. *gasp*
Use these patterns (check out 2011 or 2012 too!) or make your own,
then enter the contest at YA Highway to win a spooky book pack!
Into The Woods
Charm and Strange - Stephanie Kuehn; Long Lankin - Lindsey Barraclough; The Nightmare Affair - Mindee Arnett; Rump - Liesl Shurtliff
For The Birds
Omens - Kelley Armstrong; The Curiosities - Maggie Stiefvater, Brenna Yovanoff, and Tessa Gratton'; Prodigy - Marie Lu
The Mind Is A Scary Place
17 and Gone - Nova Ren Suma; Everybody Sees the Ants - A.S. King
Another World
Not a Drop to Drink- Mindy McGinnis; The Infects- Sean Beaudoin
Ladies Night
Paper Valentine - Brenna Yovonoff; Etiquette and Espionage- Gail Carriger; Fates - Lanie Bross; Prep School Confidential - Kara Taylor
Halloween With Hearts
Eleanor and Park - Rainbow Rowell; Fangirl - Rainbow Rowell (I just realized Levi is leaning on thin air so... you might fix that if you demand realism in your pumpkins); Anna series and Lola and the Boy Next Door - Stephanie Perkins; This Is What Happy Looks Like - Jennifer E. Smith
Myths and Legends
All Our Pretty Songs - Sarah McCarry; The Wicked and the Just- J. Anderson Coats
How to use these patterns:
1. Click the image to expand, then right click and save to your computer (or download them all at once in a PDF).
2. Print at whatever size fits your pumpkin, then pin the pattern to it.
3. Use a toothpick to poke holes around the edges of the design (more holes = easier to see the lines).
4. Remove the pattern and rub a small amount of flour over the holes to make them show up better.
5. Cut out the black sections.
6. Take a picture and post the link at YA Highway!
Check out the results from past years:
2012
The Raven Boys, The Eternal Ones, and Marcelo In The Real World; YA Highway entries
2011
Under the Mesquite, Going Bovine, and Divergent; YA Highway entries
Hey.
If you made it this far, drop your favorite candy in the comments --
I'll pick one at random to win a custom t-shirt with any of these cover designs (or one of your choosing)!
Fine print:
Please do not sell or distribute these patterns. I own zero rights to the source images. These patterns are intended for fun only. In other words, I'm not making money off of these.
Original pumpkin picture credit: Gary Simmonsat Flickr -- used under a Creative Commons license.