Kids' pumpkin carving kit
Small serrated saws, scoops and pokers made for little hands, plus stencils.
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Looking for a pumpkin carving template your kids will love? We have checked over 120 pages of free printable pumpkin stencils and sorted them by theme, from easy happy faces for first carvers to haunted castles, superheroes, Disney and Minecraft. Pick a tile, print the pattern, then follow our step-by-step carving guide and grown-up safety rules below.
Tap a tile to see stencils, templates and guides for that kind of pumpkin. Every link opens the real website in a new tab.
Mix and match eyes, a nose and a mouth. Light it up to see it glow, then print it as a stencil to tape on a real pumpkin.
Tick each step as you go. Green badges are jobs for kids, pink ones are for grown-ups.
The spooky part should be the pumpkin, not the first-aid kit. These tips come from hospitals and family safety groups.
Tap the ★ on any design to save it here. Your plan stays on this device.
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Small serrated saws, scoops and pokers made for little hands, plus stencils.
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Right here. We have checked over 120 pages of free printable pumpkin carving templates and stencils and sorted them into themes: happy faces, spooky faces, haunted houses, animals, superheroes, movie characters and more. Each link opens the original site where you print the PDF.
Tape the printed stencil to the pumpkin, poke small holes along the lines with a poking tool or push-pin, peel the paper off, then saw slowly from dot to dot with a small pumpkin saw. Carve the small inner pieces first and the outline last.
Hand surgeons advise that children under 14 should not use carving blades. Kids can choose the design, draw the face, scoop out the seeds and poke the dots, while a grown-up does the cutting. Under-fives can paint or decorate a pumpkin instead.
Carve it only a few days before Halloween, keep it cool and out of the sun, bring it in at night or in rain, and light it with a battery candle rather than a flame. Heat speeds up rotting.
Yes. The design-your-own face maker above lets you mix eyes, a nose and a mouth, light the pumpkin up to preview the glow, and print the result as a stencil. The black shapes are the parts you cut out.