Night Lights - Pumpkin Carving Templates printable pdf download

Night Lights - Pumpkin Carving Templates

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HOW TO

1. Cut your pumpkin around the stem, re-

5. Remove the stencil and carve out the

move the top, and scoop out the pulp. (Or

pane(s) of the lantern, following the lines

to avoid visible cut lines, carve a hole out

you drew.

of the bottom of the pumpkin and remove

6. Then carefully fill in the design using a

the pulp that way.)

fine-tip brush and black flat acrylic craft

2. Print the desired lantern template and

paint ($1.39 for two oz.; ),

resize it on a copier, scaling the image to fit

and let dry.

your pumpkin.

7. Light the pumpkin with a two- by three-

3. Cut out the stencil as directed on the

inch battery-operated votive candle ($3.95;

template and center it on the pumpkin,

). If you’ve removed

affixing it with masking tape. Outline the

the pumpkin’s top, fit it back into place.

shape of the stencil onto the pumpkin with

a fine-point Sharpie.

4. With the stencil still affixed to the pump-

kin, use an awl ($3.39; )

to punch through the asterisks marked at

the top of the lantern.

Night Lights - Pumpkin Carving Templates