Halloween for kids Pumpkin carving ideas Haunted house
Haunted house pumpkin carving stencil
Ages 9+ · about 1 hour 30 minutes
A free printable haunted house stencil for carving a pumpkin with your kid. Black shows what to cut out: tape it on, trace it with a pushpin, and a grown-up carves. Download it as a US Letter PDF, an A4 PDF, or a PNG.
How to use this stencil
- Print it to sizePrint the stencil so the design fits the front of your pumpkin. On a small pumpkin, print at 75%; on a big one, print on A4 or Letter at 100%.
- Open and scoopA grown-up cuts a lid around the stem. Your kid scoops out the seeds and scrapes the front wall to about 2 cm (1 inch).
- Trace with a pushpinTape the stencil flat on the pumpkin and poke along every edge, a few millimeters apart. Peel the paper off.
- Carve (grown-up)A grown-up cuts the black parts out with a small pumpkin saw, small shapes first. A white shape inside a black one falls out: pin it back with a toothpick.
- Light itPut a battery tea light inside. It is safer than a candle.
Tips by age
For younger kids
Your kid tapes the stencil on and pokes the pushpin dots; a grown-up holds the pumpkin steady and does every cut.
For older kids
Cut the windows before the outline of the house, so the walls stay strong.
Make it your own
More pumpkin stencils
On Kubrio, your kid can build a monster in Monster Maker and use its face as the design for the pumpkin.