PUMPKIN CARVING STENCILS FOR KIDS

The pumpkin is on the table, the seeds are in the bowl, and a little voice asks, "Can I pick the design?" Tonight your child chooses a smiling ghost, tapes it on, pokes the dots and helps push out every piece. When the lights go off and the pumpkin glows, they shout, "We made that!"

Pumpkin Carving Stencils for Kids gives you 55 friendly, not-too-spooky designs made with big, simple shapes, so first-time carvers get a great-looking pumpkin and every family member has a job.

What's inside:

• 55 original stencils: happy jack-o'-lantern faces, cute ghosts, black cats, bats, owls, friendly monsters, dinosaurs, a unicorn and more
• Three levels: 22 Easy, 20 Medium and 13 Challenge designs, so carvers can grow year after year
• Kid Jobs and Grown-Up Jobs on every stencil page, so everyone helps and all sawing stays with an adult
• Best pumpkin size, carving time, piece count and suggested age for every design
• Single-sided pages: every stencil has its own page, so cutting one out never spoils another design
• A "My Pumpkin Page" on the back of each stencil to record the date, helper and best moment
• A kid-friendly carving guide with 8 easy steps, quick fixes, safety rules and labelled technique pictures
• A step-by-step worked example and no-carve ideas for little ones: trace, paint, color or sponge
• A one-page gallery showing how all 55 pumpkins look when they glow

• Fiddly stencils that are too hard for small hands and end in frustration
• Designs with loose middles that fall out halfway through carving
• Losing a favorite design because another stencil was printed on the back
• Another year of the same plain triangle face