Start with a pumpkin you’ve hollowed out from the bottom. Tape the printed stencil to the surface of your pumpkin.
Use a push pin to create pinpricks along the stencil lines, puncturing the paper and the pumpkin’s surface.
To etch the mansion, use a gouging tool to remove the pumpkin’s surface skin in the stencil areas in dotted lines. (If you’d prefer a painted house, follow our tips above rather than etching.)
Use a thin, serrated knife to carve areas in solid lines on the pattern. Push out cutouts by applying pressure from inside the pumpkin.
