Free Printable Pumpkin Templates for Crafts and Activities

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These free printable pumpkin templates include large and small pumpkin outlines, simple shapes, detailed pumpkins and easy-to-cut designs, all together in one PDF. They’re handy for fall crafts, Halloween projects, classroom activities, coloring, tracing and making pumpkin stencils.

There are several pumpkin shapes to choose from, including full-page outlines and smaller pumpkin cutouts that fit several to a page. Print just the pages you need and use them for art projects, bulletin boards, writing activities or simple seasonal decorations.

They pair nicely with our fall craft templates, acorn templates and corn templates when you’re planning a fall-themed craft or classroom activity. You can also find more ideas in our collection of fall crafts for kids.

The pumpkin outlines can double as coloring pages too. If you want faces already built into the design, check out our Jack O Lantern coloring pages.

What’s Included in the Pumpkin Template PDF

The printable pumpkin set is combined into one PDF so you can download it once and choose the pages that work best for your project. Inside you’ll find:

• Large, full-page pumpkin templates
• Simple pumpkin outlines with lots of open space
• More detailed pumpkin shapes
• Small pumpkin cutouts with several pumpkins on a page
• Black-and-white designs that are easy to color, trace or print on colored paper
• Pumpkin shapes that can be used as patterns or stencils

Ways to Use the Pumpkin Templates

These pumpkin printables are intentionally simple, which makes them easy to use in lots of different ways. Kids can color or paint them, teachers can use them for classroom displays, and the outlines can be traced onto cardstock, construction paper, felt or other craft materials.

They also make easy pumpkin stencils, printable pumpkin cutouts and patterns for fall or Halloween crafts.

Pumpkin Craft and Activity Ideas

Here are a few easy ways to turn the printable pumpkin shapes into a full activity.

Make a pumpkin game: Print a pumpkin outline on orange paper, cut it out and draw a simple tic-tac-toe grid across the middle. For a Halloween version, use little paper pumpkins and ghost templates as the game pieces.

Paint a pumpkin patch: Use the templates as painting guides. Kids can fill the pumpkins with orange and green paint, add their own jack-o’-lantern faces, or skip the traditional colors and design a whole patch of bright, silly pumpkins.

Create a pumpkin seed craft: Print one of the simple outlines and let kids color the pumpkin first. Then add paper seed shapes inside the pumpkin. Younger children can simply glue them in place, while older kids can use the seeds to make patterns, groups or simple counting activities.

Design a jack-o’-lantern: Give each child a blank pumpkin shape and let them draw their own face. They can make it happy, goofy, spooky or completely unexpected. This is an easy low-prep Halloween art activity for a classroom or homeschool day.

Large and Small Pumpkin Templates

The PDF includes both large pumpkins and smaller pumpkin cutouts, so you can choose the size that makes sense for your project. The large pumpkins work well for coloring, painting, writing and bulletin boards, while the smaller shapes are useful for garlands, collages, games and classroom decorations.

Simple Pumpkin Outlines

These simple pumpkin outlines have plenty of open space, making them especially easy for younger kids to color, paint and cut out. They also work well as large pumpkin stencils or tracing patterns.

Detailed Pumpkin Outline Printables

These full-page pumpkin templates have a little more shape and detail while still leaving plenty of blank space to decorate. Use them for fall art, pumpkin-themed writing activities, classroom displays or spooky Halloween projects.

Small Pumpkin Outlines and Cutouts

The smaller pumpkin templates place several pumpkins on a page, which is useful when you need more than one cutout. There are different shapes ranging from simple to more detailed pumpkins, so they work well as printable pumpkin patterns too.

I especially like the small pumpkins for decorations. Print them on orange or patterned paper, cut them out and string them together for a simple pumpkin garland or classroom bunting.

Educational Ways to Use Pumpkin Templates

Pumpkin outlines are useful beyond art time because the blank space can be adapted for a lot of simple classroom and homeschool activities.

• Scissor skills: Start with a simple large outline for beginning cutters, then move to the smaller or more detailed pumpkins.
• Counting practice: Draw or glue a set number of pumpkin seeds inside each pumpkin.
• Pattern practice: Decorate pumpkins with repeating color, shape or line patterns.
• Writing prompts: Use a large pumpkin as a fall writing page for vocabulary words, descriptive sentences or a short story.
• Name practice: Let younger kids write or trace their names inside a pumpkin for a seasonal classroom display.
• Sorting: Print several small pumpkins and sort them by shape, size, color or decoration.
• Bulletin boards: Have each student decorate a pumpkin, then combine them into a class pumpkin patch.

How to Print and Use the Pumpkin Outlines

For the cleanest print, download the PDF rather than printing one of the preview images from the page.

• Print on standard US letter-size paper.
• Use regular printer paper for coloring, writing and simple cut-and-paste activities.
• Use cardstock when you want a sturdier pumpkin stencil, tracing pattern or decoration.
• Print directly on orange or patterned paper when you want ready-colored pumpkin cutouts.
• Choose “actual size” or 100% if you want the intended template size.
• If part of a template is getting clipped, use “fit to page” in your printer settings.

To turn a pumpkin outline into a reusable stencil, print it on cardstock, cut around the shape and laminate it before tracing. That makes it sturdy enough to use again for a classroom center or repeated craft project.

More Pumpkin and Halloween Ideas

If you’re planning a full pumpkin theme, our pumpkin crafts for kids has more hands-on ideas. You can also browse the Halloween printables for games, worksheets, coloring activities and other seasonal pages.

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