• Print off the stencil on a sheet of A4 (choose the large or small option, depending on the size of your pumpkin). Or, using a mobile you could copy the design onto some A4 paper. If you’re using a tablet you could trace the design, or you could simply use it for inspiration.

• If you’re printing your stencil, pin or tape the stencil to your pumpkin at the edges and flatten it down against the curve of the pumpkin.

• Then, use an old biro, knitting needle, toothpick or pumpkin carving kit to punch dots into the pumpkin, tracing the edges of the grey pattern of the stencil. The red dots on the skull show you how to do this.

• The grey parts are to cut out, the white parts are to keep intact.

• You can then remove the stencil and carve along the dots, referring back to your stencil design as you go.

• Make sure an adult supervises or does the carving.

Our Family how-to series offers lots of ideas for family art activities to do at home in half-terms and holidays. You could try making a spinning paint-splatterer, crafting some multisensory slime or making a relief print with polystyrene!