The midnight lookout

Cat and Moon — pumpkin carving stencil

A sitting cat with pointed ears and a curled tail shares the scene with a crescent moon and a small star. The cat is a solid silhouette, so there are no separate facial details to reproduce.

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The midnight lookout

Illustration previewDark shapes on paper = cut out

Your pumpkin, your way

The midnight lookout

A little detail

A sitting cat, a curled tail and a crescent moon. A silhouette made for moonlit evenings.

Print width160 mm 6.3 in

160 mm185 mm

Sets the printed width. The pumpkin illustration stays the same size.

Print layoutA4 · 160 mm wideChoose Paper stencil for a larger print preview.

Paper size Mirror horizontally

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Check narrow gaps on the printed template before carving.

Build your own pumpkin face →Mix eyes, a smile and playful extras to make a separate design.

Cat and Moon: dark shapes to cut out; light spaces to keep connected — The actual stencil · Dark shapes are removed.

A closer look at this pattern

What to cut. What to keep.

Follow these shapes

Transfer the cat and its connected tail as one silhouette. The crescent and star are two separate dark cut-outs; they do not connect to the cat.

Leave these areas connected

Keep the light space inside the tail curl open to the surrounding shell. Do not close the curl into a complete ring or add eye holes inside the removed cat silhouette.

Fit this design to your pumpkin

This is a tall design: check the moon at the top and the cat’s base as well as the width. Leave room for the tail on the right, or flip the complete scene to place it on the left.

Print width: 160–185 mm. Check the whole print against your pumpkin before transferring; this range does not guarantee the design will be easy to carve.

From this page to your pumpkin

Print, check, transfer.

Set the width of this pumpkin carving stencil with the controls above, flip the whole design if needed, and choose A4 or US Letter. The PDF keeps your chosen measurements; PNG gives you an image for other projects.

Download the PDF and print at 100% or Actual size. Measure the 50 mm line to check your printer settings.
Tape ordinary printer paper over a smooth area. Trace with transfer paper underneath, or mark closely spaced dots along the dark outlines.
Remove the paper and compare your marks with the cut-and-keep notes above. An adult handles carving; use an LED light for the glow.

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Make it part of a little scene