Perforate the stencil lines with a needle tool, piercing through both the paper and the pumpkin skin underneath. Hint: Keep pin holes closely spaced, ideally within 1/8 inch of each other.

The stencil is free and available to download online. In order to create the perfect Fiona pumpkin, Cincy Shirts recommends that you buy a big enough pumpkin the fit the hippo stencil.

It can be done! All it takes is a pumpkin, carving tools and your handy-dandy Vin Scully stencil. And get this, the stencil template is free.

So you've read our guides to carving, preserving, and illuminating the perfect pumpkin, but you still need an idea of what to carve. Our friends at the How-To Geek show us how to make a stencil ...

3. Tape your stencil to pumpkin 4. Using something with a small sharp edge, like a toothpick, needle or nail, punch holes along the lines of the stencil. 5. Remove the stencil when finished. 6.