Templates: Beyond Carving Pumpkins

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By Garineh MagarianOct 11, 2012

It’s hard to deny the magic of Halloween, when homes and people are transformed by spooky decorations,  glowing pumpkins and creative costumes. If you’ve always wondered how to create your own magical décor, you’ve come to the right place. eHow has all the necessary tools to start your projects right.

This season, we’ve added new designs to our collection of Halloween templates, including a wildly fashionable mustache, a happy hoot owl, and an eerie haunted house. Whether you’re a beginner crafter or an old hand, you’re sure to find a template that sparks your imagination.

During Halloween season, the most popular use of these templates is for carving pumpkins. However, you can use them for a wide variety of projects. Decorate a placemat or create a duct tape trick-or-treat bag or craft a throw pillow for the season!

Dave Johnson, eHow Tech Editorial Director, shows us how to take any stencil you like and change its size to fit any project. If you want to use a small stencil multiple times,  take a look at how Dave did that here. If you want to enlarge the stencil for a bigger project, you don’t need to head to the copy shop. Dave shows you how to use your home printer.

Here are even more ways to use stencils for your Halloween projects! Which one is your favorite?

These templates could be the perfect start to a project for our Spooktacular Spark Contest. Enter your Halloween Spark Boards for a chance to win a gift card of up to $200 toward your next project! Get all the contest details.

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