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Paper Pumpkin Template

A round paper pumpkin from strips that bow out into a ball, with a stem and a leaf on top. Halloween tables, autumn decor, Thanksgiving and classroom crafts.

Paper pumpkin — change shape

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Only here Your own design

Put a logo, photo or pattern straight onto the box — most free template sites give you the outline and stop there. Drag it where you want it; it is trimmed to the cut lines so nothing prints off the card, and it stays in your browser.

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Bigger than the paper? Each piece prints whole on its own sheet. A single piece is never split: pick bigger paper or a smaller size. More about printing

Template

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Drop a picture anywhere on the drawingTap “Add a picture” below to print your own design on this box.

Print at 100% (“actual size”), never “fit to page”, or the box comes out the wrong size.

The paper pumpkin template, flat and folded

Paper pumpkin template — free printable dieline with cut and fold lines, any size
The printable dieline at its standard size. Type your own size above for yours.
Paper pumpkin folded up from the template — the finished piece
The finished paper pumpkin, made from it.

What this template is for

A round paper pumpkin from strips that bow out into a ball, with a stem and a leaf on top. Halloween tables, autumn decor, Thanksgiving and classroom crafts.

Also called 3d paper pumpkin · halloween pumpkin craft · pumpkin strips · paper strip pumpkin — all the same shape, and this is it.

How to use this template

All four downloads are the same paper pumpkin at the same size — only the format changes.

PDF printing at home
Print at 100 per cent, or hand it to a print shop as "actual size, no scaling".
PNG 300 dpi Canva, Photoshop, Procreate
Upload, lock it in place and design your paper pumpkin on top. Free plan and phone included. Full Canva walkthrough →
SVG Cricut, Illustrator, Inkscape, Affinity
Vector, with cuts, folds and labels on separate layers. Cricut and Silhouette walkthrough →
DXF Silhouette, laser and vinyl cutters
Two layers, CUT and FOLD — and the one free Silhouette Studio Basic will open.

Getting it printed properly →

Printing it

  1. Type your size above, then download the PDF.
  2. Print at 100% — never “fit to page”, or every measurement comes out wrong.
  3. Too big for the paper? Pick your paper size and leave Fit the pieces to the page ticked: each piece gets its own place on a sheet and the PDF comes out with every page in it, nothing cut in half and nothing to tape.

How to put it together

These pictures are the paper pumpkin itself, not a generic diagram — change the measurements above and the template changes, but the three steps never do.

  1. Cut the solid lines

    Every solid line is a cut. Do the inside shapes first, while the sheet is still whole and easy to hold.

  2. Try the first one

    There is nothing to fold. Before you cut a stack, try the first one on what it is for and change the size above if it needs it.

  3. STRIPSSTEMLEAF

    Join and hold

    Cut out the strips and punch the holes. Stack them through the holes at one end on a brad (split pin) or a ribbon, then bring the other ends up and stack them the same way, so the strips bow out. Spread them evenly round. Roll the STEM into a tube and glue it on top with the LEAF.

Glue: a glue stick for paper, white PVA on card — hold each seam thirty seconds, and let it dry before you use it.

Questions about the paper pumpkin

How long are the strips?
From hole to hole, half the pumpkin’s round: pi times the diameter, halved. Stacked at both ends, each strip bows out into half a circle from the top to the bottom.
How wide can the strips be?
Up to the pumpkin’s middle round shared between the strips, so they just meet at the widest point. Wider would make them overlap; the tool narrows them and says so.
What holds it together?
A brad (split pin) through the holes at each end, or a ribbon tied through them. Glue works too: dab each end onto the last.

Print your own design on it

Add a logo, photo or pattern in the panel on the left and drag it onto the paper pumpkin. It is trimmed to the cut outline, embedded properly in the PDF, and never leaves your computer — most free template sites hand you the outline and stop there. How printing your own design works.

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