This lucky black cat will help all your trick-or-treating guests have a purr-fect Halloween. Transfer the design before you cut the lid. To do so, tape the template to the pumpkin and score the design into the skin by poking holes through the pattern with a nail. Tip: When carving the outer circle, cut at an angle toward the center; this will help give the pumpkin depth and create a cool cavernous effect when lighted.

Click here to download a printable version of the Black Cat template. It will be saved to your hard drive as "carving_cat2.pdf". Your browser needs to be running the Adobe Acrobat Reader plug-in to view and print this file. Click here to download and install the free plug-in.

Find more tips and pumpkin carving patterns for Halloween in our Pumpkin Carving Primer.