Maori Jack O-Lantern Halloween fright night stencil templates and pumpkin carving patterns for young children.
These mask stencil printables are based upon traditional Maori face tattoo designs. Maori are the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand. Their Ta moko (tattoos ) are very distinctive permanent body and face markings made, not by needles as with usual tattoos, but by actually carving into the skin by uhi (chisels).
The tattoos are an important part of Maori ritual culture, signifying the passage from childhood to adulthood. The markings can also be for beauty and signify a person's rank or status in the community. The moko (tattoos) can be drawn anywhere on the body such as women's foreheads, buttocks, thighs, necks, backs, stomachs, and calves.
Paper Pumpkins for Children is a very large Halloween site which contains over 600 easy carving stencil images. Visit the Stencil Pattern Index contents page for all Halloween carving categories.
All Jack O´Lantern stencil designs are also provided in easy color book version format for children too young or those unable to use scissors. All stencil printables are for personal, educational and non profit use.
