Start with printing out the free template. The easiest way is to print the template straight on orange cardstock.

Sharpen those scissor skills and cut out the orange strips of paper. There should be 10 pieces of paper varying in 10 different lengths

Make two stacks with the strips with the long paper strips on the bottom lining up one end of each strip.

Place the two stacks on top of each other with the shorter strips on the inside. Staple the ends together.

The next step is to bring all the strips from the opposite end together and lined up and then staple that end together. This will create the pumpkin shape.

Grab a piece of brown paper and fold in half. From the folded end of the paper, cut out a strip of paper approximately the same width as the orange strips by 2 inches in length. Once you have the piece of paper, curl one end with a pencil or pen.

Slip the un-curled end over one end of the pumpkin shape, so that the stapled orange pieces are inside the fold of the brown stem shape. You can now either glue the paper inside the brown piece, or staple it to create the pumpkin's stem.

Next, cut out two thin strips of green paper. If you cut one strip similar to the template, then cut that piece in half long ways.

Wrap each of the pieces around a pencil to give it a ringlet shape.

Glue or staple each of the pieces to the outside of the stem of the pumpkin.