Halloween Crafts – Paper Plate Pumpkin

Paper Plate Pumpkin

This is a super easy craft for even little kids to make. All you need is a paper plate, some orange paint or an orange marker, black and green construction paper, glue, an ice cream stick (craft stick), and some string.

Take the plate and color or paint it completely orange. Let dry. At this point, there are two ways you can approach this. You can choose to make it just a hanging pumpkin or make it into a mask. If you just want a hanging decoration, cut out eyes, nose, and a mouth from the black construction and glue on the front.

You can also make it into a fun mask by cutting out the eyes. If you like, you can also cut out the nose and mouth.

Out of the green construction paper, cut out two leaf shapes to glue at the top for the stem. If you like, you can trace your child’s hand and use those as the leaves. This gives the pumpkin a personal touch and makes it really cute!

For the hanging pumpkin, punch a hole in the top, put some string through the hole, and hang! If you are making a mask you can either glue the craft stick at the bottom or punch a hole in either side of the plate and put a piece of string through each hole which you will tie at the back!