Paper Plate Halloween Crafts

It is hard to believe that it is already the middle of September. My favorite season is here. I can hardly wait to begin all of our fall festivities. Soon we will go on our annual leaf peeping drive through Vermont & take our daughter apple picking. We have been trying to brain storm for Halloween costumes, but have not had much luck coming up with anything. I asked Mai, what she thought we should all be for Halloween. She said that she wanted to be a Jack-o-lantern & that I could be the mommy Jack-O-Lantern & daddy could be a ghost. Adorable! Although I do not think that I will be going as a mommy Jack-O-Lantern this year, it is never too early for our Jack-O-Lantern & Halloween inspired crafts.

Paper Plate Jack-O-Lantern

Draw the Jack-O-Lantern face on the back side of the paper plate.

Cut out the outline to make the Jack-O-Lantern face.

Paint your Jack-O-Lantern orange.

Paint another paper plate on the top side. Layer colors light to dark.

Cut out a stem using green foam or construction paper. Glue it to the plate.

Glue the two plates together.

Mai wanted hers to be a mask, so we attached a pipe cleaner to the back for her.

Scarecrow Mask

Draw your scarecrow face on the backside of the paper plate. Cut out the eyes. Paint your plate yellow.

Cut out & glue your nose & eyes in place using black foam or construction paper.

With a marker draw in eye lashes & stitches around the mouth.

Bend & glue a few pipe cleaners or yarn in place to make the hair.

Cut out a hat & glue it \to the top of the scarecrow.

Cut out a scarf & check it using a marker.

Glue pipe cleaners or string to the back to hold the mask in place on the head.

Paper Plate Spider Web

Cut slits around the paper plate every 2 pleats around.

Using black yarn, slide a strand between one of the slits. Cross the strand across the plate repeatedly until you achieve your desired look.

End your web at the same spot that you started it in. Tie the starting strand & end strand together,

Cut 3 pieces of pipe cleaner. Glue the pieces to the pom pom to form a spider. Add goggly eyes if you desire.

Stick the spider in the web. Use a hole punch to make a hole on the edge of the plate & use a piece of string or a pipe cleaner to hang your web.