Do you like to create Halloween crafts using paper plates? If so, you can get many Halloween paper plate craft ideas from this web page. The special thing is that we provide you with free templates to make these crafts. So, get ready with your paper plates, glue, and scissors. Let’s make paper plate Halloween crafts.
01. Paper Plate Jack-o’-Plate Lantern
What you need:
- Printed templates
- Orange-painted or orange-colored paper plate
- Orange crayon or paint (if your paper plate is not orange)
- Brown/green/black colored paper (instead of templates)
- Green pipe cleaner
- Glue
- Scissor
Templates:
How to make:
- Step 01: Take an orange-colored paper plate or a white one and color it with orange paint or crayon. Otherwise, use an orange sheet to cover it.
- Step 02: Print the given template and cut out the pieces separately.
- Step 03: Glue them on the paper plate to make a Jack-o’-Plate Lantern.
- Step 04: You can use your own cut-out colored paper pieces instead of these templates.
- Step 05: Finally, take the pipe cleaner piece and glue it to the top of the paper plate as a vine.
02. Paper Plate Witch Hat
What you need:
- Printed templates
- Black painted or black-colored paper plate
- Black crayon or paint (if your paper plate is not black)
- Colored papers (instead of templates)
- Glue
- Scissors
Templates:
How to make:
- Step 01: Take the paper plate and cut it in half. Then, color it with black paint.
- Step 02: Print the given template and cut out the pieces separately.
- Step 03: Glue them to make the witch’s hat.
- Step 04: You can use your own cut-out pieces instead of these templates.
03. Paper Plate Ghost
What you need:
- Printed template
- White-colored paper plate
- Black crayon or marker (instead of templates)
- White-colored tissue or paper strips
- Glue
- Scissors
Templates:
How to make:
- Step 01: Print the given template and cut out the pieces separately.
- Step 02: Take the white paper plate as a ghost face and glue the cut-out parts on it.
- Step 03: Take the cut tissue strips and attach them under the paper plate as the ghost’s body.
04. Paper Plate Witch
What you need:
- Printed template
- Paper plate
- Green paint or crayons
- Googly eyes
- Black marker
- Colored paper strips
- Glue
- Scissors
Templates:
How to make:
- Step 01: Take a paper plate and color it with green paint.
- Step 02: Then, take the colored paper and cut a few paper strips. Glue them to the top and two sides of the plate.
- Step 03: Print the given hat template and cut it out carefully.
- Step 04: Glue the hat on top of the paper plate.
- Step 05: Glue the googly eyes and draw the nose and mouth with a black marker.
05. Paper Plate Monsters
What you need:
- Printed template
- Paper plates
- Glue
- Scissors
- Colored papers / Googly eyes / Marker / Cut-out shapes (Optional)
Templates:
How to make:
- Step 01: Take a paper plate and color it with the colors you imagine your monster would have.
- Step 02: Then, take the printed images and cut them out.
- Step 03: Next, glue them on the paper plate to make your cute monster.
- Step 04: You can add a hat, bow, or any decorations with cut-out shapes.
06. Paper Plate Apple
What you need:
- Paper plates
- Glue
- Scissors
- Brown and green colored papers
How to make:
- Step 01: Take a paper plate and color it red.
- Step 02: Then, cut out the stem and leaf from colored paper.
- Step 03: Finally, attach them to the top of the red-colored paper plate.
06. Paper Plate Hedgehog
What you need:
- Paper plates
- Printed templates
- Scissors
- Glue
- Black marker
- Brown paint or crayons
Templates:
How to make:
- Step 01: Take a paper plate and cut out part of it separately. Then, trim the edge to look like hedgehog spines.
- Step 02: Color it with brown.
- Step 03: Print the given templates and cut them out. Paste them on the plate as shown in the image, and glue the googly eye too.
08. Paper Plate Fox
What you need:
- Paper plate
- Orange paint or crayons
- Glue
- Scissors
Templates:
How to make:
- Step 01: Take a paper plate and color it orange.
- Step 02: Print the given templates and cut them out separately.
- Step 03: Glue them onto the orange-colored paper plate to make the fox face. Use the above image as an example.
09. Paper Plate Bat
What you need:
- Paper plate
- Printed templates
- Black-colored paper
- Black paint or crayons
- Glue
- Scissors
Templates:
How to make:
- Step 01: Take a paper plate and color or cover it with black.
- Step 02: Print the given templates and cut them out separately.
- Step 03: Glue them onto the black-colored paper plate to make the bat.
- Step 04: You can add a small white triangle shape in the mouth area to give it a vampire look. Additionally, you can paste a bow shape under the paper plate.
10. Paper Plate Spider
What you need:
- Paper plate
- Black paint or crayons
- Pipe cleaners
- Googly eyes
- Glue
- Scissors
How to make:
- Step 01: Take a paper plate and color or cover it with black.
- Step 02: Take the black-colored pipe cleaners and attach them to both sides of the paper plate as the spider’s legs. Fold them to get the spider leg shape.
- Step 03: Then, paste googly eyes and take another colored pipe cleaner. Fold it into a mouth shape and paste it on the paper plate.
11. Paper Plate Scarecrow
What you need:
- Paper plate
- Printed templates
- Colored papers
- Black marker
- Glue
- Scissors
Templates:
How to make:
- Step 01: Take a white-colored paper for the scarecrow’s face.
- Step 02: Take the colored paper and cut strips for hair, and cut body, leg, and finger shapes. Then paste them in the appropriate places.
- Step 03: Print the given template and cut and glue it as a hat on the scarecrow.
- Step 04: Next, cut out thin paper strips for the scarecrow’s handle stick. Paste it in the matching place.
- Step 05: Draw or paste additional designs to give it a nice finishing touch.
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