Autumn has to be one of my favourite times of year. There’s something so cosy about the cooler days, warm drinks and all those beautiful orange, red and golden colours appearing everywhere. And, of course, it means Halloween is just around the corner — the perfect excuse to get the paints and craft supplies out!
These paper plate shape pumpkins are a fun and simple Halloween craft for toddlers and preschoolers. Little ones can paint their paper plate orange before using circles, squares and triangles to create their very own funny pumpkin face. There’s no right or wrong way to make one, so every pumpkin can look completely different!
As well as being a lovely Halloween craft for little ones, this activity is a fun way to support early shape recognition. You can talk about the different shapes as you go, count them together and see which ones your child can identify.
Here's what we used
- Paper plate
- Orange paint and paintbrush
- Black/green/brown paper
- Scissors
- Glue
How to make a paper plate shape pumpkin
Take the paper plate and cover it completely in orange paint before popping it aside to dry.
From the black paper cut out several different shapes that can be used to make the pumpkins face. We used triangles, squares and circles. Glue the shapes down onto the paper plate to make the face.
Cut out and glue on a shape for the stalk and leaf then put to one side to dry. Once completely dry the paper plate pumpkins are ready to display!
We'd love to see what pumpkin designs your little ones make! Did you know you can now share them with us on Facebook?
