This Halloween jack-o-lantern paper craft is filled with surprises. Kids can help the jack-o-lantern choose a special hat for a Halloween costume!
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Carving a pumpkin is one of the traditional activities kids love at Halloween time. There is a sense of excitement when a simple orange pumpkin becomes a jolly – or spooky! – jack-o-lantern!
In this activity, kids can make a Halloween jack-o-lantern paper craft, to help the jack-o-lantern choose a hat for the perfect Halloween costume. With a turn of the wheel, place a hat on the jack-o-lantern to find out what the costume will be.
Jack-O-Lantern Paper Craft
Materials list
- white and orange card stock or cardboard
- crayons or markers
Instructions
1. Cut two circles from white card stock approximately 6 1/4 inches (16 cm) diameter.
2. Cut one circle from orange card stock measuring approximately 3 3/4 inches (12 cm) diameter.
3. Attach the three circles through the center with a paper fastener as shown above.
4. Cut out an opening (window) in the top piece of white card stock. Once you have made the initial window, remove the orange circle and trace the outline of this opening onto the bottom circle.
5. Rotate the wheel and outline more sections where kids can draw hats for the jack-o-lantern (see below).
This is how the bottom piece of card stock will look after you rotate the wheel and outline sections where each hat will be drawn.
Add features to the pumpkin by drawing with crayons or markers. Or cut out eyes, nose and mouth from paper and glue them onto the pumpkin.
Once the pumpkin wheel is complete, it’s time for kids to create some hats for the jack-o-lantern to wear!
Here are some options for adding the hats.
Draw hats in the spaces with crayons or markers; place self-adhesive hat stickers in the spaces. These glittery witch hats (stickers) would be fun for the jack-o-lantern to try on!
The green stem was cut from green paper. The witch hat and crown are drawings.
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