This Halloween hats 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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This Halloween hats paper craft is a fun way to explore costumes for this special event. In this activity, kids 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.
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!
Extend the fun with this paper craft that helps you choose a costume for a jack-o-lantern.
Jack-O-Lantern Paper Craft
Materials list
- white and orange card stock or cardboard
- crayons or markers
- paper fastener
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. Draw and cut out an opening (window) in the top piece of white card stock. The lines should be slightly slanted on either side as shown.
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!
Draw pictures of hats – like this witch hat – with crayons or markers.
You could place self-adhesive hat stickers in the spaces instead of drawing the hats. These glittery witch hats (stickers) would be fun for the jack-o-lantern to try on!
This is a simple drawing of a crown for a royal costume.
Cut a stem or leaf from construction paper for the jack-o-lantern to wear as a hat.
Add stickers or drawings to portray different costumes. What will your jack-0-lantern wear on Halloween night?
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