Does your family love Halloween but you want to keep the kids away from all the gruesome, over the top stuff some people use for Halloween?

If so, you’re going to love making this paper plate Frankenstein craft with the kids!

We love Halloween crafts for kids and this one is the newest addition to our collection.

It’s totally age appropriate and it’s super cute too. Just download our free printable template and watch our quick video to see how easy it is to make with your kids.

This Halloween craft is perfect for making with preschool, kindergarten, and early elementary-aged children.

Frankenstein Craft For Preschool

Supplies

• Paper plates
• Green paint
• Paintbrush
• Colored cardstock or construction paper (in green, black and gray)
• Glue stick
• Scissors
• Black marker
• Frankenstein craft template (download form located at the end of this post)

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Directions

Download the Frankenstein craft template, print and cut out the pieces you’ll be using.

Paint the paper plate with a thin coat of green paint and let dry completely. Once the paper plate is dry, cut off a few inches from the top of the paper plate. Save this leftover piece to cut the ears out of later.

Take Frankenstein’s hair and glue it to the side where you cut off the paper plate.

Glue the eyes just below the hairline, in the middle of the paper plate.

Use the black marker to draw on Frankenstein’s nose and mouth. Also, draw on a few stitches around the open space of his face.

Glue the eyebrows on top of each eye.

Trace the ear template on the paper plate you cut off in step 2 or on colored cardstock.

Glue Frankenstein’s ear just below his hairline on each side of the plate.

For this example, we cut out his ear from the part of the paper plate we cut off in step 2, but you can also use colored cardstock.

Position the bolts just below Frankenstein’s ears and glue in place.

Wouldn’t this Frankenstein make a fun Halloween class party craft? Make sure you pin this post for later so you can always access it!

Halloween Unit For Kids

Want to create an entire unit study around this Frankenstein craft? If so, keep reading below for our ideas.

Reading out loud to children is so beneficial for their development! It can help kids with vocabulary, reading comprehension, focus, and so much more! That’s why we like to add books to every unit study.

Below are some of the top-rated Halloween books for kids. Add them to your home collection or borrow them from your local library.

Room On The Broom: This has to be one of our most favorite Halloween books of all time! The story follows a witch and her cat as they happen upon some animals who help the witch. There’s danger, mystery, and friendship in this adorable children’s story.

5 Minute Spooky Stories: We love Disney’s 5 minute storybooks and this one is perfect for Halloween! See how all your favorite Disney characters celebrate this spooky holiday.

Ten Timid Ghosts: This is a fun countdown book about a witch who moves into a haunted house where 10 ghosts already live. The witch scares the ghosts out one by one until they devise a scheme to get her out of their house. This Halloween children’s book is good for kids who love rhyming stories!

Crafting is not only fun for kids but also helps them with creativity, fine motor skills, and following directions. Add in some more fun projects with some of our favorites below:

• Handprint Witch Craft
• Zombie Popsicle Stick Craft
• Paper Bag Bat Craft

Halloween is right around the corner! Are you looking for a fun way to help your child practice their fine motor skills? These Halloween pattern block mats are perfect for practicing fine motor skills and learning shapes and colors.

These candy corn worksheets are an easy and fun way to teach kids how to write the letter C. They’re also great for helping with fine motor skills, which is especially important at this age. Plus, they make learning handwriting practice fun!

Halloween do a dot printables are perfect for kids who need to work on their fine motor skills. These fun and engaging activities will help your child improve in areas such as number recognition, letter recognition, counting, coloring, and more!

Share With Us

Did you make this paper plate Frankenstein with your kids or students? We want to feature them on our Facebook page and group!

Just take a quick picture of the finished project and post it to our Facebook wall or email us the picture.

More Halloween Ideas

• Toilet Paper Roll Bat Craft
• Spookley The Square Pumpkin Craft
• Paper Plate Monster Craft

More Halloween Ideas For Kids

Free Frankenstein Template