Who’s ready for Halloween??? If you’re here, you will probably love celebrating Halloween with your family! And we do, too!

This paper plate vampire craft is fun, very Halloween-y, and appropriate for young children! We’ve made tons of paper plate crafts for kids, and this is just our newest one.

To make this Halloween craft even simpler, we’ve included a free printable template for you to download. Use it with your kids, your students, or even at a daycare facility; kids of all ages will have a blast making it this fall! Also, browse through our Halloween crafts for kids for even more ideas.

Vampire Paper Plate Craft

collage of vampire paper plate images with the words paper plate vampire in the middle

Supplies

Paper plates
Paint
Paintbrush
Scissors
Pencil
Glue stick
Black marker
Vampire template (click the “click here to get your freebies” image at the end of the post)

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Directions

Start by downloading the template and printing it out. Once the template is printed, gather the materials for this fun activity. Get those scissors ready, and let’s help the kids bring the vampire to life!

First, guide your child to paint the paper plate with 1-2 thin coats of paint and let dry completely. We used light blue and light purple, but feel free to pick any color your child wants!

Place the vampire’s face template on the dry paper plate and place it as close to the edge as you can. Trace the template and cut it out. Place the ear template on the unused portion of the painted paper plate, trace, and cut the ears out.

hands tracing vampire face template onto paper plate

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Now, help your child glue the vampire’s hair to the top of the paper plate.

hands gluing hair onto paper plate vampire

Take the ears and glue them to the back of the paper plate, right around the end of the hairline.

hands gluing ears onto vampire paper plate craft

Position the eyes in the middle of the plate and glue them in place.

hands gluing eyes onto paper plate vampire

Finally, encourage your child to draw on a small nose and smile below the eyes. Glue the vampire fangs just below the mouth you drew on.

hands drawing on vampire paper plate nose and mouth

Be sure to check out our paper plate crafts while you’re here! There are so many fun ideas!

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Halloween Ideas For Kids

With these easy ideas, you can create an entire Halloween unit study around this vampire craft! Each of them is perfect for the month of October and is a great way to celebrate the spooky season with your kids.

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Halloween Children’s Book Recommendations

Room On The Broom: This has to be one of our 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!

Halloween Crafts For Kids

Grab your crafting supplies and add in some more spooky projects! Here are some of our top picks:

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Monster Popsicle Stick Craft – These monsters are so much fun for kids to make! They can get creative and have fun deciding what kind of monster they want to create. Each one is unique and has its own personality. It’s a great activity for a rainy day or when the kids are feeling bored.

Vampire Paper Bag Craft – This is one vampire craft that won’t give you a case of the heebie jeebies! Your kids will love making these fanged friends, and they’ll have a blast playing with them when they’re done.

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Preschool Bat Craft – Here’s a fun and simple bat craft for kids that has a free template! This activity is perfect for Halloween! All you need is some black construction paper, scissors, and glue.

Spookley The Square Pumpkin Craft – Fall is upon us, and that means it’s time to get crafty! This Spookley the Square pumpkin craft is perfect for kids of all ages. And the best part? It’s made entirely out of paper!

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Kids’ Halloween Activities

Now is the time to add in some more learning activities! Try out these Halloween do a dot printables. They’ll help with counting, learning letters, and recognizing numbers.

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These Halloween color by number printables were created just for you! They’re perfect if you’re looking for an easy way to keep your little ones occupied on a rainy day or want some no-prep activities to do at home or in the classroom.

The best part is that they only require crayons (or markers) and there’s no prep work required besides printing!

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We think your kids are going to love these candy corn worksheets that will help them learn the letter C. These printables are easy to use – just print and go!

These Halloween pattern worksheets will help your child learn about patterns while having some spooky fun! They’re also an easy, low-prep way to work on critical thinking skills. Download them today, ready for Halloween!

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Did you make this activity with your kids or students? We’d love to feature them on our social media!

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