Pumpkin Paper Plate Craft For Kids (Free PDF Template)
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Looking for a fun and festive way to get your kids excited about fall? Try an art project that celebrates the season!
Your little pumpkins will be excited to create this pumpkin paper plate craft. With a little paint and our free template, they’ll turn ordinary paper plates into cheerful autumn decorations.
And when you’re ready for more fall fun, check out our other pumpkin crafts for kids. You’ll find plenty of seasonal inspiration to keep the creativity flowing all autumn!
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Paper Plate Pumpkin Idea
This is a fun project to get creative with either at home, in the classroom, or at daycare. It’s perfect for young artists because it combines painting, cutting, and pasting, which are all fantastic activities for developing fine motor skills and encouraging creativity.
Ready to get started? Download our free template and grab a few everyday paper plates to make these adorable pumpkins. It’s a simple and fun way to bring extra cheer to your fall season!
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Supplies
- Paper plate
- Paint
- Paintbrush
- Black marker
- Bold & Bright Crayola markers
- Colored cardstock or construction paper
- Glue stick
- Scissors
- Pumpkin template (click the “click here to get your freebies” image at the end of the post)
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 this pumpkin to life!
First, encourage your child to paint the paper plate with 1-2 thin coats of orange paint. Let it try completely before moving on to the next step.
Trace the pumpkin shape on the paper plate and cut it out.
Draw the vertical lines on the pumpkin with an orange marker.
Next, help your child glue the stem to the back and top portion of the pumpkin.
Glue the eyes in the middle portion of the face.
Now, glue the mouth below the eyes.
Place the tongue on the bottom portion of the mouth and glue it in place.
Next, glue the cheeks below each of the eyes.
Finally, guide your child to draw the eyebrows on top of the eyes.
Be sure to check out our Fall crafts while you’re here! Your kids will love creating more fun DIYs like this one!
Fall Kids’ Ideas
Keep your kids both learning and having fun all season long with more fall ideas for them to do. Whether you’re looking for engaging DIYs or entertaining educational activities, we have a pumpkin patch full of ideas to make autumn a blast.
Keep reading below to discover new seasonal books to snuggle up with and hands-on activities that are sure to be a hit with your little ones this fall.
Fall Books For Kids
There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves: The mischievous old lady swallowed a handful of leaves! Her tummy started to rumble. So she swallowed some more items. Then, even more. But as her stomach grew full, the leaves began to poke out through her mouth… when suddenly – poofffff! – it turned into a scarecrow!
Pete The Cat Falling For Autumn: Pete is not a fan of fall. But he decides to do some detective work and finds out that there are many things about this season he loves, like corn mazes, hayrides, wearing scarves, and apple picking! This story helps kids learn that even though they might not love every season of the year, there are still good parts to each one.
We’re Going On A Leaf Hunt: The seasons are changing, the days are getting shorter, and children everywhere are starting to make plans for their favorite outdoor adventures – and what could be more fun than a Leaf Hunt?!
Kids’ Fall Crafts
Pumpkin Name Craft – This personalized pumpkin is a fun way to celebrate the season and have kids practice spelling their names. Use our editable template to spell each child’s name on the pumpkin seeds.
Scarecrow Gnome Craft—This adorable gnome scarecrow will add a bit of whimsy to your fall decor. It’s a fun way for kids to use their imaginations, create, and hone essential skills at the same time.
Acorn Paper Bag Craft—Get those little hands busy creating and acting out stories with their new acorn friend. Once kids complete their cute new puppet, this cute fall DIY will be fun to make and play with.
Yarn Apple Craft—With a bit of paint, a dab of glue, and a string of yarn, kids can make this adorable apple! Each step is a great way to practice fine motor skills and result in the cutest fall decorations they’ll be proud to show off.
Preschool Fall Printables
Our fall connect the dots are the perfect no prep activity your kids will adore. As they connect the dots numerically, they’ll reveal seasonal images like a hedgehog, a fruit basket, and a gourd. They can then bring them to life by coloring them in.
These worksheets are fantastic for practicing number recognition, sequential counting, enhancing fine motor skills, and having a blast while learning. These pages make learning fun and engaging, so download our printable fall dot to dots and grab the crayons!
Grab these fall counting worksheets for a fantastic way for kids to learn numbers and counting with a seasonal twist. These worksheets will keep your little ones engaged and learning as they count apples, acorns, and leaves, then find and count fall treasures.
Try this Paper Bag Apple Craft
Each activity, like cutting, counting, and pasting, is designed to build math skills and fine motor abilities. Grab these printables and watch your kids enjoy counting their way through fall!
Your little nature lovers will enjoy keeping the fun of a cute fall book going with these Because of an Acorn activities. They’ll build their essential skills by tracing lines, matching flashcards, recognizing the letter Cc is for chipmunk, labeling the bird, and finishing patterns.
Each printable sheet is packed with fun and learning and is the perfect complement to the book that shows how nature is connected in the circle of life.
Encourage your little ones to build their scissor skills with this fall cutting practice for preschoolers! These worksheets are perfect for preschoolers to develop fine motor muscles and hand-eye coordination. Just print and go—no prep required!
For extra fun, let kids color the images before cutting, or use colored paper for some fall colors. Start them off with simple shapes like squares and rectangles, then move on to stars and circles. Print as many as you need and watch their cutting skills flourish this fall!
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Paper Plate Pumpkin Craft
Materials
- Paper plate
- Paint
- Paintbrush
- Black marker
- Bold & Bright Crayola markers
- Colored cardstock or construction paper
- Glue stick
- Scissors
- Pumpkin template
Instructions
- Download the pumpkin template, print, and cut out the pieces you need.
- Begin by painting the paper plate with 1-2 thin coats of orange paint. Let it try completely before moving on to the next step.
- Trace the pumpkin shape on the paper plate and cut it out.
- Draw the vertical lines on the pumpkin with an orange marker.
- Next, glue the stem to the back and top portion of the pumpkin.
- Glue the eyes in the middle portion of the face.
- Now, glue the mouth below the eyes.
- Place the tongue on the bottom portion of the mouth and glue it in place.
- Next, glue the cheeks below each of the eyes.
- Finish off by drawing the eyebrows on top of the eyes.
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Love the pumpkin
Thank you ◡̈
I love the pumpkin craft! Can’t wait to do it with my toddler class!
Oh good! I hope they have fun with it!
paper plate pumpkin template please
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pumpkin paper plate template please:)
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Can you tell me how to print the template?
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can I please get the template
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cute
Thanks! Glad you like it!
😀
cute
So glad you like it!
can I get the template please
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easy to do with prek
Glad to hear it’s Pre-K friendly! Hope the little ones enjoy it!
THANK YOU
No problem!
Would love the pumpkin template
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These are great
So glad you think so!
please send template is so cure
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SO ADORABLE!! MY CHILDREN REALLY ENJOYED THE ACTIVITY, THANK YOU
way cute
Aww, thank you! Happy you think so!
Great activity
Thanks ◡̈
Would love the pumpkin paper plate.
Thank you
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love your crafts
Thank you so much! Happy to hear that!
I like the pumpkin craft!
So glad you like it! Hope it’s a hit with the kids!
So cute!
Thank you! Hope the kids love it!
Love it!
So happy to hear that!
Good idea!
Thanks – glad you like it!
I’m wondering if I’m already signed in and I received the emails, why I can’t print the template?
Hi! I’m not 100% clear – are you having problems getting to the download page or actual printing problems?
its cute
Thank you so much!
Looks like a great craft idea for Halloween
Thanks!
I love your blog
Thank you so much! That really means a lot!
Will be doing this with our church kids
That’s awesome! Hope the kids have a great time with it!
Very nice craft for kids
Thanks a lot! Hope the kids have fun with it!
Free pdf template of pumpkin paper plate craft, please.
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Interesting
Glad you found it interesting!
So cute and easy!
Thank you! Glad it seems fun and simple!
Would love this
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i love this craft
Thanks! Hope it’s a hit with the kids!
Great art work
Thank you! Really happy you like it!
Too hard to find template
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How do I get the template for this Pumpkin Paper Plate Craft??
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My kindergarteners loved this craft
Oh, wonderful! So happy to hear that!
Cute Craft!
Wish it was easier to find the template to download!
Thanks
Thanks! And sorry it’s not clear – we’re slowly transitioning all of the posts over to this style of downloads ◡̈
so adorable and fun 🙂
Glad you think so!
very good
Thanks, I appreciate that!