Cornucopia paper craft

This cornucopia is made from circles cut from two different colored paper. I was still recycling paper fans, and that's why there's creases in my circles, but the creases are not needed.

I drew circles small to large by hand on orange and yellow paper. Orange and brown paper would be nice colors too.

I made my circles by hand, but using a compass would make it easier to draw circles the next one bigger than the last. An adult may have to use the compass since it has a sharp end to hold it in place while the circle is made.

That's why I tried drawing the circles by hand. Children could easily draw them. 

Put the compass first on the orange paper and next on the brown paper opening the compass just a bit over and over until you've got about  8 to 12 circles. Since I guesstimated with mine, my colors are not perfectly alternating. A compass would help to alternate colors and give your cornucopia a nice contrast.

Cut out the circles, and spread them in a line smallest to the largest.

Place the circles on a paper in a cornucopia shape. When you are happy about how your cornucopia looks, glue each circle on.

Draw a pumpkin on orange paper, a few gourds on yellow paper, and some large grapes on some green paper. Color the stems brown, and cut out. Arrange the pumpkin, gourds, and grapes on the largest circle of the cornucopia, and glue them on when you are happy with the arrangement.

Halloween Jack O Lantern in a Spooky Sky

Here's a Halloween Jack  O Lantern in a spooky watercolor sky. First draw a pumpkin and a face on it with crayons. Second use watercolor paints for the sky. Start with purples and blues, and finish with a few stroke of blacks. Show children how the sky isn't always just one color but a mixture of colors.
Let dry on a clothes line.

Paper Jack-O-Lantern

Start with an 8 x 11 orange piece of paper. With the paper lengthwise, mark off one inch increments.

Cut 4 one inch wide orange strips.                                   


Tape the ends of the first strip together to form a circle. Tape the end of the second strip to the to the ends of the first to form a circle across the first. Do the same with the last two strips until it forms a pumpkin shape. Tape the top of the strips together to help the pumpkin keep it's shape.

Cut out a stem from green or brown paper. Fold the bottom of the stem, and tape it to the top of the pumpkin.

Cut out eyes and mouth from yellow paper. Attach to the front of the pumpkin to make a face of the Jack O'Lantern.

A bat pop up

What is Halloween without bats and pumpkins?  This simple craft gives the bat a little bounce with paper springs.

Draw a pumpkin.

On a separate piece of paper, draw a bat, and cut out. As you can see my bat is simple. If you have an example, children may be able to draw their own pumpkin and bat. It might help to tell them the bat is drawn with parts of circles and parts of triangles.

Cut out the bat.

Strips of paper for springs

Cut three strips of paper about 2 inches long, and 1 inch wide. Fold the strips like a fan for little springs, and tape them to the back of the bat and then to the pumpkin. Now there's a bat popping out of the pumpkin.

Cutting a pumpkin out from orange paper and making the bat from black paper can make this craft even more impressive. Happy flying, bouncing or popping!