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Home » Decorating » Fun Fall Paper Pumpkin Paper Plate Craft

Fun Fall Paper Pumpkin Paper Plate Craft

November 6, 2019 By Katie Hale 2 Comments

Collage image of paper plate pumpkin craft

This paper pumpkin is a cute paper plate craft that is a perfect decoration for your fall decor projects. With just a few paper plates, glue, and a cinnamon stick, you or your children can create a cute paper plate decoration. I love that this is budget-friendly and a craft I can make on my own or with my kids.

This glitter acron fall decoration is another fun and budget-friendly project you can make in minutes with help from your kids.Collage image of paper plate pumpkin craft

Table of Contents

  • Paper Pumpkin Craft
    • What Paint Can I Use for This Paper Plate Craft?
    • Where Should I Display My Paper Pumpkin?
    • Supplies Needed
    • How to Make a Paper Pumpkin Paper Plate Craft
  • Video Tutorial:
  • Printable Step by Step Photo Tutorial:

Paper Pumpkin Craft

I love repurposing items I already have on hand. Whether it is craft supplies and old cloth for this pumpkin ornament or scrap paper turned into a harvest pumpkin gift box, I love crafting new from old. Extra paper plates from a dinner party easily turn into cute little pumpkins to decorate my mantle, or even to add on the Thanksgiving buffet table.

If you need more to use for decorations on your table, you’ll love these fall leaf candle lanterns. They are such a simple and easy addition to your Thanksgiving table, and super affordable to make.

Paper plate pumpkin craft leaning against a block wall outside

What Paint Can I Use for This Paper Plate Craft?

If you are like me and couldn’t find any orange plates to use for this craft, you can easily paint any color plate. In fact, if you want to really update this paper pumpkin into something unique, you could paint each one a slightly different color. This would give the pumpkins a more natural look and could add depth to the project.

For painting on paper plates, you can use really any paint you prefer. I used orange spray paint because it was so easy to spray the whole plate in just seconds. You can use acrylic craft paint if you prefer. Either method works great, just make sure you let them dry completely before trying to glue together for the display.

A paper pumpkin craft leaned against a wall of fake fall leaves

Where Should I Display My Paper Pumpkin?

Use your imagination! I love that this is so inexpensive and easy to make that I can literally make a dozen paper pumpkin sets out of plates and decorate all over my house. My favorite places to display this are on the wall or on my mantle. Since you are gluing stuff together, you will want the backside of the paper plates to be against something so they don’t show.

  • Prop it against the wall on your mantle.
  • Place against the wall on your buffet table at holiday gatherings.
  • Hang on the wall with a thumbtack or command hook.
  • Put on a bulletin board in a classroom or business.
  • Tack to your front door instead of a fall wreath

A completed paper pumpkin plate craft laying on a white surface

Supplies Needed

  • Paper plates
  • Orange spray paint
  • Cinnamon Stick
  • Green fabric
  • Hot glue gun
  • Hot glue
  • Scissors

Supplies needed to make a paper pumpkin craft

How to Make a Paper Pumpkin Paper Plate Craft

To begin, you’ll gather your supplies together and set up your work area. When using paint, I always recommend adding a newspaper or paint drop cloth to the table to protect your table.

If your plates are not orange, you will have to paint and let them dry before you begin assembling them. I prefer to do this outside or in a well-ventilated area, especially when using spray paint.

Painting white plates orange for a paper pumpkin craft

Once the pates are completely dry, you will attach them together using hot glue. When using three plates, you will place one in front and put the other two on the sides gluing them to the back of the first plate.

Gluing the plates together to create a paper plate pumpkin

While the glue dries on your plates, you can cut out a piece of green fabric to create leaves.

Cutting leaves out of green fabric to attach to the paper plate pumpkin craft

Glue the leaves to a cinnamon stick, and then secure the stick to the back of the plates to make the center plate look like a pumpkin.

Attaching green leaves to a cinnamon stick for the paper pumpkin

Once the pumpkin has been assembled, you will display it in your home.

A completed paper pumpkin paper plate craft

Video Tutorial:

 

Printable Step by Step Photo Tutorial:

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Paper Pumpkin Paper Plate Craft

Paper plate pumpkins on a surface with leaves in the background

Grab leftover paper plates, orange paint, and glue to create this super cute paper pumpkin paper plate craft!

Prep Time 5 minutes
Active Time 5 minutes
Additional Time 25 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Difficulty Easy
Estimated Cost $3

Materials

  • Paper plates
  • Orange spray paint
  • Cinnamon Stick
  • Green fabric

Tools

  • Hot glue gun
  • Hot glue
  • Scissors

Instructions

  1. To begin, gather your supplies together and prepare your work table. If you are painting your plates, you will want a drop cloth or newspaper to cover and protect your table; Supplies needed to make a paper pumpkin craft
  2. If your plates need to be painted, you will do that first. Coat the top/front side and allow them to air dry; Painting white plates orange for a paper pumpkin craft
  3. Once the plates are dry, you will begin assembling them. Use hot-glue to connect two plates together on the backside of one plate as shown; Gluing the plates together to create a paper plate pumpkin
  4. Next, you cut a leaf out of green fabric; Cutting leaves out of green fabric to attach to the paper plate pumpkin craft
  5. Glue the leaves to a cinnamon stick; Attaching green leaves to a cinnamon stick for the paper pumpkin
  6. Attach the cinnamon stick to the backside of the plates so that it shows over the top of the middle plate like a stem; Gluing the stem onto the paper plate pumpkin
  7. Display on a counter, wall, or mantle. Paper plate pumpkin displayed with other flowers and fall decor A paper pumpkin craft leaned against a wall of fake fall leaves

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Project Type: Upcycling / Category: Decorating
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Comments

  1. Anonymous says

    November 7, 2019 at 1:29 am

    Please no Halloween ideas. I am a Christian and this is my way of living. Please

    Reply
    • Vanessa Beaty says

      November 7, 2019 at 5:03 pm

      Pumpkins aren’t a “Halloween only” thing, it’s general fall decoration.

      Reply

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