Paper Plate Frankenstein for Preschoolers

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Time for some paper plate Halloween fun for preschoolers with these rather adorable paper plate Frankenstein purses! Who knew good ol’ Frank could be so cute! There are so many cute cute CUTE Halloween Crafts for preschoolers, you simply have to have a go this spooky season!

paper plate halloween purse

The Best Halloween Makes Ever! is now coming to Red Ted Art. You can see our Best Makes Ever published to date.

And I thought you would particularly love the Paper Plate Frankenstein purses for preschoolers. Such a cute Halloween accessory that I think all the toddlers and preschoolers will love. But of course kids of all ages can enjoy!

Best Halloween Crafts ever
These Halloween Makes are SO CUTE! You simply have to check them out!

New to the Best Makes Ever! Series?

The Best Makes Ever Series, is a series of art and crafty videos, that Art Crafty Kids and I produced for Sky Kids UK back in 2020-2022. They were designed to bring delightful arts and crafts projects to kids – using every day materials/ limited resources. Enabling everyone to join in and have fun! Now, 5yrs on, we are (slowly) able to share these lovely arts and crafts projects with you on our websites too! So, DO explore our Best Makes Ever Series tab for more info..

You can also check out our adorable Pumpkin Paper Plate Purse – super cute and easy! Just watch out for naught cats..

black cat and pumpkin
paper plate frankenstein

To make our Paper Plate Frankenstein Purse, you will need:

supplies needed

All you need to make your this cute Halloween paper plate craft, is –

  • white paper plate per Frankenstein Purse
  • green paint (or a great opportunity for some color theory exploration!)
  • black construction paper scraps
  • white construction paper scraps
  • ribbon/ string
  • staplers or glue
  • glue stick
  • black marker
  • scissors

It is easy to switch out your materials to suit the supplies and time you have. For example, you could use some green paper plates, if you don’t feel like getting the paints out with your charges (but I find toddlers and preschoolers do LOVE to paint… so do give it a go).

Similarly, you could use black felt instead of paper. Or paint the back of a cereal box black and cut that up instead. OR you could paint on Frankstein’s facial features.

The ribbons I used where actually recycled from paper bags you get in some of the department stores.

So as per usual: work with what you have!!! Have a much fun as you can creating your own details. No need to go out and make unnecessary purchases.

How to make a Frankenstein Purse:

Here is a fun Video Tutorial for you to follow.

The video is also available on Youtube if you prefer.

How to make a Paper Plate purse for Halloween:

Paint your plates on the outside:

paint the plates

As mentioned this a great opportunity for some color theory. Remember to add more yellow than blue, as blue is a dominant color and may make your green too dark. You may also want to add white to lighten it.

Cut out your Frankenstein features from paper scraps:

start with the eyes

Start with the eyes and start “Building” your face:

add details to frank

We are using all basic shapes – circles and rectangles to build our Frankenstein’s features.

easy hair

The hair is also easy – just as series of triangles. Make these longer rather than wider, as you will trim them later.

Glue features in place:

glue in place

Check you are happy with all your cut outs and then glue your features in place.

We made the triangles stick out from the paper plate – which gives the head of the frankenstein a bigger shape and looks a bit better.

Then we trimmed the traingles so the looked neat. Then we glued on the final features.

Add the paper plate purse straps:

add paper plate purse straps

Position the straps between the two sides of paper plate and secure with a stapler.

repeat

Repeat on the other side. Then staple all the way around… and your Frankenstein Paper Plate purse is FINISHED! Whoohoo!

paper plate frankenstein
You could even had some paper bolts to your Frankenstein’s head!

Aren’t the these Frankenstein Purses Cute? The crafts and art projects included are:

3d paper cat craft
finished recycled halloween garland
mini pinata party favour

Looking for more great Paper Plate Halloween Crafts for Preschoolers?

Here is some more inspiration!

paper plate frankenstein mask

Turn a paper plate into a 3d Frankenstein Mask (free printable template provided to help you make the right cuts). Love the details such the cork bolts and the additional scars.

paper plate halloween lantern

Paper Plate Halloween Lanterns – use this clever “tracing” technique to make fabulous lanterns, even with the most reluctant “little artists”. Use baking paper or tracing paper to create fun paper plate silhouettes for the light to shine through.

More fun crafts include:

Here are lots more easy projects for you to explore this coming October!