Candy Corn Paper Plate Craft

Step 1: Gather Your Supplies

Gather your supplies by setting out a paper plate, orange, yellow, white, and pink paint, paintbrushes, a sponge dauber, scissors, googly eyes, ribbon, glue, and a black marker. Having everything ready before you start makes this craft go a lot smoother.

Step 2: Sketch the Candy Corn

Use a pencil to sketch a tall triangle shape onto the paper plate. Make it pointy at the top and rounded at the bottom, just like a piece of candy corn.

Step 3: Cut Out the Shape

Cut out the triangle shape from the plate using your scissors. This will be the base for your candy corn character.

Step 4: Mark the Stripes

With your pencil, divide the triangle into three sections using the template so you know where the white, orange, and yellow stripes will go.

Step 5: Paint the Middle Orange

Paint the middle section of the triangle with bright orange paint. Let it dry before moving on so the colors don’t smear together.

Step 6: Paint the Bottom Yellow

Paint the bottom section of the triangle with yellow paint, filling it in completely. This is when your craft really starts to look like candy corn.

Step 7: Finish the Top and Add Eyes

Leave the top section white, or paint it with white paint if you’d like it to look extra crisp.

Once the paint is dry, glue on two googly eyes near the top of the triangle. This instantly gives your candy corn some personality.

Step 8: Add Rosy Cheeks

Dip a sponge dauber in pink paint and dab on two round cheeks right below the eyes. The cheeks make it look extra cheerful.

Step 9: Draw the Smile

Use a black marker to draw a simple smile between the pink cheeks. You can make it big and goofy or small and sweet depending on how you want your candy corn to look.

Step 10: Tie the Bow

Tie a small bow using black and white ribbon.

Step 11: Add the Bow

Glue the bow just below the smile so your candy corn looks dressed up for Halloween.