We have awoken our sleeping friend and found him hiding in a pumpkin. Keep scrolling to see how YOU and your child can recreate our Paper Plate Sloth In Pumpkin kid craft idea!

All you need is a large orange colored paper plate, cardstock paper and school glue. It’s an easy craft idea for kids to make at home this fall season and we hope you are inspired to recreate it today!

Sloth In Paper Plate Pumpkin Craft

At Glued To My Crafts we just can’t stop with the new ideas! We are brewing up yet ANOTHER easy fall art project idea for our lovely readers to recreate with their children, this season. This time, it’s a paper plate pumpkin w/an adorable sloth inside! You could make him either sleeping or awake like mine 🙂

For everything you love and more this autumn season, we hope this idea is one you add to the bucket list. Hopefully you see my vision of a sloth hiding inside a pumpkin and want to join your child in the crafting fun, as well. It’s #cutenotscary and kids {and adults} can recreate it with just a few steps like cutting & gluing. Plus you don’t need to go crazy on the supply list either. A simple orange paper plate and cardstock will do!

We have all the details listed below, to help you navigate this “peeking sloth in pumpkin” craft idea today!

Happy crafting, my friends! Please don’t forget to share some pictures of your paper plate sloth in pumpkin creations on our Facebook page or tag us on Instagram! #gluedtomycrafts

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Sloth In Pumpkin Craft Supplies:

• Large Orange Paper Plate – one per craft
• Paper Craft Scissors
• Hand-Held Office Stapler
• School Glue
• Dark Brown Colored Cardstock Paper
• Kraft Colored Cardstock Paper
• Light Tan Cardstock Paper
• Green Pipe Cleaner – one per craft
• Small Adhesive Wiggle Eyes – two per craft
• Black Sharpie Marker

Directions:

• First things first – cut your orange paper plate in half with the scissors. But not just straight up the center. You want it a little jaggeder like a pumpkin that is cut in half.
• Now grab your stapler and staple it back together on one corner, so it looks like it’s propped open.
• Set it aside till later.
• Now grab ALL your colored pieces of paper and scissors.
• Out of the dark brown cardstock, cut out a large circle that will be the “sloth’s head” for your craft. You don’t want it to be bigger than your paper plate though.
• Out of the remaining dark brown cardstock, cut out a quick rectangle for the stem of the pumpkin.
• Out of the light tan cardstock, cut out a smaller heart shaped piece for the sloth’s face.
• Out of the kraft colored cardstock, trim out his two oval shaped paws and two pieces for his eyes.
• At this point in time, you should start assembling his face by gluing everything in place {along with the wiggle eyes} and using the black Sharpie marker to draw on his nose.
• Once you have all the paper pieces complete, it’s time to start assembling and finishing the craft!
• Grab your stapled paper plate piece from earlier, all the cardstock cutouts you just made as well as the school glue and stapler.
• Start off by stapling the finished sloth’s face to the paper plate piece, so it looks like he is peeking from inside the pumpkin.
• Follow that up by gluing down his paws, on the front of the pumpkin.
• Use the black Sharpie marker to draw on claws on the paws and give it some dimension.
• Finally – take the green pipe cleaner and cut it in half with your scissors.
• Reserve one half for today’s craft and save the other for a rainy day.
• Go ahead and curl the pipe cleaner around your marker, to give it the look of “greenery” for the pumpkin.
• Now take the brown cardstock stem you made earlier and staple it, along with the curled pipe cleaner, to the top of the paper plate.
• Add other embellishments you see fit before displaying proudly!
• Don’t forget to share pictures of your paper plate sloth in pumpkin creations with us on your social media sites! #gluedtomycrafts

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Paper Plate Sloth In Pumpkin

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We have awoken our sleeping friend & found him hiding in a pumpkin. Come see how YOU can recreate our Paper Plate Sloth In Pumpkin craft idea!

Supplies:

• Large Orange Paper Plate - one per craft
• Paper Craft Scissors
• Hand-Held Office Stapler
• School Glue
• Dark Brown Colored Cardstock Paper
• Kraft Colored Cardstock Paper
• Light Tan Cardstock Paper
• Green Pipe Cleaner - one per craft
• Small Adhesive Wiggle Eyes - two per craft
• Black Sharpie Marker

Instructions:

• First things first - cut your orange paper plate in half with the scissors. But not just straight up the center. You want it a little jaggeder like a pumpkin that is cut in half.
• Now grab your stapler and staple it back together on one corner, so it looks like it's propped open.
• Set it aside till later.
• Now grab ALL your colored pieces of paper and scissors.
• Out of the dark brown cardstock, cut out a large circle that will be the "sloth's head" for your craft. You don't want it to be bigger than your paper plate though.
• Out of the remaining dark brown cardstock, cut out a quick rectangle for the stem of the pumpkin.
• Out of the light tan cardstock, cut out a smaller heart shaped piece for the sloth's face.
• Out of the kraft colored cardstock, trim out his two oval shaped paws and two pieces for his eyes.
• At this point in time, you should start assembling his face by gluing everything in place {along with the wiggle eyes} and using the black Sharpie marker to draw on his nose.
• Once you have all the paper pieces complete, it's time to start assembling and finishing the craft!
• Grab your stapled paper plate piece from earlier, all the cardstock cutouts you just made as well as the school glue and stapler.
• Start off by stapling the finished sloth's face to the paper plate piece, so it looks like he is peeking from inside the pumpkin.
• Follow that up by gluing down his paws, on the front of the pumpkin.
• Use the black Sharpie marker to draw on claws on the paws and give it some dimension.
• Finally - take the green pipe cleaner and cut it in half with your scissors.
• Reserve one half for today's craft and save the other for a rainy day.
• Go ahead and curl the pipe cleaner around your marker, to give it the look of "greenery" for the pumpkin.
• Now take the brown cardstock stem you made earlier and staple it, along with the curled pipe cleaner, to the top of the paper plate.
• Add other embellishments you see fit before displaying proudly!
• Don't forget to share pictures of your paper plate sloth in pumpkin creations with us on your social media sites! #gluedtomycrafts

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