Paint Splat Halloween Tree Craft Idea For Kids

No need to be spooked by the idea of overly complicated crafts this Halloween season! Glued To My Crafts is here to help you in the quest to find something super easy to recreate at a party, in the classroom or just at home to celebrate all month long.

On that note, let your budding artist go wild exploring their creativity and adding their own personal embellishments with today’s Colorful Paper Plate & Paint Splat Spooky Halloween Tree kid craft idea!

Keep scrolling to learn more about this fun marbling painting technique and recreate your own paint splatter & paper plate Halloween tree, with your child today! Happy crafting, my friends! Don’t forget to follow us on Facebook so you never miss a new tutorial from us! #gluedtomycrafts

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Halloween Tree Craft Supplies:

* White Paper Plates {one per craft, small or large – I used large for mine}
* Gray or Black Cardstock Paper
* Kid Friendly Craft Scissors
* Tulip Puffy Paint {think Halloween colors such as purple, orange and black}
* Loose Craft Glitter
* Halloween Stickers {bats and ghosts}
* Small and Large Wiggle Eyes
* Hand-Held Stapler
* Baby Wipes
optional materials for this craft – fake, decorative spider web

Directions:

* Please make sure you have a good working area that can get dirty because paint will squeeze out of the sides of this craft!!!
* First fold your paper plate in half {one per Halloween tree that you want to make today.}
* Unfold and squirt some paint on one side of the paper plate {I like the Tulip Puffy Paint for this particular step since it’s in a nice controlled squirt bottle} Be sure to keep the paint inside the paper plate and not place too much down.
* Once the paint is down, go ahead and fold/squish your paper plate together again.
* Be sure to rub your hand all over the folded piece, so the paint will cover your the inside nicely {paint WILL more than likely squeeze out the sides, so be sure to pay attention to that and clean up with baby wipes!}
* Now carefully unfold your piece to reveal your colorful paint splatter spooky tree design inside.
* If desired, sprinkle loose craft glitter on top of the wet paint design.
* When done, set it aside till the last step.
* Next grab your gray or black colored cardstock paper and pencil.
* Lay your hand in the center of the paper and trace around it. Go ahead and also draw on the trunk of the “tree” under the handprint.
* Trim out the handprint {now tree trunk} design.
* To finish the Paper Plate And Paint Splat Halloween Tree – staple the handprint tree trunk piece out of the cardstock to the the center of the paper plate.
* Then add your wiggle eyes and Halloween stickers to really tie it together!
* Set aside to let it dry completely before displaying proudly.
* If you like – add spider web material all around the tree design to REALLY spook it up!

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Now what do you think? Do you love this Paint Splatter Halloween Tree kids craft idea?! Of course you do! Be sure to also check out our popular Paint Splat Halloween Town, Paper Plate Witch Cauldron and Popsicle Stick Halloween Gnome posts to continue the spook-tacular craft fun today! #gluedtomycrafts