When you have little ones, you want to keep Halloween as kid-friendly as possible. No scary costumes or decorations. Think instead funny witches and goofy Frankenstein. This silly paper bag vampire craft goes along these lines. I even had my kindergartner’s help me make this vampire look childish and zany.
We have used paper bags before for our Halloween crafts and made a stuffed paper bag black cat. As a parent I appreciate when I can use materials that I already have in my household and I don’t have to start a craft with a visit to the craft store.
Our paper bag vampire craft leaves a lot of room to creativity and improvisation.
Vampire paper bag craft variations:
- Use a black marker to draw the vampire’s hair instead of cutting it out from black paper
- Replace the regular googly eyes with glow in the dark googly eyes for a spooky look
- Paint the entire bottom of the paper bag black and make the white shirt from a triangle cut out from white paper
- Use red construction paper to give Dracula a cape that you can glue at the back of the paper bag
After turning a paper bag into this silly vampire, you fill like starting a whole series of vampire crafts, here are some more ideas:
- Paper cup vampire with glowing nose
- Paper plate vampire – he needs a haircut!
Silly paper bag vampire craft
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Supplies:
- paper bag
- acrylic paint: black , white and purple
- cardstock paper: black, red and white
- red pom pom
- red button
- big googly eyes
- scissors
- paintbrush
- glue
Step 1: Start by painting the paper bag. Use purple for the head, white for the shirt and black for the rest.
If you’re doing this craft with a young kid you may want to skip the shirt and use just purple for the head and black for the rest.
Or you can cut out a triangle out of white paper and glue it on top of the paper bag, once the black paint has dried completely.
Step 2: Cut out the hair from black paper. Glue it at the top of the purple area.
Step 3: Glue the googly eyes underneath the hair.
Step 4: Cut out a smiley mouth from red paper and fangs of three different sizes from white paper. Glue them onto the paper bag, at the bottom of the purple area.
Step 5: Cut a bow tie from red paper and glue it on top of the white triangle. For an easy bow tie, you can cut two triangles and glue them together.
Step 6: Glue a red pom pom on top of the tie bow and a red button under the white triangle.
Paper Bag Vampire Craft
Turn a paper bag into a silly vampire. This easy Halloween craft is prefect for preschoolers and older kids.
Materials
- paper bag
- craft paint: black , white and purple
- cardstock paper: black, red and white
- red pom pom
- red button
- big googly eyes
- glue
Tools
- scissors
- paintbrush
Instructions
- Start by painting the paper bag. Use purple for the head, white for the shirt and black for the rest. If you're doing this craft with a young kid you may want to skip the shirt and use just purple for the head and black for the rest. Or you can cut out a triangle out of white paper and glue it on top of the paper bag, once the black paint has dried completely.
- Cut out the hair from black paper and glue it at the top of the purple area.
- Glue the googly eyes underneath the hair.
- Cut out a smiley mouth from red paper and fangs of three different sizes from white paper. Glue them onto the paper bag, at the bottom of the purple area.
- Cut a bow tie from red paper and glue it on top of the white triangle. For an easy bow tie, you can cut two triangles and glue them together.
- Glue a red pom pom on top of the tie bow and a red button under the white triangle.
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