This sweet candy corn craft transforms the classic treat into adorable characters with personality.
Kids can create a boy and girl candy corn pair complete with fuzzy wire hair and bow accessories.
Candy Corn Characters Materials
Gather these supplies to create your candy corn friends:
- Construction paper in white, orange, yellow, and pink
- Gray and pink pipe cleaners (fuzzy wire)
- Googly eyes or white paper for eyes
- Black marker
- Glue stick
- Scissors (adult supervision recommended)
- Candy corn template (provided)
How to Make Your Candy Corn Characters
This craft is perfect for preschool and elementary-aged children, with adult help needed for cutting and pipe cleaner shaping.
Step 1: Create the Basic Candy Corn Shapes
- Cut your candy corn template pieces and prepare the basic shapes before adding faces and accessories. This gives you the foundation for your characters.
Step 2: Prepare the Pipe Cleaner Accessories
- Shape gray pipe cleaners into spiky hair pieces and pink pipe cleaners into a decorative bow. These accessories will give each candy corn its unique personality.
Step 3: Cut the Face Pieces
- Cut white circles for eyes and small pink ovals for rosy cheeks from construction paper. You'll need two sets since you're making a pair of candy corns.
Step 4: Layer the Candy Corn Colors
- Cut strips of orange and yellow paper.
- Then glue them onto your white candy corn bases. Trim any excess paper to create the classic candy corn color pattern.
Step 5: Add Eyes and Cheeks
- Glue the white circle eyes and small pink oval cheeks onto each candy corn face. Position them to create friendly, sweet expressions.
Step 6: Attach the Pipe Cleaner Accessories
- Glue the gray pipe cleaner hair pieces to the top of one candy corn and the pink pipe cleaner bow to the other. Press firmly to ensure they stick securely.
Step 7: Draw the Eye Details and Mouth
- Use a black marker to draw pupils in the center of the white eyes and add a curved smile to each candy corn's face to complete their sweet expressions.
Final Thoughts on Candy Corn Characters Craft for Kids
This candy corn character craft combines color recognition, fine motor skills, and creative character design to create something children will love displaying during autumn season.
The pipe cleaner accessories add a special three-dimensional element that makes these crafts extra engaging and memorable.
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