Invitation To Create: Make A Monster

SHARE:


 Invitation to Create: Make A Monster. Open ended, creative, quick and easy kids paper Halloween craft. Great for color and shape recognition. Perfect for toddlers, preschoolers, and elementary.

This quick and simple paper craft is perfect for Halloween.  Or any ole' time.  
*Psst.  Don't tell your kids what great fine motor work it is!*

My girls squealed with delight when they found this Invitation To Create set up for them after their quiet time one day this week.  They said, "What are we making?!  What are we making?!"  I told them that they could make whatever they wanted, but that I had made the tray with monsters in mind.  Get ready to Make A Monster!

This post may contain Amazon or other affiliate links.  If you use these links, I may earn a commission at no additional cost to you.   Click here for my full privacy and disclosure policies.

You just need a few supplies that you likely have on hand: scissors, construction paper, glue, and googly eyes

Preschool paper monster craft for Halloween

For our other Invitations To Create, I've stuck with just a few simple shapes.  For monsters, though, I wanted more choices.  I grabbed our scraps of construction paper and cut them into a variety of shapes.  You'll need some larger shapes for bodies or heads (ovals, circles, squares, triangles).  I also cut some medium shapes like narrow triangles for spikes, regular triangles for horns, skinny rectangles for legs and hair, and circles and rectangles for mouths.  Finally, I cut tiny triangles and rectangles for teeth.  Add some googly eyes and a glue stick.  It helps to have a divided tray to organize the materials, but it certainly isn't necessary.

Elementary paper monster craft for Halloween

Invite your children to create!  Provide your children with different colored backgrounds to use, made from quarter sheets of construction paper.  I also usually set up nearby with some more paper and scissors.  I encourage them to use what's on their tray, but occasionally they will request a particular shape in a particular color, so I like to be ready!  

Kindergarten paper monster craft for Halloween

Your children may have plenty of creative juices to get started on their own.  My girls often want me to make a few creations for them first to give them some examples.  Once we get started, though, they do much better making up their own ideas.  

Paper monster craft for Halloween

There are endless options.  Tons of variety.  Make some with bodies and some without.  Make some with one giant eye and some with TONS of eyes.  Give them hair, or spikes, or horns. My girls kept at this activity for a solid hour and then begged me to keep the trays put together so that they could make more later. 

Paper monster craft for Halloween

3-year-old Maggie's monsters were (predictably) not quite as complex as Lena's!

Paper monster craft for Halloween

Isn't it terribly spooky?!

If your kids like this project, they'll be sure to like our other Invitations To Create! 

Build A Bug Paper Craft for Kidshttp://www.paper-and-glue.com/2015/11/thanksgiving-craft-invitation-to-create-turkey-time.htmlCupcake Paper Craft For Kids

Don't miss any other What Can We Do With Paper And Glue crafts.  Follow the Pinterest board below!


You May Also Be Interested In:

Halloween Sensory Bin
Healthy Halloween Snacks
Over 25 COMPLETE Preschool Theme Units
Candy Corn POPS

Invitation to Create: Make A Monster. Open ended, creative, quick and easy kids paper Halloween craft. Great for color and shape recognition. Perfect for toddlers, preschoolers, kindergarten, and elementary.


https://www.facebook.com/WhatCanWeDoWithPaperAndGlue/
 https://www.pinterest.com/paperglue/
https://www.instagram.com/whatcanwedowithpaperandglue/
http://madmimi.com/signups/125528/join

Name

activity animals art author back to school bears bees bird black history book extension book list books budget butterfly cats chalk chapter books children christmas cinco de mayo circus coins colors construction cookie craft crafts culture curriculum dentist different dinosaurs discovery table diy doctor dogs dolls Earth Day easter elementary fabric fall family family theme farm fathers day fine motor first grade five senses flowers food france fruit game geography gift gift guide gross motor grownup halloween healthy history homeschool ideas independence day insect insects invitation jungle keepsake kids kindergarten kindness kinesthetic learning lego letter of the week literacy lunch math menu resource mothers day music my body nature numbers obstacle course ocean organization origami ornament outer space painting paper parenting play play dough pops preschool preschool resource pretend printable process art pumpkin quiet time rainbows reading roundup recipe recycle Roundup science season second grade sensory Seuss sewing shapes snack snacks soup spanish spring st. patrick's day summer sweet bite Thanksgiving toddler toys transportation trees tutorial united states valentine vegetarian washi tape weather weekly theme winter yarn
false
ltr
item
What Can We Do With Paper And Glue: Invitation To Create: Make A Monster
Invitation To Create: Make A Monster
Invitation to Create: Make A Monster. Open ended, creative, quick and easy kids paper Halloween craft. Great for color and shape recognition. Perfect for toddlers, preschoolers, kindergarten, and elementary.
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAuwdKqS54bP_3bHvOQVLUcrT9I8mpcyK53YwuJYHXydkEf9iQeRigbPqW2zFm1WbcldLIoMmD7Mivu8eNpRy7cLiJd9pNFbwSNApUm5xtd8htdznefmNQCRfhrPQ1RVYtDSrqw6XvNOE9/s640/MakeAMonster15.png
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAuwdKqS54bP_3bHvOQVLUcrT9I8mpcyK53YwuJYHXydkEf9iQeRigbPqW2zFm1WbcldLIoMmD7Mivu8eNpRy7cLiJd9pNFbwSNApUm5xtd8htdznefmNQCRfhrPQ1RVYtDSrqw6XvNOE9/s72-c/MakeAMonster15.png
What Can We Do With Paper And Glue
http://www.paper-and-glue.com/2015/09/invitation-to-create-make-monster-halloween-craft.html
http://www.paper-and-glue.com/
http://www.paper-and-glue.com/
http://www.paper-and-glue.com/2015/09/invitation-to-create-make-monster-halloween-craft.html
true
2983766635568173784
UTF-8
Not found any posts VIEW ALL Readmore Reply Cancel reply Delete By Home PAGES POSTS View All RECOMMENDED FOR YOU LABEL ARCHIVE SEARCH ALL POSTS Not found any post match with your request Back Home Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat January February March April May June July August September October November December Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec just now 1 minute ago $$1$$ minutes ago 1 hour ago $$1$$ hours ago Yesterday $$1$$ days ago $$1$$ weeks ago more than 5 weeks ago Followers Follow THIS CONTENT IS PREMIUM Please share to unlock Copy All Code Select All Code All codes were copied to your clipboard Can not copy the codes / texts, please press [CTRL]+[C] (or CMD+C with Mac) to copy