Paper Plate Halloween Treat Boxes

It’s almost the day. Halloween day. Candy day. But how to store that candy? With this so easy and perfectly useful Paper Plate Halloween Treat Boxes Craft, of course!

We’ve also made fall-inspired Paper Plate Apple Snack Boxes, too. These Paper Plate Halloween Treat Boxes we did in 3 ways, each generally the same with just a few tweaks. There’s Frankenstein, the Vampire, and a Jack-O-Lantern. All great for Halloween even without the candy. But it’s Halloween, there really should be candy.

For our Paper Plate Halloween Treat Boxes you will need paper plates, a black marker, googly eyes, a stapler, glue stick, scissors, and cardstock in black, white, brown, and green. You will also need acrylic paint in purple for the vampire, green for Frankenstein, and orange for the jack-o-lantern.

Paper Plate Halloween Treat Boxes

Supplies needed:

• Paper plates
• Acrylic paint – green, purple, orange
• Cardstock – black, white, brown, green
• Black marker
• Medium googly eyes
• Stapler
• Glue stick
• Scissors

Begin by painting the paper plates.

You will need to paint the plates green for Frankenstein, purple for the vampire, and orange for the jack-o-lantern. Let dry completely.

Once dry, cut according to the image above. Turn over and fold up, also according to the image above.

Now, make the Halloween characters. With one of the longest edges without a cut, draw your character in the middle area, between the folds.

Frankenstein

With the black sharpie, draw jagged hair, eyebrows, mouth, and scars for Frankenstein. Also apply googly eyes.

Fold up and staple or tape into a box.

Finish Frankenstein by cutting two bolt shapes from the black cardstock. Glue to the sides of the box.

Vampire

Draw triangular hair and a mouth with the black sharpie. Apply googly eyes.

Fold up and staple or tape into a box.

Cut two small triangles from the white cardstock. Glue to the mouth for fangs.

Jack-O-Lantern

Draw a face for the jack-o-lantern with the black sharpie.

Form the paper plate into a box and staple or tape in place.

Cut a rectangle from the brown cardstock and strip of green. Curl the green. Glue to the top of the jack-lantern.

Fill with candy and you have a super sweet way to store your Halloween treats! Speaking of treats, be sure to check out all of our fun Halloween ideas at Our Kid Things!