Harvest Corn Craft for Kids
Fall is here and that means is’t harvest time! Celebrate the harvest with this super cute Harvest Corn Craft for Kids.
This Harvest Corn craft is perfect from Labor Day all the way to Thanksgiving!
A simple fall craft using craft sticks and felt along with paint and wiggle eyes into the cutest Harvest Corn Craft!
How to make a Harvest Corn Craft for Fall
Materials:
- Jumbo Craft Sticks
- Wiggle Eyes
- Olive Green Craft Felt
- Craft Paints in Off White, Yellow, Gold, Orange, Tan, Medium Brown, Burgundy, and Pink
- Craft Glue or Glue Gun and Glue Sticks
- Flat Paintbrush
- Detail Paintbrush (we used a #4 brush)
- Scissors
- Pencil with new Eraser
- Black Permanent Marker
- Harvest Corn Template
Instructions:
To create each corn, line up five jumbo craft sticks on your work surface in a graduated pattern as shown below.
Using scissors, trim additional jumbo craft sticks to the width of the corn and attach with a glue gun and glue sticks.
TIP: You can use liquid craft glue for this project, but you will have to wait for it to dry.
Basecoat the front and sides of the corn with off white acrylic craft paint. Let dry and apply a second coat, if necessary.
Dip your finger in yellow acrylic craft paint and stamp corn kernels on the craft sticks in rows.
Stamp additional corn kernels onto the corn by dipping your finger into orange acrylic craft paint.
Continue finger stamping on the corn kernels using tan, burgundy, and gold acrylic craft paint.
Download, print and cut out the Harvest Corn Pattern with scissors.
Trace twice onto olive green craft felt. Cut out with scissors.
Glue the corn husks to the right and left sides of the harvest corn.
Add a face to the harvest corn by attaching two wiggle eyes with a glue gun and glue sticks or craft glue.
Add cheeks by dipping a new pencil eraser in pink acrylic craft paint and dotting on either side of the face.
Draw a mouth from cheek to cheek with a permanent black marker.
This is a fun activity that kids can to create in about 30 minutes.
