Fall is the perfect time to bring harvest-themed activities into your craft corner, and this cheerful paper bag corn craft is a really easy one to add to your autumn plans. With its bright yellow corn cob, big green leaves, googly eyes, and happy little face, it turns a simple paper bag into an adorable fall character that kids can make and play with afterward.
This corn craft for kids works really well alongside lessons and activities about fall, harvest time, farms, vegetables, healthy food, and how different crops grow. It is also a fun choice for preschoolers and younger elementary-aged kids because the printable corn craft template takes care of the trickier shapes while still leaving plenty for children to cut, glue, draw, and create themselves.
We have a free printable corn template to make this craft easier, plus a TikTok video showing how the paper bag corn comes together.
Paper Bag Corn Craft
There are so many fun corn craft ideas for fall, from beaded corn and corn craft with beads activities to printing with real corn cobs, but this corn paper craft is especially cute because it doubles as a simple puppet.
Once it has been made, kids can slip their hand inside the paper bag and use their corn character for pretend play, songs, harvest stories, or classroom activities.
It is a fun addition to a learning corner and crafts area during the fall months, particularly if you are talking about farms, vegetables, crops, or where our food comes from.
Supplies for Your Corn Craft
You only need a handful of basic craft supplies to make this easy corn craft. If you already keep construction paper and paper bags in your crafty corner, you probably have most of what you need ready to go.
Materials
- Paper bag
- Construction paper
- Colored pencils
- Scissors
- Glue
- Googly eyes
- Printable corn craft template
Yellow construction paper is used for the main ear of corn, while green paper makes the corn husk leaves around the outside.
You can also swap the googly eyes for paper eyes if you are making this corn craft for toddlers and would rather avoid small loose pieces.
How to Make a Paper Bag Corn Craft
Print the corn craft template before you begin and gather all of your supplies. Younger kids may need some help cutting around the template pieces, while older children can cut and assemble most of the craft independently.
Paper Bag Corn
Turn a simple paper bag into the cutest little corn character! This easy fall corn craft for kids uses our printable template, construction paper, and googly eyes for a fun harvest-themed activity.
Materials
- - Paper bag
- - Construction paper
- - Colored pencils
- - Scissors
- - Glue
- - Googly eyes
- - Printable corn craft template
Tools
- Printer for the template
Instructions
- Start by cutting a rectangle from yellow construction paper so it fits neatly onto the front of the paper bag. Use yellow, brown, or white colored pencils to draw horizontal lines across the paper, then add small curved marks between the lines to give the corn a more textured, kernel-like look.
- Cut out the large green corn husk piece from construction paper using the printable template. Add a few simple curved lines and details with a green colored pencil or marker to make the leaves look more natural.
- Glue the yellow corn piece onto the front of the paper bag. Position the green husk over the lower section of the corn and glue it in place so the two leaves curve upward around the sides.
- Next, cut out the smaller template pieces for the corn’s face and top section. You will need the brown corn silk piece, two eyebrows, and the smiling mouth. Add a few dark lines to the corn silk to give it some extra detail.
- Glue the brown corn silk behind the top edge of the yellow corn, then attach the eyebrows and mouth to the front. Finish the face by adding two large googly eyes.
- Press all of the pieces down firmly and allow the glue to dry. At this stage, your corn character should be fully assembled on the paper bag and ready to use.
- Once everything is dry, your paper bag corn craft is finished. Kids can use it as a simple puppet for fall pretend play, harvest activities, farm themes, or vegetable learning.
Learning About Corn During Fall
This craft can easily become part of a bigger fall learning activity rather than being just an afternoon art project.
Corn is especially fun to explore during harvest season because kids can see how an ear of corn grows inside its corn husk and compare the real vegetable with the paper version they have made.
You could bring in an actual corn cob and let kids look closely at the kernels, count a few rows, feel the husk, and talk about the different parts of the plant.
Kids can also learn that corn can be used to make lots of different foods and products. Depending on their age, you might talk about sweet corn, popcorn, cornmeal, tortillas, cereals, or even how corn is grown and harvested.
That makes this simple corn craft for preschoolers useful for farm themes, vegetable units, food lessons, autumn activities, or harvest studies throughout the school year.
Free Printable Corn Craft Template PDF
We have a printable corn craft template to help you recreate this paper bag corn easily.
The corn template includes the basic shapes you need for the cob, corn husk, facial features, and other pieces, so you do not need to draw everything from scratch.
Print the template onto regular paper and use it for tracing, or print onto cardstock if you would like a sturdier corn craft template that can be reused with a group of kids.
Download the Corn Craft Template
Download the free printable corn on the cob template below and use it to make your own paper bag corn puppet.
You can also keep the printable corn template in your fall craft supplies and use the same basic shapes for other corn crafts throughout the year.
Watch the Video on Our TikTok
Want to see more?
Watch the full corn craft video on our TikTok to see it in action.
And make sure to follow In The Playroom on TikTok for more easy crafts, printable activities, seasonal ideas, and creative projects for kids.
@intheplayroom Cute fall craft alert! Turn a paper bag into this happy little corn puppet using our printable template. Such an easy one for preschool, harvest themes, farm units, or a cozy autumn craft afternoon. #CornCraft #FallCraftsForKids #KidsCrafts #PreschoolCrafts #AutumnCrafts
♬ It's Corn Song (Y'all Corny) – Dubskie
More Corn Craft Ideas
If you are planning a whole corn theme, there are lots of other corn crafts you can try alongside this one.
Kids could create beaded corn using pony beads and pipe cleaners, make a corn craft with paper scraps, paint with real corn cobs, create a corn footprint picture, or decorate a simple corn outline with tissue paper.
Another fun option is to print a corn on the cob template and let kids decorate the kernels using fingerprints, buttons, pom poms, torn paper, or yellow dot markers.
And of course, if you are doing Halloween activities too, crafts with candy corn can be added to the mix for something a little sweeter.
More Paper Bag Crafts
There are so many more things to make from paper bags! Here’s just a few more ideas.
- Easy Paper Bag Apple Craft
- Easy Paper Bag Pumpkin Craft for Kids
- Paper Bag Haunted House Craft
- Watercolor Paper Bag Jellyfish Craft
More Fall Crafts for Kids
If your craft table is already filling up with yellow, orange, red, and green paper, keep going!
We have lots more fall crafts for kids including harvest activities, leaf crafts, pumpkin ideas, woodland animals, and simple autumn paper crafts that work well at home, in preschool, or in the classroom.
- Scrunched Tissue Paper Autumn Leaf – Fall Craft
- Fall Leaf Suncatcher Craft with Free Printable Template
- Fall Harvest Bingo Printable Game
- Moving Paper Plate Squirrel Craft
- Paper Cup Hopping Scarecrow Craft
More Vegetable Crafts and Activities
Vegetable crafts are a fun way to introduce younger kids to different foods in a relaxed and creative way.
Along with this corn craft, you can create activities inspired by pumpkins, carrots, peas, potatoes, tomatoes, and other vegetables, then use them alongside books, sensory activities, or simple food-themed lessons.
- Painted Pumpkin Seed Craft
- Easy Veggie Sensory Bin for Kids
- Bubble Wrap Printed Fruit & Veg
- Free Printable Fruit and Veg Tracker For Kids
- Free Printable Harvest Dot to Dot Pages for Kids
This little paper bag corn is easy enough for a fall afternoon but has plenty of ways to extend the activity through learning and pretend play too.
If you enjoyed making this craft, please share it with another parent, teacher, or crafty friend who might like to add it to their fall activities.
