Paper Cup Fall Crows

1 min read September 13, 2026 Dawn Wade
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Scare up some fall crafting fun! These scarecrows are easy to create and make great decorations for home or school all autumn long. Create a flock of them with your kiddos for your fall celebrations.

Project Time
20 to 30 min
Difficulty
Beginner
Step
1

Carefully cut a yellow paper cup in half with scissors. Cut vertical lines half-way to the top of the cup to create strips. Curl the strips half way back.

Paper Cup Fall Crows step 1 part 1
Paper Cup Fall Crows step 1 part 2
Step
2

Use a Glue Dot® to adhere a wood button to the side of the yellow cup hat.

Paper Cup Fall Crows step 2
Step
3

Use a black paint marker to color the bottom rim of the black paper cup.

Paper Cup Fall Crows step 3
Step
4

Cut out one triangle shape for the beak from orange cardstock and two triangle shapes for the wings out of black cardstock. Adhere the wiggle eyes, paper wings and beak onto a black paper cup.

Paper Cup Fall Crows step 4
Step
5

Place the cut-up yellow cup on top of the black cup to create a hat.

Paper Cup Fall Crows step 5

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