This craft is perfect for a Sunday school activity, Christmas decor or wherever you’d like a see a preschooler-created angel.
What You Need: 1 1/2 small (“dessert” sized) paper plates; scrap of construction paper in skin tone of choice; blue (or other color!) tempera paint; circle punch (or just use scissors); silver glitter; 1/2 silver pipe cleaner; black marker; white glue; scissors; tape; stapler (optional).
How To Make It: Paint plates blue and let dry. Staple plate into a cone shape (adult job) or use tape. Punch head from construction paper and draw on face. Glue head to top of cone. Cut half-plate into two, creating wings. Glue or staple to back of cone body. Squeeze glue along bottom of dress and ends of wings, or just dip in a tray of glue. Then dip in or sprinkle on glitter. Bend pipe cleaner into halo shape and tape to back of dress.
Suggested Book: The Littlest Angel by Charles Tazewell
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Paper plate Christmas angel
Sunday, December 2nd, 2007
Paper plate turkey
Monday, October 29th, 2007What You Need: Paper plate; assorted feathers; scrap of red construction paper; 2 googly eyes; scissors; glue or tape.
How You Make It: Cut inward from bottom of plate in two places about 2″ apart angled inward but not connecting (adult job). Fold in half and upward to form turkey head. Glue or staple feathers to top of paper plate. Cut out wattle shape from red construction paper and glue on. Glue on googly eyes.
Flying disc for 4th of July
Thursday, June 28th, 2007What You Need: 2 red plastic plates, gallon-size zip-close bag, scissors, sequins and gold stars, gold or silver glitter, stapler.
How You Make It: Cut out just the center of both plates. Put some sequins, stars and glitter in the bag and seal. Place bag between the plate rims (adult job) with the sequins in the middle and, holding securely, staple around the edge of the plate, catching the bag in between. Cut off plastic hanging over edge.
This project was found in a book called Star-Spangled Crafts
Paper plate lion craft
Thursday, June 21st, 2007What You Need: thin white paper plate, yellow and brown construction paper, black marker, pencil, scissors, glue, large googly eyes.
How You Make It: Paint edges of paper plate brown. Cut yellow circle the size of the inside of the paper plate (you can cut up a spare plate to make a template and trace that.) Glue circle to center of plate. Cut small triangle from brown construction paper for nose. Add mouth, whiskers, etc. using black marker. Glue on googly eyes. Using scissors, cut border of paper plate to just short of yellow circle, about 1/2″ apart all the way around and curl up for mane.
Sunflower Paper Plate Craft for Spring
Thursday, May 31st, 2007What You Need: Paper plate, glue, pencil, brown and yellow tempera paints, paintbrush, scissors, sunflower seeds in shell.
How You Make It: Use pencil to draw “scallops” all around edge of paper plate and cut along the lines. Paint entire front of plate yellow. Paint brown circle around middle of plate. Once dry, use glue to adhere sunflower seeds in center.
Suggested storybook:Sunflower House by Eve Bunting
