Paper Plate Farm Animals

This was a huge hit with my 3 year old Serbian boy I teach twice a week when we were doing our farm animal theme. 


Age Group: 2 years (with help) to 7 years
Estimated Time: Under 15 minutes
Messiness: Medium

Materials:

• Paper plate
• Pink paint
• White paint
• Black paint
• Small piece of white cardboard paper
• Green cardboard paper
• Ice-cream stick
• White craft glue
• 2 googly eyes
• Scissors
• Bostik

Method:

1. Mix some white paint with the pink paint to make a light pink.
2. Paint the paper plate as well as the small piece of cardboard paper with this light pink.
3. Let to dry.
4. Whilst drying, cut out zig-zag shaped grass from green cardboard paper.
5. Once the small piece of cardboard paper has dried, cut out 2 pig ears.
6. Stick them onto the dry paper plate with craft glue.
7. Use craft glue to stick on the googly eyes.
8. Use the original pink paint (which should be much darker) to paint in an oval nose and mouth on the pig.
9. Once that is dry, paint two circles on the nose for the nostrils.
10. Use Bostik to glue the ice-cream stick to the back of the paper plate and the back of the grass pattern to join the two together. 

 Materials:

• Paper plate
• White paint
• Black paint
• A4 piece of white cardboard paper
• Green cardboard paper
• Ice-cream stick
• White craft glue
• 2 googly eyes
• Scissors
• Bostik

Method:

1. Paint 3 cow patterned "spots" onto the edge of the paper plates with black paint.
2. Use the black paint to paint an oval in the middle of the paper plate as a nose and paint on a mouth.
3. Cut out 2 cow ears and 2 cow horns from the A4 cardboard.
4. Paint the ears black and let dry.
5. Whilst drying, cut out zig-zag shaped grass from green cardboard paper.
6. Stick the ears onto the side of the now dry paper plate with craft glue.
7. Stick the horns on the top of the paper plate.
8. Use craft glue to stick on the googly eyes.
9. Once that is dry, paint two circles on the nose for the nostrils.
10. Use Bostik to glue the ice-cream stick to the back of the paper plate and the back of the grass pattern to join the two together. 

Materials:

• Paper plate
• Red paint
• Orange felt
• A4 piece of red cardboard paper
• Green cardboard paper
• Ice-cream stick
• White craft glue
• 2 googly eyes
• Scissors
• Bostik

Method:

1. Paint the paper plate red. 
2. Leave to dry.
3. Whilst drying, cut out zig-zag shaped grass from green cardboard paper.
4. Trace the child's hand onto the red cardboard paper and cut it out.
5. Stick the hand cut-out onto the dry paper plate with craft glue.
6. Use craft glue to stick on the googly eyes.
7. Cut out a triangular beak shape from the orange felt and glue onto the paper plate with craft glue
8. Use Bostik to glue the ice-cream stick to the back of the paper plate and the back of the grass pattern to join the two together. 

Materials:

• Paper plate
• Pink paint
• Black paint
• A4 piece of white cardboard paper
• Green cardboard paper
• Ice-cream stick
• White craft glue
• 2 googly eyes
• Scissors
• Bostik
• Cotton wool balls

Method:

1. Paint the A4 piece of cardboard paper black.
2. Whilst the paper is drying, glue cotton wool balls onto the paper plate. Make sure that there are no gaps.
3. Whilst drying, cut out zig-zag shaped grass from green cardboard paper.
4. Once the A4 of cardboard paper has dried, cut out 2 sheep ears and a triangular shaped head.
5. Stick them on top of the cotton wool balls with white craft glue.
6. Use craft glue to stick on the googly eyes to the now black paper.
7. Use the pink paint to paint the tip of the sheep's face into a nose. 
8. Once that is dry, paint two black circles on the nose for the nostrils.
9. Use Bostik to glue the ice-cream stick to the back of the paper plate and the back of the grass pattern to join the two together.

 

Age Group: 2 years to 6 years
Estimated Time: Under 30 minutes
Messiness: Medium


Materials:

• Paper plate
• Googly eyes
• Yellow paint
• Orange paint
• Yellow cardboard paper
• White graft glue
• Scissors 

Method:

1. Paint the paper plate yellow and leave to dry.
2. Whilst drying, trace your child's hands onto the yellow cardboard to make the chick's wings and cut them out.
3. Once the plate has dried, use orange paint to paint on a beak.
4. Use craft glue to stick on the googly eyes and to stick the hand prints onto the front of either side of the chick.