Paper Plate Bee #2

3 year old boy

Materials:

• Paper plate
• Yellow poster paint
• Black poster paint
• Black pom-pom
• Googly eye
• 2 pipe cleaners
• White craft glue
• Cellotape
• Black kokie

Method:

1. Paint the paper plate yellow and let dry.
2. With the black paint, draw stripes down the bee and let dry.
3. Use craft glue to stick on the googly eye.
4. Use craft glue to stick on the pom-pom as the bee's stinger.
5. Use the black kokie to draw on a mouth.
6. Twist the pipe cleaners into wing shapes and use the cellotape to stick them to the back of the plate.

2 Peas in a Pod

3 year old boy

Materials:

• Paper plate
• Green paper
• Green paint
• Scissors
• White cardboard paper
• White craft glue
• Green pastels/crayons/kokies

Method:

1. Paint the paper plate green and leave to dry.
2. Cut the dry paper plate in half.
3. Cut out 2 circles from the green paper and stick them onto the top of the white card.
4. Glue one half of the paper plate at the bottom of the card, covering half of the circles.
5. Discard the other half of the plate.
6. Use the pastels to draw faces on the circles (peas)

Paper Plate Bunny Rabbit

2 year old

3 year old

Materials:

• 2 paper plates
• Pink pastel
• Black pastel
• Pink pom-pom
• 2 cotton wool puffs
• White craft glue
• White cardboard paper
• Scissors
• 2 googly eyes
• Stapler and staples

Method:

1. Colour the inner circle of one of the paper plates pink.
2. Use the scissors to cut the paper plate in half.
3. On the other paper plate, use the craft glue to stick on the 2 googly eyes.
4. Use craft glue to stick on the pom-pom nose and 2 cotton wool puffs on either side of the nose.
5. Use the pink pastel to draw in a mouth.
6. From the white card, cut out a bow tie and colour it in.
7. Use the craft glue to stick the bow tie below the mouth.
8. Use the stapler to staple the ears to the face.

Paper Plate and Tissue Paper Ladybug

Age Group: 2 years to 6 years
Estimated Time: Around 30 minutes
Messiness: High

Materials:

• 2 paper plates
• Red tissue paper cut into squares
• White craft glue
• Black paint
• Scissors 
• Pipe cleaners
• Cellotape

Method:

1. Cut the middle out of one of the paper plates to make a head.
2. Paint on the dots, stripe and eyes of the ladybug.
3. Once dry, apply a thin layer of craft glue over the entire surface of the ladybug (head and body).
4. Stick the red tissue paper squares onto the glue.
5. Use cellotape to stick the pipe cleaners to the under side of the head to create feelers.

Paper Plate Bee #1

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


Materials:

• 2 paper plates
• Yellow paint
• Black paint
• Pipe cleaner
• White craft glue
• Cellotape

Method:

1. Paint both paper plates yellow and leave to dry.
2. Once they have dried, cut out the middle of the one paper plate for the head. 
3. Use black paint to paint on the bee's stripes and face.
4. Cut the pipe cleaner in half and twist each one into shape.
5. Use cellotape to stick each pipe cleaner to the under part of the head.
6. Use craft glue to stick the head to the body.

Paper Plate Clown

Age Group: 4 years (with help) to 8 years
Estimated Time: Under 30 minutes
Messiness: Low

Materials:

• Paper plate
• White cardboard paper
• Coloured cardboard paper
• 2 pom-poms
• Crayons
• Kokies
• White craft glue
• Scissors

Method:

1. Cut out a long triangular shape from the white cardboard and colour it in with different coloured crayons to make the clown's hat.
2. Trace your child's hands on the coloured cardboard and cut them out to create the clown's hair.
3. With a black kokie, draw on the clown's eyes.
4. With two different coloured kokies, draw rectangles around the eyes.
5. With a pink kokie, draw circles for cheeks and with a red kokie, draw a mouth.
6. Use craft glue to stick the hand prints to the back of the paper plate and the hat onto the front of the paper plate.
7. Use craft glue to stick a pom-pom on the top of the hat and another pom-pom for a nose.

Paper Plate Sun

Age Group: 2 years (with help) to 6 years
Estimated Time: Under 30 minutes
Messiness: Medium

Materials:

• Paper plater
• Yellow paint
• Black paint
• Yellow cardboard paper
• Orange cardboard paper
• White craft glue
• Scissors

Method:

1. Paint the paper plate yellow and set aside to dry.
2. Whilst drying, cut out triangles from the yellow and orange card to make the sun's rays.
3. Once the paper plate has dried, use craft glue to glue the triangles on to the back of the plate. 
4. With black paint, paint on sunglasses and a mouth.

Paper Plate Dinosaur

Age Group: 2 years (with help) to 6 years
Estimated Time: Under 30 minutes
Messiness: Medium

Materials:

• 2 paper plates
• White cardboard paper
• Green paint
• 7 split pins
• Scissors
• Black kokie

Method:

1. Paint both paper plates green and leave to dry.
2. Out of the white cardboard paper, cut out 4 equal length and width rectangles for the legs and an oval for the head.
3. Paint the green and leave to dry.
4. On one of the paper plates, cut a straight line about 2 thirds down the plate to make the dinosaur's body.
5. From the second paper plate, cut out about 1 third of the plate's rim for the neck.
6. Cut out the tail from the same plate.
7. Assemble all the parts of the dinosaur using split pins so that every part of it is movable. 
8. With the black kokie, draw an eye and a mouth onto the dinosaur's head.

Paper Plate Frog # 1

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

Materials:

• Paper plate
• White cardboard paper
• Green cardboard paper
• Black kokie
• White craft glue
• Scissors
• Green paint 

Method:

1. Paint the paper plate green and put aside to dry.
2. Whilst the plate dries, trace your child's hands onto the green cardboard paper and cut them out.
3. Cut out two long oval shaped eyes.
4. With the black kokie, draw smaller half ovals near the bottom of the eyes and colour them in for the pupils.
5. Once the plate has dried, use craft glue to stick the hands and eyes to the back of the plate.
6. Draw in a mouth and nostrils with the black kokie. 

Paper Plate Frog # 2

3 year old

2 year old

 Materials:

• Paper plate
• Green poster paint
• Pink poster paint
• Black poster paint
• 2 A4 pieces of white cardboard paper
• White craft glue
• Scissors

Method:

1. Paint the underside of the paper plate green.
2. Paint your child's hands green and place them on one of the white pieces of card.
3. Cut out a strip from the other piece of white card and paint it pink.
4. Let everything dry.
5. Once the handprints have dried, cut them out.
6. Use craft glue to stick them to the back of the paper plate as legs.
7. Glue both sides of the pink strip together to create a circle and use the craft glue to stick it to the middle of the plate.
8. From the left over white card, cut out 2 circles for eyes.
9. Paint the middle of the eyes with black poster paint and let them dry.
10. Once dried, use craft glue to stick them to the top of the paper plate.
11. You now have a frog!!

Button Car

4 year old

Materials:

• Paper plate
• Scissors
• White cardboard paper or black cardboard paper
• Buttons
• White craft glue
• Orange poster paint
• Black poster paint
• Glitter glue

Method:

1. Cut the paper plate in half.
2. Paint it using the orange poster paint.
3. Leave to dry.
4. Whilst drying, paint the white card black (or alternatively use black paper).
5. Leave to dry.
6. Let the child choose an array of buttons and once the plate is dry, use the craft glue to stick them all over the plate.
7. Once the card is dry, cut out 2 circles for the wheels.
8. Use craft glue to stick them onto the back of the paper plate.

Speckled Beans Sea Bed

Age Group: 2 years (with help) to 8 years
Estimated Time: Under 30 minutes
Messiness: Medium

Materials:

• Paper plate
• Blue poster paint
• Speckled beans
• White craft glue
• Scissors
• Small piece of yellow cardboard paper
• Googly eye 

Method:

1. Paint the whole of the paper plate blue and put aside to dry.
2. Whilst drying, cut out a small, simple fish shape from the yellow cardboard.
3. Once the plate has dried, spread a thin layer of craft glue on the bottom third of the plate and sprinkle with speckled beans to create the sea bed.
4. Stick on the fish and googly eye.

Leopard Mask

Materials:

• Paper plate
• White cardboard paper
• Black kokie
• Orange poster paint
• Black poster paint
• Brown poster paint
• Scissors
• White craft glue
• 2 black pipe cleaners
• Craft knife (for mask)
• 2 googly eyes (optional)

Method:

1. Paint the underside of the paper plate orange.
2. Cut out 2 large round-edged rectangles from the white card and paint them orange.
3. Cut out 2 smaller round-edged rectangles from the white card and paint them brown.
4. Let everything dry.
5. Once the plate is dry, daub the tip of a paintbrush, covered in black paint, onto the plate to create spots.
6. Cut out a round-edged triangle from the white card for the nose.
7. Once everything has dried, use craft glue to stick them all into place.
8. Bend the pipe cleaners in half and use craft glue to stick them to the paper plate. You will have to hold them down for a minute or 2 to make sure they stick.
9. Use the black kokie to draw on a mouth.
10. If you choose to make the mask, use the craft knife to cut out holes for your child's eyes, otherwise use the craft glue to stick on the googly eyes.

Paper Plate Hippo

3 year old

3 year old

Materials:

• 2 paper plates
• Grey poster paint
• Pink poster paint
• Scissors
• White craft glue
• 2 googly eyes
• 2 pieces of white cardboard paper
• Black kokie

Method:

1. Paint the underside of both paper plates grey and leave to dry.
2. Paint one of the white cards grey and also leave to dry.
3. Once the paper plates have dried entirely, turn one over and paint it pink. 
4. Leave to dry.
5. From the grey card, cut out to ears and 2 nostrils.
6. From the white card, cut out 4 teeth.
7. Cut the edges of the paper plates off to create rectangle shapes, with the short sides still being curved and the long sides being straight.
8. Fold the pink and grey paper plate in half with the pink being on the inside. 
9. Use craft glue to stick one of the grey sides onto the bottom half of the other grey plate to create a mouth.
10. Use craft glue to stick on the ears, nostrils, eyes and teeth.
11. Use the black kokie to draw dots around the nostrils.

Not-So-Wicked Witch

Materials:

• Paper plate
• Green poster paint
• White craft glue
• 2 googly eyes
• Yellow wool
• Orange paper
• Black kokie
• Black cardboard paper
• Stapler and staples
• Scissors

Method:

1. Paint the paper plate green. I daubed the paintbrush onto the plate rather than painted normally as it creates a nicer effect.
2. Whilst drying, cut out a triangular shape from the orange paper for the nose.
3. Cut out a long, pointy triangle from the black card.
4. Cut out a long rectangle from the black card and staple it onto the bottom of the triangle to make the hat.
5. Cut about 10 or so long strands of yellow wool - try get them the same size.
6. Once the plate has dried, use the craft glue to stick on the googly eyes and nose.
7. To stick down the wool, spread craft glue at the top and down the side edges of the plate so that the wool sticks around the plate.
8. Staple the hat onto the paper plate. I stapled it once on each side to secure it in place - this is much easier than using glue!!
9. Use the black kokie to draw the mouth.

Toucan

Materials:

• Paper plate
• 2 A4 pieces of black cardboard paper
• Black poster paint
• Green poster paint
• Red poster paint
• Scissors
• White craft glue
• Googly eye
• Brown cardboard paper
• Red tissue paper
• Yellow tissue paper

Method:

1. Cut the paper plate in half.
2. Paint the front side of the one paper plate half black.
3. Paint the under side of the other paper plate half mostly green, with the tip being red.
4. Whilst drying, trace your hand onto the black card. Your fingers must be together, not spread apart.
5. Cut out.
6. Cut out the body from the other piece of black card. (See picture)
7. From the brown card, cut out 2 feet.
8. Tear up the red and yellow tissue paper and roll into balls.
9. Use the craft glue to stick the googly eye onto the body.
10. Once the plates have dried, use craft glue to stick them onto the body where they are meant to go. (See picture)
11. Use craft glue to stick most of the red tissue paper balls in a row above the feet.
12. Stick the yellow tissue paper balls around the eye and down the side of the beak. 
13. Stick a few red balls onto the edge of the yellow balls.

Paper Plate Handbag

Materials:

• Paper plate
• Pink paint
• Pink wool
• Hole punch

Method:

1. Paint the top side of the paper plate pink.
2. Once dried, punch holes around the plate.
3. Fold the plate in half so that the pink is on the outside. Try match the holes but it is not serious if they are out of sync.
4. Thread the pink wool through the holes "sewing" the 2 sides of the plate together.
5. Leave some wool at the top to be able to tie into a handle.

Paper Plate and Feather Owl

Materials:

• 2 paper plates
• A3 black cardboard paper
• Silver star stickers
• Blue paper
• Black paper
• Orange paper
• Scissors
• White craft glue
• Pritt glue
• White feathers
• White paint

Method:

1. Paint the back of one of the paper plates white. You may have to do 2 coats.
2. Whilst drying, cut the other paper plate up to make 2 wings.
3. Cut out 2 rounded squares from the blue paper.
4. Cut out a rounded triangle from the orange paper.
5. Cut out 2 small circles from the black paper.
6. Use Pritt glue to glue on the eyes and beak.
7. Use the craft glue to stick the wings and head to the black card.
8. Use the craft glue to stick the feathers onto the wings.
9. Randomly stick silver stars onto the black background.

Clothes Peg Golden Sun

3 year old

 Materials:

• Paper plate
• Yellow poster paint
• 2 googly eyes
• 5 clothes pegs
• Purple tissue paper
• Red tissue paper
• Orange tissue paper
• Yellow tissue paper
• Blue tissue paper
• White craft glue
• Red kokie

Method:

1. Cut the paper plate in half.
2. Paint the one half yellow.
3. Paint the 5 clothes pegs yellow.
4. Cut out 1 strip of each of the colours of tissue paper.
5. Once the plate has dried, use craft glue to stick the strips to the straight part of the plate.
6. Use craft glue to stick on the googly eyes.
7. Use the red kokie to draw a mouth.
8. Once the pegs have dried, clip them onto the outside of the sun!

Cabaret Paper Plate Fish

Materials:

• Paper plate
• Acrylic paint
• Sequins
• Googly eye
• Feather
• White craft glue
• Scissors
• Cardboard paper

Method:

1. Use the acrylic paint to paint the paper plate (I use acrylic as it gives a more professional, shiny finish)
2. Cut a mouth and use the cut out as a tail.
3. Stick the tail to the back of the fish with craft glue.
4. Decorate with paper hats, sequins and feather using craft glue to stick them into place.