Do you love making paper plate crafts with kids? Well friend, then today's post is for you. Today I'm sharing a great collection of 7 adorable paper plate crafts, guaranteed to bring smiles to everyone's faces!
Showing posts with label animals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label animals. Show all posts
Friday, October 30, 2015
Thursday, October 22, 2015
Easy and Colorful Paper Plate Snakes
Sometimes the easy and classic preschool crafts are the best. Today I'm sharing a super easy paper plate craft for all reptile-loving kids. We're crafting some beautiful paper plate snakes!
Watercolor Paper Plate Snakes
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015
How to Make Colorful and fun paper plate dragons! (And our 10+ Favorite Dragon Books)
Have you seen our paper plate dragons? My preschooler is currently on a dragon kick and we've been reading dragon books, watching dragon movies, and making dragon crafts... of course!
If you have a dragon lover at home, then you'll love this craft too. I've even included a template so that you can easily make these paper plate dragons with your little ones too!
Let's get making!
If you have a dragon lover at home, then you'll love this craft too. I've even included a template so that you can easily make these paper plate dragons with your little ones too!
Let's get making!
Make these Colorful and fun paper plate dragons!
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Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Gorgeous Fluttering Paper Plate Butterflies
Last week I shared these beautiful hyper colorful painted paper plate flowers. Since y'all seemed to enjoy them so much, today I'm continuing with the paper plate craft theme and sharing these lovely paper plate butterflies as well!
Gorgeous Fluttering Paper Plate Butterflies!
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Friday, July 17, 2015
Easy Kirigami Fish Craft
Howdy! For those of you living above the equator-- how's summer so far? I'm slowly recovering from illness (hooray!) Our days are packed with swim classes, trips to the library, play dates, and night time walks. Is it just me, or is summer just as busy as the rest of the school year?
Lately, I honestly haven't had the time (or energy) to craft. (Do you ever feel that way too?) Well, in case you wanted a quick, summer craft to do with the kids, I'm sharing this easy kirigami fish craft today! I've always enjoyed paper cutting and folding crafts, so I thought this was a really great way for young children to get creative with scissors and paper too!
Lately, I honestly haven't had the time (or energy) to craft. (Do you ever feel that way too?) Well, in case you wanted a quick, summer craft to do with the kids, I'm sharing this easy kirigami fish craft today! I've always enjoyed paper cutting and folding crafts, so I thought this was a really great way for young children to get creative with scissors and paper too!
Let's make some Kirigami Fish!
Tuesday, July 7, 2015
Make Super Graphic and Colorful Shark Sun Catchers with Kids
Did you know that it's Shark Week? We don't have cable, so I had no idea until someone else informed me. While I'm not quite sure what Shark Week entails.... we do love learning about sharks and doing easy shark crafts..... like this
Super Easy Shark Sun Catcher Craft!
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Thursday, June 25, 2015
DIY Super Cute Cat Bookmarks
Colorful. Cat. Bookmarks. Well, if that doesn't lure you in, I'm not sure what will! Today I'm over at DIYCandy sharing how I made these cute cat bookmarks from paint chips. So come stop on by!
Ha! Look at all these cats! I feel like a cat-lady....
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Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Make a Pirate Toilet Roll Craft With Your Mateys!
Toilet roll crafts, ah we've done so many toilet roll crafts over the years. They're simple, fun, and there are oh so many options! For last month's MollyMoo Contribution, I made these adorable cardboard roll mermaid and hula girls. This month I'm mixing it up... with a cute Pirate and Parrot Toilet Roll Pair. Arrrgh! So head on over to MollyMoo's, me hearties, and you'll find the full tutorial there!
Toilet Roll Pirate and Parrot
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Friday, April 17, 2015
Tape Resist Ant Art!
Are you going buggy over spring? Well, then today the preschool collaborators and I have 5 preschool bug activities that you'll absolutely love. We've been digging ants lately, so I thought it would be fun to combine art and science to make some tape resist ant art!
(And if you're looking for even more bug crafts, check out these egg carton bugs and my
fluttering butterfly craft!)
(And if you're looking for even more bug crafts, check out these egg carton bugs and my
fluttering butterfly craft!)
Tape Resist Ant Art!
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Monday, April 13, 2015
Kid Science: Studying Bird Beaks
Now that it's spring, I feel a severe kick in the bum to start doing more nature and science themed activities with Chuck. There's something really cool about seeing blossoms, birds, bees, and bugs (whoa- bs!) all around. We recently visited our nearby natural history museum and Chuck spent quite a bit of time playing with a bird beak activity. It was so simple and fun that I had to share it here!
Kid Science: Studying Bird Beaks with Kids
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Thursday, March 26, 2015
Paper Bag Bunny Pinata
Last weekend we attended a friend's Easter party. It was so fun! The kids dyed eggs, played with play dough, went on an egg hunt, and broke open a paper bag bunny pinata. What? Yup. I know, Easter isn't usually associated with pinatas, but I made this super quick and easy pinata from a paper bag to add a bit more fun for the little guys.
Happy creating, friends!
Paper Bag Bunny Pinata
To see how I made this cute guy (and the goodies we fit inside), visit MollyMoo for bunny pinata directions. And if you're looking for more holiday crafts, definitely check out my other Easter crafts (like these fun confetti eggs.)
Let's keep in Contact!
Happy creating, friends!
Friday, March 6, 2015
10 Ocean Crafts and Activities
This week's Creative Preschool Collaborator's theme is Oceans and Fish! I was excited to tackle the theme because Chuck LOVES going to the beach and playing in the ocean. So keep reading for some ocean themed storybook ideas, 10 preschool ocean crafts/activities, AND 4 other kid blogger's creative Ocean themed activities!
10 Ocean Crafts and Activties
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Thursday, February 26, 2015
Shark Binoculars
We are in LOVE with shark crafts over here. Love, love, love them.
So when I was sent a bunch of free craft materials from Horizon Group awhile back, I knew what we had to use them to make.... Shark toilet roll binoculars!
So when I was sent a bunch of free craft materials from Horizon Group awhile back, I knew what we had to use them to make.... Shark toilet roll binoculars!
Toilet Roll Shark Binoculars
Aren't they adorable? They are my favorite shark-themed craft so far!
Sunday, February 1, 2015
Chinese New Year Dragon Puppet
Chinese New Year is coming soon! We've been so engrossed in Valentine's day crafts lately, that I almost forgot about the holiday. But today we're rectifying that mistake. Last year we made these 2 really easy dragon puppets. (Definitely check them out because they were super cute and super easy. Plus, I included free printable templates!)
This year we're keeping with the dragon theme and making this Chinese New Year Dragon Puppet from recycled cardboard! It's an upgraded version of last year's craft because you can actually move this dragon around!
This year we're keeping with the dragon theme and making this Chinese New Year Dragon Puppet from recycled cardboard! It's an upgraded version of last year's craft because you can actually move this dragon around!
Recycled Chinese New Year Dragon Puppet
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Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Valentine, you set my heart aflutter
Last week I shared about our new fascination with butterflies. (You can read about it and see our fluttering butterfly kid craft here.) My mind was still on butterflies when I came up with this idea for a DIY butterfly notebook.
You can easily make this butterfly notebook from items lying around your home. Plus, it would be a nice handmade gift to give someone for Valentine's Day too. (It even fits into our 10 funny pun-y Valentine's Day craft series!)
You can see my first funny, pun-y craft here (Craft 1: "You Rock My World" Rocks).
You can easily make this butterfly notebook from items lying around your home. Plus, it would be a nice handmade gift to give someone for Valentine's Day too. (It even fits into our 10 funny pun-y Valentine's Day craft series!)
Funny Pun-y Valentine's Day Craft 2: "You set my Heart aflutter" Butterfly Notebooks!
You can see my first funny, pun-y craft here (Craft 1: "You Rock My World" Rocks).
Thursday, January 1, 2015
Fluttering Butterfly Craft!
Hello friends! Today I wanted to share this really neat fluttering butterfly craft that I recently did with Chuck. We cut out, painted, and folded butterflies that flutter when you move them! (We also made some lovely butterfly notebooks too!) The whole process entertained Chuck for quite awhile, so I thought other kids might like it too!
I know it's winter, and most people are doing winter crafts with their kids, but honestly, I just haven't had the heart to do so. Our weather is right now in the 60s which is totally bizarre to me. I'm used to cold, wet, or snowy winters.... not cool, sunny ones. It's very weird ... but I'm thankful for the sun and warmth!
This butterfly craft was inspired by our local butterfly grove. Nearby our home is a plot of land where monarch butterflies migrate to during the winter. How neat is that? Last week we hiked up to the butterfly grove and saw thousands of butterflies, clumped together in tree branches. It was a pretty amazing sight. (And I WISH I could have taken photos of them, but they were just too high up to get a decent shot.) One of the other children at the park found a dead butterfly on the ground and showed everyone. Chuck really wanted to find one of his own, but we never did. So I came up with this craft so that he could have his very own fluttering butterfly.
Fluttering Butterfly Craft
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I know it's winter, and most people are doing winter crafts with their kids, but honestly, I just haven't had the heart to do so. Our weather is right now in the 60s which is totally bizarre to me. I'm used to cold, wet, or snowy winters.... not cool, sunny ones. It's very weird ... but I'm thankful for the sun and warmth!
This butterfly craft was inspired by our local butterfly grove. Nearby our home is a plot of land where monarch butterflies migrate to during the winter. How neat is that? Last week we hiked up to the butterfly grove and saw thousands of butterflies, clumped together in tree branches. It was a pretty amazing sight. (And I WISH I could have taken photos of them, but they were just too high up to get a decent shot.) One of the other children at the park found a dead butterfly on the ground and showed everyone. Chuck really wanted to find one of his own, but we never did. So I came up with this craft so that he could have his very own fluttering butterfly.
Looking for kids' butterfly books?
This would definitely be a great craft to go along with any of these great butterfly books!
- Hungry Catterpillar
- My Oh My- A butterfly
- Butterfly and Moth
- Gideon's Dream
- From Caterpillar to Butterfly
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Snake puppets!
Looking for a fun snake craft? Yup. Chuck still digs snakes. Now, we've made our fair share of snake crafts around here... (Check out our twisty snake sculpture, moveable cardboard snake, and bubble snakes!) But today I thought I'd just share a really easy snake puppet that I recently made for him!
Snake Puppets!
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Friday, December 26, 2014
Make a set of Shark Teeth!
Lately Chuck's wanted to make cardboard toys that move and do things! That's fine with me, because I really enjoyed making moveable snakes, rocket launchers, paper slingshots, and climbing cardboard circus men with him. Currently he's OBSESSED with sharks. So I came up with this quick and easy egg carton shark craft.
Make a set of Sharp Shark* Teeth!
(*or alligator... or crocodile... or dinosaur... etc.. etc..)
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Thursday, November 6, 2014
Moveable Cardboard Snake Craft
Let the snake crafts continue! Yesterday I shared this easy twisty snake sculpture. Today I wanted to show how we made this cardboard toilet roll snake... that actually moves!
Moveable Toilet Roll Snake!
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(By the way, according to Chuck this snake is very poisonous. I can vouch for that. It's bitten me and I've "died" quite a few times!)
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Twisty Snake Sculpture! (Template Included)
Do snakes and reptiles set your heart aflutter? A couple of months ago we found a small garden snake sunning in our backyard. Chuck and I watched it slithering away, mesmerized by how it moved. In honor of our reptilian visitor, I'll be sharing 2 easy and fun snake crafts today and tomorrow on the blog.
Twisty Snake Sculpture!
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