Paper Plate Kid's Craft Tutorial
The grand kids love to come to my house and do crafty stuff and this week I had the two youngest girls for a few hours in the afternoon. I found this turkey craft idea online as I always have a couple different paper plate sizes for crafting. The girls love to paint so it was a win win.
I prepared the plates ahead of the girls coming over so things were all ready for them to paint and assemble.
You will need:
- an X-acto knife and cutting matt
- acrylic paints in red, brown, orange and yellow
- old jar with water to wash brushes between color usage
- paint brushes, I used flat #12 or 1/2"
- pencil
- paper plate small or large. I used 6" plates.
- hot glue or school glue like Elmers
- scrap paper in orange and red
- googly eyes
- I traced the bottom of 2-1/4" & 2" bottles for the turkey face/body
Trace out your turkey head with the 2 inch bottle base and then trace the body with the just over 2 inch bottle. It doesn't have to be perfect...just roll with it. :) Once that is finished, trace the outer paper plate circle as shown and then cut it all out with your knife. I marked the approx paint lines lightly in pencil on the outer edge of the plate, all around, so the girls had a guide to follow. Lydia did her own thing which was fine. I had scrap paper and just winged out a triangle orange nose and a red waddle.
Once all lines are marked and cut out, it's time to get crafty with some paint! Oh, and having a hair dryer is handy to dry paint between layers. One layer just wasn't enough. Also, it will dry quicker if all paint lines are smoothed out nicely. :)
The girls had a great time painting and being creative. You could even add some bling by gluing sequins to their "feathers". The Dollar Tree is a great resource for inexpensive supplies also.
Once all paint is dry, attach the eyes, nose and waddle with glue and you're done!
They are so cute and the girls had a great time together!
Happy Crafting,
Lee Anne