We adore paper plate crafts for kids! Other than construction paper, paper plates are quite possibly the easiest crafting supply around. It’s sturdy build make it easier to cut than cardboard and paint. You can glue things to them, fold them, rock them, wear them and toss them!
This roundup of our best paper plate crafts for kids is always being added to! So you will always find something new and creative to make at school or at home wi toddlers, preschoolers and Kindergarten aged children. There are even great ideas here for older kids as well!
This awesome list of paper plate crafts not only include fun and easy animal crafts, book based crafts, craft games and more, there are also tons of holiday themed crafts from Christmas, Easter, Chinese New Year, Halloween, Fall, Spring and more!
You and your child will enjoy making all these easy and fun ideas! Many of which toddlers and preschoolers can make all on their own!
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Easy Paper Plate Crafts for Kids
Paper Plate Sunshine Craft
Bring the warmth and brightness of the sun right into your home with a delightful Paper Plate Sunshine Craft! In this blog post, we’ll explore a fun and easy DIY project using a simple paper plate as the canvas for our radiant sun creation.
Paper Plate Ice Cream Craft
his simple yet creative project combines everyday materials like paper plates, tissue paper, and cardboard to create a whimsical ice cream masterpiece.Â
Paper Plate Caterpillar Craft
This paper plate caterpillar craft is so much fun to make with kids! If you need caterpillar craft ideas, this one is a great spring craft!
Paper Plate Ring Toss Bear: Craft and Game for Kids
Adorable Paper Plate Koala Craft for Kids
Make this fun and realistic koala craft with your kids for Chinese or the Lunar New Year or any time of the year!
Super Easy Paper Plate Cloud Rainbow Craft
Paper Plate Rainbow Craft is an adorable rainbow craft for toddlers and preschoolers! A fun colour matching and fine motor craft for Spring!
George Washington Carver Paper Plate Peanut Craft
Here is a fun and easy paper plate peanut craft inspired by George Washington Carver for Black History Month.
Paper Plate Teddy Bear Pouch Craft for Kids
This paper plate teddy bear pouch is a fun craft for kids! Create a pouch to store treasures that is as cute as your child’s teddy bear.
Paper Plate Tiger Pouch Craft for Kids
Paper Plate Tiger pouch is a fun and easy craft for preschoolers. It is super easy to make and a great activity to combine with a zoo unit.
Easy Paper Plate Tiger Craft
Paper Plate Tiger is a fun and easy craft for toddlers and preschoolers. It’s a great fine motor skills activity and creates unique tiger!
Spinning Paper Plate Flower Craft
Spinning Paper Plate Flower Craft is an easy craft for toddlers and preschoolers. Create a paper plate flower that spins when you turn it!
Paper Plate Self Portrait Craft for Preschoolers
Create paper plate self portrait craft with your preschool for an easy way to talk about all the things that make us special and unique.
Paper Plate Umbrella Craft
Paper plate umbrella craft is simple toddler craft for spring! It’s a great way to entertain toddlers or preschoolers indoors on a rainy day!
Tissue Paper Apple Craft
Tissue Paper Apple Craft is a fun and easy fall craft for toddlers and preschoolers using tissue paper and water!
Rocking Shark Craft for Preschoolers
Rocking paper plate shark craft is an adorable craft to create with kids. Paint a rocking shark using pom poms!
Rocking Ladybug Craft for Spring
Rocking Ladybug Craft is an adorable paper plate craft to do this Spring Day. Create these beautiful ladybug that rocks using dot makers!
Easy Cardboard Bicycle Craft for Kids
Cardboard bicycle craft is a fun and easy craft for preschoolers. Create your very own bicycle craft you can take for a spin!
Cardboard Marble Run Craft for Kids
There’s nothing better than a marble run. The next time you’re looking for a craft, try making a cardboard marble run for a fun challenge!
Spider Threading Colour Matching Activity
Spider Threading Colour Matching Activity is a fun colour matching and fine motor activity for preschoolers and kindergartners.
Adorable Bubble Wrap Jellyfish Craft
Save that bubble wrap to make an adorable bubble wrap jellyfish craft! This easy craft is great for preschoolers and kindergarteners.
Puffy Paint Rainbow Craft
Puffy Paint Rainbow Craft is a fun and easy spring rainbow craft for toddlers and preschoolers! Make a fluffy looking cloud with puffy paint!
Easy Stained Glass Snowman Craft
This adorable stained glass snowman craft is the perfect indoor craft activity for a cold snowy day! Create beautiful snowman window art!
Cupcake Liner Fish Craft
Cupcake Liner Fish is a fun preschooler craft to create anytime of the year. The cupcake liners create the perfect fins!
DIY Tambourine Craf
DIY Tambourine is a fun and easy musical instrument craft for toddlers and preschoolers. Create a musical instrument to use during music time!
2 Adorable Hedgehog Crafts for Kids
These are such adorable Hedgehog crafts for kids. Your preschooler will have lots of fun making and playing with these fluffy hedgehogs!
Washi Tape & Watercolours Butterfly Craft
Washi Tape Butterfly is a beautiful spring craft for kids. It uses my favorite crafting supplies: washi tape and watercolors!
Rosa Parks Rocking Bus Craft
Rosa Parks Rocking Bus Craft is a fun and easy craft for kids. It’s a great activity to do during Black History Month or anytime of the year!
Washi Tape Sesame Street Character Craft
Washi Tape Sesame Street character craft is a fun activity for toddlers and preschoolers using washi tape and watercolours!
Rainbow Sun Catcher Craft
This rainbow sun catcher craft is a wonder contact paper craft for kids of all ages! Create textured rainbow art that is beautiful for St. Patrick’s Day or Spring!
Puffy Paint Apple Craft for kids
Puffy Paint Apple Craft is fun and easy fall craft for kids! An amazing sensory craft for toddlers and preschoolers and kids alike!
Paper Plate Cat in the Hat Dr. Seuss Craft for Kids
My kids can’t get enough of the Cat in the Hat! Make this easy fork painted paper plate Cat in the Hat craft for Dr. Seuss week!
Paper Plate Llama Craft
Swimming Octopus Craft
Paper Plate Dinosaur Craft
Simple Holiday Paper Plate Crafts for Kids
Paper Plate Christmas Tree Craft for Kids
This paper plate Christmas tree craft is a fun craft for toddlers and preschoolers. A great fine motor for the holidays.
Paper Plate Santa Craft
Create this jolly paper plate Santa craft in this adorable Holiday craft for kids. A fun way to create the big guy this Christmas!
Paper Plate Diwali Diya Craft
The festival of lights is just around the corner, and what better way to brighten up the celebrations than with a delightful craft that lights up not just our homes but also the spark of creativity in children? This Paper Plate Diwali Diya Craft is a fantastic project that’s simple, fun, and adds a handmade touch to your festive decorations.Â
Easy Easter Bunny Paper Plate Pouch Craft for Kids
Easter Bunny Paper Plate Pouch Craft is a fun and easy craft for toddlers and preschoolers to create this Easter! Using a paper plate!
Easy Puffy Paint Easter Egg Craft
Fluffy Puffy Paint Easter Egg is a fun and adorable craft to create for Easter. Create a fluffy adorable Easter egg using puffy paint!
Fun Paper Plate Easter Bunny Craft for Kids
Paper Plate Easter Bunny Craft for Kids is a fun and easy craft for toddlers & preschoolers. This cute Bunny craft is a great way for Easter!
Adorable Paper Plate Easter Egg Craft for Kids
Paper Plate Easter Egg Craft is an easy craft for toddlers and preschoolers to create this Easter! Craft an Easter egg using a paper plate!
Paper Plate Peace Craft for MLK Jr. Day
Paper Plate Peace Craft for MLK Jr. Day is a fun craft for MLK Jr. Day for kids. It’s a great craft to mark MLK Jr. and his message of peace.
Unity Rings Craft for Kids
Unity Wreath is a fun and easy wreath craft for kids using paper plates! It is also a great way to continue the conversation about race.
Paper Plate Pumpkin Craft
This paper plate pumpkin craft is a great Halloween craft for toddlers and preschoolers! Create a cute pumpkin with tissue paper!
DIY Halloween Masks for Kids
Make your own masks for Halloween with these super adorable DIY masks! They make a great addition to a DIY costume or just for fun.
Pom Pom Painted Pumpkin Craft for Toddlers
Pom Pom Painted Pumpkin Craft is a simple pumpkin craft for toddlers and preschoolers. A great way to keep them busy this Halloween!
Yarn Lacing Pumpkin Craft for Kids
Create this unique craft with your kids this Halloween: a yarn lacing pumpkin! It makes a great addition to any Halloween decor this season!
Paint Splat Pumpkin Craft for Kids
This easy paper plate craft is perfect for Halloween. Make a Paint Splat Pumpkin Craft with you toddler or preschooler this Fall!
Puffy Paint Pumpkin Craft for Kids
Puffy Paint Pumpkin Craft is fun and easy fall craft for kids! An amazing sensory craft for toddlers and preschoolers and kids alike!
Paper Plate Heart Sewing Craft for Valentine’s Day
Love is in the air! Today we’re showing you how to make a paper plate heart sewing craft. One of the coolest Valentine’s day crafts ever.
Paper Plate Rocking Love Birds Valentine’s Day Craft
Rocking Love Birds Valentine’s Craft is an adorable paper plate craft for toddlers and preschooler to do this Valentine’s Day.
Textured Heart Sun Catchers
Paper Plate Textured Heart Sun Catchers is a fun contact paper craft for toddlers and preschoolers. The results are an unique sun catcher craft!
Shamrock Sun Catcher Craft
Paper Plate Textured Heart Sun Catchers is a fun contact paper craft for toddlers and preschoolers. The results are an unique sun catcher craft!
Easy Paper Plate Leprechaun Craft for Toddlers
Paper Plate Leprechaun is a fun St. Patrick’s Day craft for toddlers and preschoolers. Make this easy craft with your kids this March!
Candy Wrapper Turkey Craft
Candy Wrapper Turkey Craft an easy Turkey craft for Thanksgiving using all that Halloween candy! It is an amazing craft for preschoolers!
Age Suitability for Paper Plate Crafts
These activities are good for toddlers aged children 2 years old and up. My kids are 5, 5 and 8 years old.
Mess Level
The mess level for these activities varies.
Difficulty to Create
Low.
Skills Developed Paper Plate Crafts
Language development, shape recognition, color recognition, hand-eye coordination, fine motor skills, imaginative play, creativity.
Toddler and Preschooler Curriculums, Books & TV Show!
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Play2Learn Toddler & Preschool Programs for Curious Toddlers
There is no limit to your toddler’s energy and curiosity. That energy and curiosity although a joy can be challenging at times. Their interest in just about everything around them is what makes them great learners. One and two year olds can soak up so much just from their senses!
But as a teacher or parent that thirst for learning can be exhausting. That is why I created this toddler and preschooler program. To help you get the most out of this time with your curious toddler without having to come up with creative ways to play and interact with them.
Play2Learn for Toddlers includes 20 Units for toddlers. Each 2-week toddler unit has 20 super easy to set up and engaging activities for toddlers 18 months to 3 years.
Play2Learn Preschool which includes 20 Units for preschoolers. Each 2-week preschoolers unit has 20 unique and easy to set up and engaging activities for preschoolers 3 years to 5 years. That’s over 800 learning activities for your toddler and preschooler at your fingertips! So many ideas you and your child will never be bored again!
These toddler and preschool lesson plans and activities will definitely keep you and your toddler and preschooler busy playing and learning!
Click here for more information: Play2Learn
Designed for toddlers 18 months and up.
Book: Exciting Sensory Bins for Curious Kids
Did you know I wrote a book of sensory bins? Click here for more information Exciting Sensory Bin for Curious Kids. Or grab your copy at Amazon.
Boring afternoons are made exciting with awesome animal-based bins, like Salty Shark Bay or Yarn Farm. Pretend play bins like Birthday Cake Sensory Play or Bubble Tea Party encourage creativity and imagination. And your kids will have so much fun they won’t even know they’re getting smarter with STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) activities like Sink or Float Soup, Magnetic Letter Hunt or Ice Cream Scoop and Count.
Designed for toddlers 18 months and up.
Book: Super STEAM Activity Book for Kids
Learning all about science, technology, engineering, art, and math sets kids up for scholastic success―and it can be so much fun! Watch kids enjoy building STEAM skills as they color friendly fish, help water find its way to tree roots, solve math problems with mazes, and more.
Find out more and grab your copy here.
Designed for preschoolers 3 years old and up.
Book: Big Book of Riddles for Kids
Riddle me this: What’s an exciting way to practice critical thinking while having a blast? The Big Riddle Book for Kids, of course! From hilarious puns to tough brain teasers, kids can build problem-solving skills with hundreds of riddles that show them how to think outside the box.
- 350 riddles for kids—Have hours of fun with riddles, puns and jokes, and math and logic puzzles that’ll get their wheels turning!
- Level up their skills—Riddles get trickier as kids progress through the book, challenging them as they get better at solving puzzles!
- Double-check their work—Kids can check their answers in the back of the book with a handy answer key.
Help children expand their minds while having fun with this puzzle book for kids!
Designed for kids ages 6 years old and up.
TV Show: Curious Crafting
I’m so excited to finally share my new crafting TV show Curious Crafting which launched July 1 at on TVOkids and TVOkids YouTube!
Set in the ultimate crafting space, Curious Crafting is a short form pre-school age series about the joy of making crafts. I lead a rotating cast of adorable little preschoolers (including my own) making magic out of common household objects.
In each episode we transform recycled items into magical crafts like a milk carton school bus, paper bag puppet or cotton pad turtle. The crafters learn and laugh their way through each activity while demonstrating what their young imaginations can create.
Curious Crafting shares the adventure and joy of making art with takeaway lessons for creating crafts at home.
This show designed for toddlers and preschoolers 2.5 years old and up.
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