So the craft today is a paper plate dinosaur, made from two paper plates. I got the idea from a picture posted on the kidscraftweekly.com site**. Basically, you take two plates per child, and paint them. Here are my kids painting away.
So we painted these plates, then let them dry while we went to the park to visit with a friend I do not get to spend enough time with anymore. It was, altogether, a fabulous afternoon!
After dinner, we did the finishing touches.
Fold the paper plates in half. Choose one to be the body, and one to be the head, tail and legs. I used the rim of the plate for the tail, to give it texture. I cut it so that it was 2 layers thick (along the bend), then I attached it to the "body" paper plate with a brad.
The headless dino can now wag his tail!!
For the head, I cut a neck and head and attached it to the body with a brad. But I cut it on the crease where it met the "back" so that the head could go up and down.
4 more brads, 4 more bits of paper plate and the dino is done-o. It really was a super easy, super fun craft. And I think it is adorable.
Finished project:
Not sure if you can tell or not, but I have the tail attached on the inside of the body, and the head on the outside. And I used a wee bit of tape (or glue would work too) to keep the head and tail together.
Once the dino is assembled, you can apply finishing touches, such as spots, rhinestones, hair, feathers---there are no rules to what your dino should look like.
And a wee confession. The baby's--which is the one I finished, but he did do all the painting--was the only one that was finished today. I imagine the others will find their bodies tomorrow. :P
For those that want to craft without the commentary:
Materials:
2 paper plates
paint
6 brads
Embellishments
Procedure:
1. Paint the plates
2. After the plates have dried, fold both in half. One will be the body, the other will be cut into head and neck, tail and legs.
3. Cut a crescent shape for the tail. Cut a "j" shape for the head and neck. Cut 4 legs from the remaining plate.
4. Poke through the plates and use the brads to attach the neck, tail and legs to the body.
5. Cut up the neck about 1 inch, so that it can raise and lower.
6. Embellish as desired.
Grand total:
Plates: had them
Paint: had them
brads: had them.
This craft cost me nothing. If you had none of the supplies, I am guessing you could get it done for under $5--but might be more since you can rarely buy just one plate, or a handful of brads. Wait for a birthday party and take home extra plates. LOL.
**after returning to the site and looking further, I found that this craft was in an issue of kidscraftweekly.com. Issue 72 to be exact. I did my version a bit differently, but it is still a cool craft no matter how you do it. To see the original, go to: http://www.kidscraftweekly.com/paper_plates_issue.html
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