Crafting is an engaging activity for children of all ages to express their creativity and imagination while developing fine motor skills and problem-solving abilities. Plus! Crafting is great way for building fine motor coordination as well as problem-solving ability!
From rock painting and simple toilet paper roll crafts to creating their own bird feeder, these easy crafts for kids will certainly delight!
Do you have some old cupcake liners lying around that have seen better days? Transform them into stunning works of art with just a bit of creativity.
1. Paper Plate Animals
Keep children busy and minds active with these creative paper plate animal crafts for rainy day fun or unit studies.
Animal crafts provide children with opportunities to develop fine motor skills and problem-solving abilities while being engaging activities for younger children under adult supervision. You could glue a fluffy pompom nose onto this paper plate rabbit for an adorable touch, or trace your child’s hand onto red construction paper to use as the comb of this paper plate zebra!
2. Paper Plate Birdhouse
Children love birds, making them perfect subjects for paper plate crafts. Explore these easy bird crafts such as handprint bird making, Mo Williams’ Pigeon Craft and making an adorable paper plate chick craft!
This adorable bird’s nest craft from Seeing Dandy Blog would make an adorable spring activity! This bird nest craft provides a wonderful opportunity to talk about real bird nests and their natural environments while providing children with something fun to make themselves!
Draw a face and beak onto a paper plate, add googly eyes on each end of its beak, and use black pipe cleaners as legs.
3. Paper Plate Fish
No matter if they’re at home for summer break or sick days from school, this fun paper plate fish craft will keep their minds active while simultaneously teaching colors and honing fine motor skills! Plus it makes an awesome keepsake!
Trace a fish pattern onto one paper plate and paint each body section a different color of your choosing, adding sequins or glitter if desired. Cut two triangles for fins. Finally, attach an eye wiggle eye for an adorable final product!
4. Paper Plate Sheep
One and two year olds are full of energy, curiosity and imagination – make their days fun with engaging toddler craft ideas that involve minimal mess while teaching valuable life skills!
Encourage your children to smudge glue over a paper plate and press handfuls of shredded paper onto it – this may get messy but all the paper can easily be collected up!
Draw two ears onto black paper, and adhere it to the center of a plate. Add cute googly eyes for added charm, before attaching legs for your woolly sheep craft!
5. Paper Plate Pom Pom Caterpillars
No matter if it’s summer break, sick kid home from school, birthday party fun or rainy day entertainment – these creative DIY kids’ projects will keep your children busy and stimulate creativity while helping develop fine motor skills!
Preschoolers will enjoy creating this caterpillar craft from The Very Hungry Caterpillar book! Use a free printable leaf template and then add pom poms for eyes if desired to make cute caterpillars! Googly eyes may also add extra fun!
6. Paper Plate Spiders
Create Paper Plate Spiders as an engaging Halloween craft to develop children’s fine motor skills! After painting their plates any color they like, kids can thread yarn through each hole to form eight legs for their spider.
This activity is perfect for older preschoolers and kindergarten children who require plenty of fine motor development practice. If they aren’t confident with lacing the yarn themselves, parents can assist by threading each hole with yarn threaded through it.
7. Paper Plate Farm Animals
Kids can use their imagination and creativity to craft fun and easy animal crafts that they will love! These projects teach kids about various species, their anatomy and where they reside.
Adhere googly eyes to this paper plate leopard craft for an effective introduction of zoology for preschoolers or toddlers.
Make this adorable pig craft to complement a farm unit or when reading books like Elephant and Piggie, or make this hatching chick paper plate craft to celebrate spring. Kids can even make one to sing Old MacDonald together!
8. Paper Plate Bookmarks
Children will love keeping track of where they left off in a book with these simple paper bookmarks! Plus, they make great presents for friends, family, teachers and classmates!
Have your children choose pages from an old book to use as bookmarks, looking for pages with full-length words (even large popsicle sticks can’t accommodate as many words width-wise).
This craft activity for kids provides a perfect combination of fine motor skill development and minimal mess! Cut, paint, and glueing together the components will help them strengthen hand-eye coordination!
9. Paper Plate Galaxy Jars
For your children who love all things space and stars, here are some amazing galaxy crafts, art projects, slime recipes and recipes! They will love these galaxy activities from crafting and art projects to slime making!
Glitter and colored paint can create the look of galaxies with their colorful gases and dust clouds, creating an celestial atmosphere. Layer the colors carefully so as not to over mix them for maximum effect; try dark colors such as purple or blue for maximum sensory bottle effect; this can also help calm children while working as a sensory bottle! For added fun after dark add glow sticks or battery operated candles!
10. Paper Plate Soda Bottle Flower Stamped Art
Make plastic soda bottles into vibrant flower art to celebrate nature! This simple DIY is the perfect spring or Mother’s Day present!
Begin with a flat soda bottle featuring a flower-shaped bottom, dip it into paint, and stamp onto paper sheets until you achieve your desired look. Don’t be afraid to experiment with different colors and sizes of bottles for different flower imprints – this eco-friendly children craft is also an excellent way to teach children about recycling.
