Puffy Paint Leprechaun Craft

A big thank you to Elmer's for sponsoring today's cute Leprechaun craft! Do your kids love puffy paint? Whenever I mention puffy paint my children jump up and down in excitement. They love to help me measure out all of the ingredients and mix it all together. Whether you're a puffy paint pro, or you've been wanting to try it out, we have the perfect craft for you today! This puffy paint Leprechaun craft is crazy adorable and is a perfect craft to make together as a family or at school for St. Patrick's Day. 

Paper Plate Christmas Elf Craft

Elves are popular characters during the holiday season so it's always fun to get out the crafting materials and make an adorable elf craft with the kids before Christmas. We actually put together this cute paper plate elf craft last year after making our similar Santa Claus craft, but since I didn't get a chance to share it last year before Christmas, I saved it all year and am excited to share it now. Couple this adorable elf craft with a Christmas book for an evening full of family fun!

Paper Plate Layered Christmas Tree Craft

It's no secret that we love paper plate crafts. They are so versatile, especially when it comes to making Christmas crafts. We used the fun texture of the outside rim of the paper plate as inspiration to make this fun layered Christmas tree craft. 

Cute and Colorful Kids Turkey Craft with Color Matching

This post was originally seen on Cooking with Ruthie. I'm excited to share the full tutorial with you here now as well. Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays! I have such fond memories of being with my siblings and all us pitching in on making a delicious Thanksgiving feast. It's also one of my favorite holidays for crafting with kids. There are so many fun children's books about Thanksgiving that we enjoy reading every year and along with them we love making turkey crafts. Today we're sharing a cute and colorful kids turkey craft that incorporates color matching as a learning activity.  

20+ Paper Plate Animal Crafts for Kids

If there's one kind of craft we love more than any other at our house it's paper plate crafts! The sturdiness of a plate plate combined with it's round shape give it endless possibilities for crafting, not to mention how affordable the plates are to purchase. We have made quite the variety of paper plate animal crafts over the years and I thought it would be fun to combine them all together in one post so you can see just how endless the possibilities are with paper plates. Here are more than 20 Paper Plate Animal Crafts for Kids that are sure to put a big smile on a kid's face.

Tissue Paper Fall Tree Craft

Fall time wouldn't be complete in my house without a fun Fall Tree Craft! It's something we look forward to every year. When I found out the kids craft stars craft challenge was all about tissue paper this month I was excited to dive in with the beautiful fall colors of red, orange, yellow and gold. We made this gorgeous Tissue Paper Fall Tree Craft. I love how scrunching up and adding tissue paper onto the tree is great for fine motor skills for younger kids but that it's also a fun craft for older children making it a perfect family activity. 

Paper Plate Apple Craft

We have been apple crazy this week! I am anxiously looking forward to Fall and cooler temperatures so we've been having fun getting a head start on all of our fall crafting. Today I am sharing with you a simple Paper Plate Apple Craft. Kids will adore adding the special touch of the cute little worm sticking out of the apple. In fact, you can move the worm up and down in the paper plate so it's makes for a fun way for kids to play after making the craft. 

Apple Tree Kids Craft

At the end of summer every year or start of Fall, we always look forward to making an apple tree craft. It's been a tradition for several years now so I couldn't wait to get started this year. I made a quick survey of supplies in my craft closet and we came up with this colorful Apple Tree Kids Craft that is made with a paper plate, cardboard, tissue paper and buttons. It is super simple to make and is great for preschool through elementary age kids, so it's a perfect activity to make together as a family.

Paper Plate Chicken Craft for Kids

My daughter chose the book Big Chickens by Leslie Helakoski for a bedtime story a few days ago. It's a fun book about a group of scaredy-cat chickens who are frightened by a wolf. As they run off they end up going on quite the adventure and by the end of their journey they discover their bravery. We decided to make a Paper Plate Chicken Craft for Kids to go along with the silly story.

Paper Bag Koala Craft for Kids

Koala's are adorable aren't they?! Yesterday we shared how we made a koala out of a paper plate and today I'm excited to share our Paper Bag Koala Craft for Kids. Not only is it super cute and easy to make, but I love how kids can use it as a puppet for pretend play after they make it. We have quite the growing collection of paper bag crafts so make sure to check out more of our ideas if you and your kids love them as well. 

Paper Plate Koala Kid Craft

We have made a plethora of animal crafts over the years but this past week was the first time we've made a koala. We ended up having so much fun on our first koala craft that we ended up making two of them last week. I'm super excited to share them with you today and tomorrow because I think they turned out so cute. Koala's are such adorable animals and since they are often found in the zoo, this would be a perfect craft to make after visiting the zoo this summer with your kids. You can't beat how easy it is to make too! So whip out those paper plates and have fun with your kids creating this cute Paper Plate Koala Kid Craft.        

Paper Bag Monkey Craft for Kids

Sometimes I get onto a theme and I just can't stop myself. Have you noticed? In this case, it's paper bag crafts. I might have an obsession with them, but can you blame me?...They are just so gosh darn fun! The idea for this darling Paper Bag Monkey Craft I'm sharing today came from a gal I have loved following on Instagram called _appleofmyeye_. With her permission I recreated this fun kids craft and am sharing how to make it with you today.

Paper Plate Sunflower Craft

I love sunflowers! In the area I live we have some vacant fields nearby and they are loaded with wild sunflowers right now. I think they are beautiful! When we had the bubble wrap out the other week for our Octopus Craft my mind was racing with some other ways we could use it for crafting, and I realized the raised texture of the bubble wrap would work great in a Paper Plate Sunflower Craft. This one is super easy to make, perfect for a summer afternoon craft.

Paper Bag Hippopotamus Kids Craft

I am seriously obsessed with paper bag crafts! I love how paper bags are such a perfect base for a myriad of crafts and I love how afterwards the crafts are able to couple as a puppet for awesome pretend play. My preschooler and I recently read one of her favorite books, HICCUPotamus, and after we read it I had a flashback and remembered when we made our Paper Plate Hippopotamus Craft a few years ago. We decided to make one again, but this time, of course, we added in the paper bag and created this adorable Paper Bag Hippopotamus Kids Craft.

Paper Plate Fish Kids Craft {using liquid chalk}

This weekend we were feeling like making an ocean craft. It's been a while since we got out our Fun Chalk markers so we pulled them out with some paper plates and came up with this super fun Paper Plate Kids Craft using liquid chalk. The Fun Chalk not only adds fun, bright detail to the fish but it's a great way to make the craft more open-ended where kids can create a truly unique fish. You might want to whip out several paper plates just for yourself because it's so much fun you're going to want to make more than one.

Paper Plate Monster Kids Craft

We like not-so-scary monsters at our house. Scary monsters, forget about it!..but colorful, happy monsters are welcome in my home. In fact, we have several favorite children's books with happy monster characters. I've been eager to use some fun adhesive holographic puffy wiggly eyes that our friends at Craftprojectideas.com sent to us, and creating this colorful Paper Plate Monster Kids Craft was the perfect combination for such fun wiggly eyes. This is that type of evergreen craft that is perfect year round. It's perfect for a rainy day, for family night, a play date or even at school. 

How to Make a Colorful Macaw Craft for Kids (with free pattern)

Two of my very favorite birds live in the Rainforest so when I found out Rainforest was our theme for this week's creative preschool group I was so excited! Since we have already created a Toucan craft in the past, we decided to make our focus this week on the beautiful Macaw. We read a few books to learn about the Rainforest and then made our craft. I'm pretty excited to share with you how to make a colorful Macaw Craft for Kids today. Since I love all of you so much, I have included my free pattern to make the craft even more simple for you.   

Paper Plate Sun Craft for Kids

Spring has been in full bloom where we live and we have been enjoying all of the amazing sunshine! I even got my first sunburn of the season last weekend while out doing yard work. With all this wonderful weather I thought it would be fun to make a simple Paper Plate Sun Craft for Kids. This craft includes some great scissor cutting practice for preschoolers with using the yellow paper straws.

Dragonfly Craft for Kids

We are on a roll this week with dragonfly crafts. After we made our paint strip dragonfly earlier this week I took a look at the extra paint stirring stick I had and realized it was also perfect for making a Dragonfly craft too. 

Shamrock Twirler St. Patrick's Day Craft

Like most kids, my daughter loves pinwheels. Whenever we buy one at the store I even catch myself blowing it and watching it spin around and around. As a spin off to my daughter's love for pinwheels, we made this spinning Paper Plate Shamrock Twirler that brought a huge smile to her face. Look for a short video at the end of the post to see the twirler in action.