Unique Daycare Craft Ideas With Paper Plates
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September 21, 2011
Child care instructors and directors have a challenging job creating unique art projects to educate and entertain their kids. Unlike a regular school teacher who has the same class for one school year, a child care provider can care for the same child for several years. Many child care facilities have a curriculum or educational themes, and coming up with craft ideas to go with those themes that are easy, inexpensive and unique can be a challenge. To aid in creativity, use the everyday materials you have available in unique ways. Don’t forget to look at the supplies you regularly buy for the daycare center for craft ideas. Something as simple as a paper or plastic plate can be used as the basis for many crafts.
Here are some plate ideas:
Pouch or pocket – use one plate as the back and a half plate glued as the pocket to decorate a Valentine holder or a pouch for paper numbers or letters.
Garden pot – similar to the pocket, but the kids can make their own flowers or plants to cut out and glue in the pot
Rainbow – use a half plate to either draw or paint the rainbow colors or apply a fruity cereal in different colors
Clock – older children can use the plate to make a clock face by using a paper brad and two paper clock hands
Animals – glue two or more different size plates together on the edge to make the head and body of a cat or a spider, for example
Sun – paint the plate yellow and add rays by cutting out hand prints and gluing them to the back
Earth – paint the plate blue and green to make a replica of the earth
Canteen – glue two plastic or Styrofoam plates together towards each other and punch holes in the edge to add string to make a strap, then add a paper soufflé cup turned upside down with part of the sides removed to make the spout.
Animal masks or faces – using the back side of a paper plate, let the kids draw their animal face. Cut out eyes if it will be used as a
