Paper Plate Jellyfish

This week our theme is going to be the Ocean.  We started out by making a letter O Octopus yesterday.  Today we made a cute Jellyfish.

Here is what you’ll need: paper plate, construction paper, yarn, tissue paper, crayons, wiggly eyes and glue.

Cut the paper plate on one side to look like the bottom of a jellyfish.  Then have your child color the plate.

While your child is busy coloring, cut out some circles, strips of tissue paper and pieces of yarn.

Glue some spots onto your jellyfish.

Turn the plate over and glue the yarn and tissue paper onto the back to represent the tentacles.

The finished jellyfish.

Heart Wreath

I had planned to wait until next week to post our Valentine’s Day crafts, but I’m in the mood to start now.  So, we’re starting today instead.

We made this very easy and cute Heart Wreath.

Here’s what you’ll need: paper plate, paper, scissors and glue.

Cut the center out of the paper plate and cut hearts out of the paper.

Glue your hearts onto the plate.

The finished Heart Wreath, which you can proudly display with your Valentine’s Day decorations.

Orange, Triangles and the Number Three

Our color this month is orange and our shape is the triangle.  Here is one of the crafts we did to reinforce this information.

Here’s what you’ll need: orange paint, paper plate, something to paint with, black and green paper.

Paint the plate orange.

Cut out some black triangles and a green stem for your child.  Or if your child is older you should have your child do the cutting.

Once the paint is dry, glue on the stem and triangles.  I did not tell Hailey where to put the triangles for this project, I simply suggested where they could go if she wanted them to be eyes, nose, mouth, etc.  She picked where to put them though.

The finished pumpkin.

Our number this month is the number 3 and here is the craft we did last week for that.

Here’s what you’ll need: a large number 3, construction paper in a different color, paint, paper plate, and some fun paint rollers.  (Hailey got those paint rollers for her birthday, aren’t they cute!!)

Put some paint on the roller and paint the number 3.

I cut out the number 3, glued it to the other paper, added the word “Three” and put three stickers on.  I added this to our number wall.

Ladybug Craft

One of the themes I am focusing on this month with Hailey is ladybugs.  We have read some ladybug books (She loves “The Grouchy Ladybug” by Eric Carle) and looked at pictures of ladybugs.  So, the other day we made a ladybug.

What you’ll Need:

• Paper plate
• Markers or paint  (I had planned to use paint, but we were all out of red paint I didn’t feel like dealing with the mess)
• Black circles (I pre-cut these because Hailey is too young for scissors) and a face for the lady bug.
• Glue
• A cooperative toddler

 Directions:

Paint or color the paper plate.  Then glue on face and spots.  Simple!

The completed ladybug. 

Remember- when doing art activities with toddlers the process is much more important than the end product.  Hailey had a blast making her ladybug.

Tags: Ladybug Craft, Toddler and Preschool Activities