Paper Plate Piggie Craft

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Reading Mo Willems’ books became a regular bonding time for me and the kids and they truly love the stories. Elephant and Piggie are some of our favorite characters from Mo Willems’s books. So the moment they’ve learned we are doing this Paper Plate Piggie Craft, I know they are excited!

If you enjoyed this craft, see this list of fun animal activities for kids.

When my son discovered those pigeon books, he fell in love with reading, and now at 9 years old, he still loves reading them with his sister. They love the silliness and craziness of Pigeon’s outbursts.

With so much technology surrounding our kids, I truly appreciate it when they can get into a real book.

Elephant and Piggie's We Are in an Art-ivity book

If you’ve seen our Pigeon and Duckling Felt Story Board, you know we’re huge Mo Willems fans.

That’s how we were introduced to Mo Willems and then we had to read his other books too. If you’ve met Elephant and Piggie, they’re up to the same kind of troubles and make normal activities so much more fun.

Disclosure: I am part of the Mo Willems brand ambassador program with Disney-Hyperion and I received compensation as part of my affiliation with this group. The opinions on this blog are my own.

Enter the We Are in an Art-ivity Book!, the activity book for Elephant and Piggie. It’s filled with creative drawing activities that make it fun to use this book.

I’m so worried the kids will destroy the binding of the book because they’ve been using it so much. There are dot-to-dot puzzles, secret code puzzles, coloring pages, and pages to tear out and make into games. It’s a whole mess of fun with Mo Willems’ humor splashed onto each page so you can expect the same kind of fun from his books.

Piggie Paper Plate Craft: A pink Piggie paper plate craft beside an Elephant and Piggie book.

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Recommended Pig Books for Kids

What I love about books and reading is they can be both fun and educational. With so many topics to choose from, if your kids’ favorite animals are pigs, we’ve got good book picks for you!

If You Give a Pig a Pancake Everything You Should Know About: Pigs Faster Learning Facts Babe: The Gallant Pig Pigology: The Ultimate Encyclopedia (The Farm Animal Series)There Is a Bird On Your Head!An Elephant & Piggie Biggie!

Paper Plate Piggie Supplies

Recommended Farm Animals Activity Kits

If you’re looking for fun farm animals or pig activity kits that your kids will love and learn from, get these activity kits for your kids. Let your kid grow their pig collection and they will learn how to love and be gentle with any other animals, too. After all, it’s always the right thing to do!

Junior Scientist Science Study: Farm Animals

While waiting for your kid’s package to arrive, why not get this Junior Scientist Science Study: Farm Animals? Perfect for your little animal lover who is in kindergarten to grade 2.

Pig Farm Sensory Playdough Kit

This Pig-themed playdough sensory kit will stimulate your kids with some hands-on activities like kneading playdough and mixing some of the cute charms included in the kit.

Wooden Farm Animals Puzzle Set

Get your kids to build this 3D wooden puzzle of farm animals. This puzzle stimulates creativity, motor skills, focus, and patience which is perfect for a growing kid.

Paper Plate Piggie Craft Directions

Cut out triangles to be used for Piggie’s ears and glue them to the back of the paper plate.
Glue the pink tissue onto the face covering as much as you can.
Cut out two ovals for the eyes and glue them on.
Cut out a larger oval for the snout and glue it on.
Cut out pink tissue paper that is the same size as the snout with two small slits in it and glue it onto the snout.
Cut out a triangle and round out the edges for Piggie’s mouth.

There you have it– your own paper plate Piggie. It’s a super simple craft but my daughter loved adding all of the tissue paper and making a mess of the squares I cut out.

My daughter has already asked to do Elephant next. She can’t wait.

Are you ready to join in the fun with Elephant and Piggie? We partnered with @disneybooks to create this paper plate craft inspired by the new We Are in an ART-ivity Book! Check it out on the blog.

Paper Plate Piggie Craft

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Active Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 15 minutes

Difficulty: Easy

Grab your paper plates because it's time for a paper plate Piggie craft!

Materials

Black construction paper
Pink tissue paper
Paper plate
Glue
Scissors

Instructions

Cut out two triangles to be used as Piggie's ears and glue them to the back of the paper plate.
Glue the pink tissue onto the face covering as much as you can.
Cut out two ovals for the eyes and glue them on.
Cut out a larger oval for the snout and glue it on.
Cut out pink tissue paper that is the same size as the snout with two small slits in it and glue it onto the snout.
Cut out a triangle and round out the edges for Piggie's mouth.