This fun craft turns paper plates into colorful octopuses, letting kids express their creativity while learning about these amazing sea creatures. With simple materials, they can paint and decorate, making it a perfect way to blend art and learning!
Course Kids' Activities
Prep Time 5 minutesminutes
Cook Time 20 minutesminutes
Total Time 25 minutesminutes
Author Monique B
Equipment
Color Paper
Acrylic Paint
Reinforcement Stickers
Ingredients
Paper plates
Acrylic paints
Paintbrush
Black marker or Sharpie
Ruler
Reinforcement stickers
Bright colored paper
Glue stick
Googly eyes
Scissors
Instructions
Paint a paper plate and set it aside to dry.
After the plate is dry, draw a wavy line on it and cut along that line.
Attach googly eyes to the plate with glue.
Use a ruler to draw eight straight lines (four on each sheet of paper), then cut them out.
Glue the octopus legs onto the paper plate and let the glue set for a few minutes.
Stick circle reinforcement stickers on the back of the legs.