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Easy Lion Paper Plate Craft
I've had a lot of requests for more paper plate crafts. This king of the jungle is made with a paper plate. I've provided templates for dinner sized and snack sized plates. If you don't have paper plates, don't fret! Just take a regular plate and trace it onto a piece of cardboard (old cereal boxes work great!) or use a margarine/ice cream container lid.
You can easily make a mask, by leaving off the eyes and cutting holes. Attach (glue and tape) a popsicle stick or unsharpened pencil to the bottom for the child to hold it to their face.
Older children may prefer the toilet paper roll version (Age 3+) or the paper folding version (Age 6+) as they are each more challenging (although some days it's nice to have an easy craft on hand when supper's running a bit late!)
MATERIALS
it all depends on what option you use... you'll will need
either paper plate (whatever size)
cardboard cut into a circle OR
margarine or ice cream container lid
either yellow paint, yellow construction paper OR
yellow tissue paper
either brown and/or orange paint,
brown and/or orange construction paper,
brown and/or orange tissue paper, OR
brown and/or orange wool
either black paint, OR
black marker, OR
black wool
INSTRUCTIONS
Paint your paper plate yellow
or
glue yellow construction/tissue paper onto it (rip 1 inch (ish) squares of construction/tissue paper and glue them on with a mixture of 1/2 water and 1/2 regular children's white glue. This is sort of like mod podging)
OPTIONS FOR THE MANE:
Swirl yellow, brown and/or orange paint in a plate (don't mix it totally). With a a toothbrush, dip into the paint and brush on a mane (this is how we did ours)
Swirl yellow, brown and/or orange paint in a plate (don't mix it totally. With a sponge, dip into the paint and sponge on a mane.
Cut 1/2 inch wide x 2 inch (ish) long strips of brown, yellow and or orange construction or tissue paper and glue them around the outside edge of the plate to make your mane. You can curl all/some of them around a pencil to make some curly parts
Cut 1/2 inch wide x 2 inch (ish) long strips into the paper plate itself. Roll them around a pencil to make curly parts. You can paint/color with marker the tips brown if you like
Cut 2 inch (ish) long strips of orange/brown/yellow wool and glue onto the paper plate to make the mane
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