Paper plates are a great tool for crafting with. If you don’t know what to do with them, then this is the post for you: an A-Z of paper plate crafts with 150 ideas for how to use paper plates in crafts for all ages.
A is for Ark, Apple, apple core, angel astronomy and autumn leaf globe.
B is for basket, birds, butterfly, banjo, backdrop, bird-feeder and balloon-powered racing car.
C is for Christmas. You can make Christmas trees, Santa, Gingerbread men, Snowmen. It is also for Calendar, clock, cornucopia, crab and continents.
D is for paper plate Dragon, dalmation, dream catcher, dinosaur and decorations.
E is for Easter: paper plate Easter Bonnet, Easter bunny, chick, Easter Egg and Easter basket. Also elephant, emotions , Echidna and Eric Carle.
F is for frisbee, frog, fish, flowers , fireworks, fox and fractions.
G is for game, glitter globe, ghost, garland and Groundhog Mask.
H is for Holy Spirit, handbag, hemisphere, hippo , turkey hat and Hot Air Balloon.
I is for Icosahedron, instrument, igloo, Independence Day, Ice-cream and insects.
J is for Jingle Bells, joey, Jesus’ tomb, jellyfish, Jack O’Lantern and jumping rabbits.
K is for kitten, Kissing Hand craft, kiwi and koala and kangaroo.
L is for Ladybird/Ladybug, Lion, learning, Leprechaun and life cycle.
M is for Menorah, Monkey, Mask, Mosaic, Marble track, Mother’s Day and mushroom.
N is for Nest, Necklace, napkin ring, noisemaker and Nursery Rhymes.
O is for Owl, Octopus, Opera house, oyster and Orca.
P is for Porthole picture, Pilgrims, Polar Bear, pumpkin, pirate, piggy, planet and peacock.
Q is for Quail, Queen’s crown, quoits, porcupine quills and quilts.
R is for Remembrance wreath, rainbow, rainbow scratch art, reindeer, rainforest and rabbit.
S is for sun, sun-catcher, shell, stencils, spiral, snow-globe, spinning art and skeleton.
T is for Turkey, traffic lights, turtle, tiger and tree.
U is for Umbrella, UFO, under water, unicorn and ukelele
V is for Venn diagram, Valentine’s, Vampire bat, victor’s laurel crown, vulture , Venus Fly Trap and Volcano.
W is for wreath, weaving, web, wings, witch, watermelon, and weather chart.
X is for (e)xhibition of art, (e)xplorer, and x-ray.
Y is for yacht, yeti, yellow snake and yo-yo.
Z is for zoo animals, zombies and Zulu mask.
This post is part of the ABC Series: for other amazing A-Z roundups of arts and crafts, do check out the other contributors:
- Art Education from B-Inspired Mama
- Cardboard Box Creations from Here Come The Girls
- Children’s Music With Art from Rainbows within Reach
- Coffee Filters from The Iowa Farmer’s Wife
- Crafts and Art from Red Ted Art
- Crafting on a budget from Housing a Forest
- Creativity from Little Artists
- Paper Plates from Domestic Goddessque
- Toddler Crafts from Rainy Day Mum
- Upcycled and Recycled Crafts from Craft to Art
- Valentine Crafts and Recipes from Local Fun For Kids
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mummymummymum says
oh WOW! Who knew you could do so much with paper plates!
Domestic Goddesque says
Paper plates are one of my craft cupboard essentials, Cerys. I love them!
Cerys @ Rainy Day Mum says
Wonderful list – and I’ve just brought a pack of paper plates to craft with this year… I know where we will be coming for inspiration.