Halloween Black Cat Paper Plate Craft

Halloween black cat paper plate craft with bright yellow pipe cleaner whiskers, green inner ears, and yellow cat eyes on a white background with colorful banner.

Every Halloween lineup needs at least one mysterious black cat. I don’t make the rules. This Halloween Black Cat Paper Plate Craft is simple enough for preschoolers, fun enough for big kids, and adorable enough to tape all over your walls without it looking like a glitter explosion. The bright yellow whiskers and wide cat … Read more

Halloween Bat Paper Plate Craft

Halloween bat paper plate craft for kids — a black bat with big white eyes and fangs made from a paper plate, shown on a colorful banner.

There are two kinds of Halloween decorations: the creepy kind that makes your coffee jump out of your hand when you walk into a dark room… and the adorable spooky kind that preschoolers proudly tape to every wall they can reach. This Halloween bat paper plate craft? 100% the second kind. It’s simple, fun, gloriously … Read more

Duck Paper Plate Craft

Easy paper plate duck craft for kids made with a yellow painted paper plate, orange paper legs and beak, googly eyes, and a black zigzag wing detail drawn with marker.

This paper plate duck craft is low mess, super cute, and a sneaky bit of fine motor practice. Half a plate painted yellow becomes the body, and orange feet and a beak finish it off. It’s one of those easy crafts I keep in my back pocket for spring, farm week, or any afternoon when … Read more

Dog Paper Plate Craft

Easy dog paper plate craft for kids featuring brown construction paper ears, eye patches, and a mouth on a white paper plate with googly eyes.

This paper plate dog craft is a total tail-wagger. A plain plate turns into a floppy-eared pup with a few construction paper shapes and some googly eyes, and every single one comes out with its own personality. My kids love making a whole litter in different colors. It’s an easy pick for a rainy afternoon … Read more

Paper Plate Cowboy Hat Craft for Kids

Paper plate cowboy hat craft painted brown with a black band and a yellow sheriff star in the center.

My kids go through a cowboy phase about every six months, and this paper plate cowboy hat craft is what we pull out when it hits. One plate, a little brown paint and a construction paper sheriff star, and you’re done in about half an hour. It’s also sneaky fine motor practice. Tracing, cutting around … Read more