We LOVE paper plates around here!
They are fantastic for eating off of course - to save on washing up at big gatherings - BUT even more fantastic for craft! They're so versatile! This craft is adapted from a fantastic idea we saw on 'Mr Maker' last week, to use paper plates as the base for our 'space ship' instead of the containers he used!
We went straight to our 'doodle drawers' to collect the bits and pieces we'd need for this activity - though our 'doodle drawers' actually look more like a fabulous Ikea trolley, filled to bursting with everything we'll ever need for a rainy day - or a sunny one at that!
2 X paper plates.
1 X fluffy ball thingy.
1 X clear plastic container (who's previous life was nuts...)
3 X craft googly eyes (the 3 is vital here, if you ask my assistant).
Sparkly pipe cleaners, round colourful things, and textas to decorate.
Stapler/craft clue.
A piece of string to hang your spaceship at the end.
We turned one paper plate upside down and decorated it (this was the top piece of our spaceship). Stuck the fluffy ball thingy in the center and popped on 3 eyes - that's your alien!!
Then we decorated the upside down clear plastic container, and glued it over the top of our alien (best to tie your string on for hanging before you glue this down...), and stapled our second paper plate to the underside of the first!
So simple, and I let my three year old guide all the decorating through the whole process! We hung our spaceship to a tree and had a lot of fun playing!
'Making
things is a way of expressing one's unique self, part of the process of
becoming a strong and whole individual. A pasted egg-carton or an
indecipherable scribble is an individual's own miraculous creation. The
adult's job is to provide suitable materials, encourage the process,
value the result and clear up the mess.'
The New Useful Book - Songs and Ideas from ABC Play School
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