Paper Plate Crafts for Kids from A to Z

Looking for some new and clever ways to use paper plates in crafts? We have over 100 fun paper plate crafts for you to choose from. In fact, we have paper plate craft ideas from A to Z so you can use these plate craft projects for teaching letters in your letter of the week program or anytime you want to sneak in an easy craft for toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, and 2nd grade students. Forom apples to animals, skeletons to gardens – we have lots of fun paper plate crafts for kids!

Paper Plate Crafts

Make a paper plate crafts to learn your letters from A to Z with all these fun clever ideas for an apple, bee, a car and so much more! There are so many fun paper plate craft ideas on this list. These fun paper plate crafts for kids are perfect for ‘letter of the week’ themes, or for making a paper plate alphabet to put up on your wall. Each letter of the alphabet has a paper plate craft (or two, or three, or more!) to go with it. No matter what letter you are teaching there is a fun alphabet craft to go with it.

Whether you are a parent, teacher, or homeschooler – you will love this HUGE list of paper plate crafts for kids! The hardest part is picking which paper plate craft to start with!

Paper Plate Craft Ideas

A is for apple, angel, and alligator.

• Paper Play Yarn Weaving Apple Craft from Non-Toy Gifts.
• Paper PLate Angel Lacing Craft from Messy Little Monster.
• Alligator Zoo Craft from The Keeper of the Memories.

B is for bunny, butterfly, bee, and bear.

• Paper Plate Bunny from Homeschool Preschool.
• Easy Paper Plate Butterfly Craft from Real Life At Home.
• Paper Plate Bee Craft Activity from Laughing Kids Learn
• Cute Paper Plate Teddy Bear Craft from Artsy Momma.

C is for cat, carrot, crown, cow, car, and caterpillar.

• Paper Plate Cat Craft from I Heart Crafty Things.
• Easy Paper Plate Carrot Craft from Glued to My Crafts
• Paper Plate Party Crowns from Art Bar Blog.
• Paper Plate Cow Craft from Homeschool Preschool.
• Car Craft For Kids from Learning 4 Kids.
• Paper Plate Caterpillars from In the Playroom.

D is for dragon, dinosaur, dog, drum, and ducks.

• Paper Play Dragon from Learn with Play At Home.
• Sparkly Paper Plate Dinosaurs from The Craft Train.
• Paper Plate Dog from Crafulate.
• Chinese New Year Drum Craft for Kids from Gift of Curiosity.
• Paper Plate Magnetic Duck Pond from Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls.

Paper plate alphabet craft

I think the hedgehog, giraffee, and colorful fish are my new favorite paper plate crafts preschool.

E is for elephant, earth, Elmo, and egg.

• Paper Plate Elephant Kids Craft from Crafty Morning
• Paper Plate Earth from Non-Toy Gifts.
• Elmo Puppet Craft from Frogs and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails.
• Easter Egg Paper Plate Craft for Kids from Homeschool Preschool.

F is for fish, frog, flowers, flamingo and fox.

• Paper Plate Fish from Natural Beach Living.
• Make a Paper Plate Frog from Fireflies and Mudpies.
• Colorful Painted Paper Plate Flowers from Pink Stripey Socks.
• Easy Paper Plate Flamingo Craft for Kids from Make and Takes.
• Paper Plate Fox from Easy Peasy and Fun.

G is for garbage truck, garden, giraffe, and groundhog

• Paper Plate Garbage Truck Kids Craft from Glued to My Crafts.
• Paper Plate Garden from Happy Hooligans.
• Giraffe Paper Plate Craft from Kids Activities Blog.
• Paper Plate Groundhog Craft from A Dab of Glue Will Do.

H is for hedgehog, and hot air balloon, and hippopotamus.

• Paper Plate Hedgehog craft from Easy Peasy and Fun.
• Hot Air Balloon Paper Plate Craft from Toot’s Mom is Tired.
• Paper Plate Hippopotamus from I Heart Crafty Things.

Your young learners will love trying these ice cream crafts, jelly fish craft, DIY kit craft, and adorable llama crafts. WE have so many more paper plate crafts for preschool.

I for insects, and ice cream.

• Paper Plate Insect Sewing Craft from I Heart Crafty Things.
• Paper Plate Ice Cream Craft from Easy Peasy and Fun.

J is for jellyfish

• Paper Plate Jellyfish Craft from Art Crafty Kids.

K is for koala and kite

• Paper Plate Koala Kid Craft from I Heart Crafty Things.
• Making a Kit with a Paper Plate from The Country Chic Cottage.

L is for ladybug, and llama, and lion

• Loveable Paper Plate Ladybug from Artsy Momma.
• Paper Plate Llama Craft from Kids Craft room.
• Paper Plate Lion from Kids Activities Blog

Paper plate crafts for kids

Do you have a favorite paper plate craft ideas for preschool yet? I think the paper plate marble run project is expecially fun!

M is for mouse, and monsters, and mazes, and mermaids.

• If you Take a Mouse to School Paper Plate Mask from JDaniel4’s Mom
• Paper Plate Recycled Lid Monster from Glued to My Crafts.
• Paper Plate Marble Maze from Buggy and Buddy.
• Paper Plate Mermaid Twirler from Red Ted Art.

N is for nest, and necklace, and narwhal.

• Paper Plate Birds Nest Craft from A Little Pinch of Perfect
• African Necklace Paper Plate Craft from Powerful Mothering.
• Narwhal and Jelly Paper Plate Crafts from Crafts On Sea.

O is for owl, and octopus

• Colorful Paper Plate Owl Craft from Easy Peasy and Fun.
• Fine Motor Octopus Craft from Buggy and Buddy.

P is for penguin, and pineapple, and pig, and peacock and parrot.

• Paper Plate Penguin Craft from Learn with Play At Home.
• Easy Paper Plate Pineapple Craft from Crayons and Cravings.
• Paper Plate Pig Craft For Kids from Simple Everyday Mom.
• Gorgeous Paper Plate Peacock from I Heart Crafty Things.
• Paper Plate Parrot from Artsy Craftsy Mom.

I love the raccoon, snowman, and sandwich easy paper plate crafts!

Q is for quilt

• Paper Plate Quilt Craft from Happy Hooligans.

R is for rainbow, and racoon, and rocket.

• Paper Plate Rainbow Craft from Non-Toy Gifts.
• Paper Plate Racoon Craft from Glued to My Crafts.
• Interactive Paper Plate Rocket Craft from Books and Giggles.

S is for snowman, scuba mask, snake, submarine, sheep, and strawberry.

• Paper Plate Snowman from Easy Peasy and Fun.
• Paper Plate Scuba Mask for Play from Rainy Day Mum.
• Easy and Colorful Paper Plate Snakes from Pink Stripey Socks
• Rocking Paper PLate Submarine Craft from Red Ted Art.
• Paper Plate Sheep Mask for Kids from Danya Banya.
• Paper Plate Strawberry from Kids Activities Blog.

T is for turkey, and turtle, and tiger, and tacos!

• Color Match Paper Plate Turkey Craft from Messy Little Monster.
• Tissue Paper and Paper Plate Turtle Craft from Fireflies and Mudpies.
• Tiger Paper Plate Craft  from No Time for Flash Cards.
• Paper Plate Taco Craft from Glued to My Crafts.

Have you found a new favorite paper plate ideas? If not, you are sure to like the whale, vegetable garden, and silly skeleton preschool paper plate crafts.

U is for umbrella, unicorn, and and Uncle Sam.

• Paper Plate Umbrella Craft from Happy Hooligans.
• Simple Paper Plate Unicorns from Kids Craft Room.
• Paper Plate Uncle Sam Craft from Red Ted Art.

V is for veggie garden, and Valentines Day.

• Paper Plate Veggie Garden from Non-Toy Gifts
• Paper Plate Valentines Day Hearts from Non-Toy Gifts.

W is for watermelon, and walrus, and whale.

• Paper Plate Watermelon Craft from The Gingerbread House.
• Walrus Craft for Kids from Crafts on Sea
• Paper Plate Whale from Krokotak

X is for xray bones.

• Paper Plate Xray Skeleton from The 36th Avenue.

Y is for Yoda and yarn.

• Yoda Puppet Star Wars Craft from Coffee Cups and Crayons.
• Threading Yarn on a Paper Plate from Laughing Kids Learn.

Z is for zoo and zebra.

• Put Me in the Zoo Paper Plate Craft from Natural Beach Living.
• Paper Plate Zebra Craft from Happy Hooligans

Paper Plate Craft Ideas

Whether you are making a submarine for the letter S, or a zebra for the letter Z there is sure to be a paper plate craft idea on this list to fit your letter!

 

Kindergarten Crafts

Looking for more fun craft projects? Whether you want to make popsicle stick, paper plate, or handprint art projects – we’ve got so many fun ideas. We even have monthly crafts for kindergarten ready for you to quickly pick a project. Sneak in some fun math with our kindergarten math crafts. And of course, don’t miss our hugely popular printable alphabet crafts!

• Lots of Toilet Paper Roll Crafts
• Super cute, free printable farm animal puppets
• Hundreds Paper Plate Crafts for Kids from A to Z
• Make one of these flower crafts
• These precious keepsake handprint alphabet craftshelp your child to learn the alphabet at the same time!
• Grab your craft sticks, you are going to want to make all of these cool popsicle stick crafts
• Make practicing math fun by making one of these FUN and FREE Math Crafts
• Brr! It may be cold outside, but stay warm in a winter wonderland with these snowflake crafts
• Get ready for the first day of school with these Back to School Crafts
• WE have tons of monthy kindergarten crafts
• Plus don’t miss these super cute and FREE abc crafts for lowercase letters

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