Sunday, February 22, 2009

Making Paper Plate Faces







Paper Plate Faces
This craft is an easy and fun way to express yourself without spending too much money!
And you can either use it as a work of art, a decoration, or as a dress-up mask.

Materials needed:
regular paperplates(not styrofoam or the hard ones)
scissors
glue
googley eyes(optional)
a variety of colored construction paper
ribbon(optional)
markers or crayons

Start with cutting some random shapes. Small triangles make good eyes and noses. Large triangles make cool hats. Circles make cute noses or mouths or cheeks and can be used for hat decorations. Strips of paper make good hair, eyebrows, etc. If you have younger kids, give them a “kit” of things already pre-cut and instruct them on what face parts they must include using those pieces.
If you have older kids, give them a list of what they should include on their face.

Ideas:
eye
eyebrows
eyelashes
glasses
nose
mustache
cheeks
mouth
teeth
tongue
ears



Simply use glue to attach all of your pieces and parts to create a unique face mask!
An extra idea: If your child is going thru something tough and is having difficulty talking about it with you, give them a paperplate and a marker. Tell them to “draw” how they are feeling. Use that as a stepping off point to open dialogue.

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