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Paper Plate Parrot Craft | Rainforest Themed Craft for Preschoolers

Shruti Acharya | February 25, 2018 | 8 Comments

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This Paper Plate Parrot Craft is the perfect project for a rainforest or bird unit at home or at school for Preschoolers. Dot Marker Art for kids

Recently hosted a birthday party and having a dozen paper plates left over? Don’t throw them away. You can make an eye-catching paper plate parrot. Yes, that’s right, an absolutely eco-friendly and kid-friendly way of re-utilizing the paper plates.

I often see mothers struggling to keep their fidgety preschoolers productively engaged. My answer to them is, “get crafty” (pun unintended). Crafts engage young kids like no other activity and help them fine-tune their gross motor skills. So, during school breaks, when the kids drive you up the wall, pull out the colors and chart papers and get down to making some fantastic spring crafts.

Paper Plate Parrot Craft

Paper Plate Parrot Craft is an extremely easy and fascinating craft for young kids. Watch their happy faces as they transform a plate into a colorful bird.

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List of materials to make the Paper Plate Parrot Craft

Paper Plate Parrot Craft is an extremely easy and fascinating craft for young kids. Watch their happy faces as they transform a plate into a colorful bird.

  1. One small  circular paper plate – Either colored or white
  2. Watercolors or Dot-to-Dot markers  in various shades
  3. Glue
  4. yellow, red & white construction paper
  5. Icecream stick
  6. Brown foam
  7. Staplers
  8. Black marker

Instructions to make the Paper Plate Parrot Craft

Paper Plate Parrot Craft is an extremely easy and fascinating craft for young kids. Watch their happy faces as they transform a plate into a colorful bird.

  1. Cut a circle (4-inch wide ) from the red construction paper for the head and a 1-inch circle in white paper for the eye.

 

Paper Plate Parrot Craft is an extremely easy and fascinating craft for young kids. Watch their happy faces as they transform a plate into a colorful bird.

Use the yellow paper for the comb & beak. Outline it using a black marker.

Paper Plate Parrot Craft is an extremely easy and fascinating craft for young kids. Watch their happy faces as they transform a plate into a colorful bird.

Cut another piece of red or yellow construction paper for the tail feathers and color it using watercolors & dot-to-dot markers.

Paper Plate Parrot Craft is an extremely easy and fascinating craft for young kids. Watch their happy faces as they transform a plate into a colorful bird.

Colour the paper plate in various bright colors. This will form the body of the parrot. We colored the center in a different color and the sides of the paper plate in a different color. Then, we used the dot-to-dot markers to add dots.

Paper Plate Parrot Craft is an extremely easy and fascinating craft for young kids. Watch their happy faces as they transform a plate into a colorful bird.

We used Rainforest colors – Red, Yellow, Green & Blue.. Painting in circles and adding more dots along the way. The advantage of using a Dot marker is that they have a large sponge tip that will never dry out, and makes a perfect dot every time. These markers have bold pigments and bright colors that dry fast.

Paper Plate Parrot Craft is an extremely easy and fascinating craft for young kids. Watch their happy faces as they transform a plate into a colorful bird.

Let’s get the parrot’s face ready now: Stick the beak & comb on the red circle using glue. Stick the white circle for the eye. Using a black marker, outline the beak and add a black circle for the eye.

Paper Plate Parrot Craft is an extremely easy and fascinating craft for young kids. Watch their happy faces as they transform a plate into a colorful bird.

Use a stapler and secure the head & the tail to the paper plate. Cut the brown foam into a claw and paste at the bottom of the paper plate. Glue an icecream stick at the bottom to make it into a puppet.

A stunner, right? I tried this at a small workshop and all the kids loved it. Each child got to use the colors of their choice & all the multi-hued parrots looked amazing.

Now that you’ve unleashed their creativity with birds, get them hooked on to more interesting crafts like a rocking spring bird or Origami Bird magnets or a handmade clay birdhouse bookmark.

Don’t forget to write to me about how they liked making these!

This Paper Plate Parrot Craft is the perfect project for a rainforest or bird unit at home or at school for Preschoolers. Dot Marker Art for kids

This Paper Plate Parrot Craft is the perfect project for a rainforest or bird unit at home or at school for Preschoolers. Dot Marker Art for kids

This Paper Plate Parrot Craft is the perfect project for a rainforest or bird unit at home or at school for Preschoolers. Dot Marker Art for kids

Filed Under: Craft Ideas, Kindergarten Crafts & Activities, Paper plate crafts, Preschooler Crafts & Activities Tagged With: Kids Crafts to make with foam, Paper Crafts

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About Shruti Acharya

Shruti is a writer, photographer, DIY lover, passionate homemaker, and the chief dreamer at ArtsyCraftsyMom.com . Shruti lives in Bangalore, India with her husband and daughter. She loves showcasing fun art activities, crafts for kids, celebrations, childrens books & all the craziness that is India.

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Comments

  1. Smita Srivastava says

    February 25, 2013 at 8:49 am

    Its just so so cute 🙂 🙂

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  2. Obsessivemom says

    February 25, 2013 at 11:46 am

    Love the colours. It’s beautiful.

    Reply
  3. Becky says

    March 5, 2013 at 12:04 pm

    This is SO colorful!!! I love how anyone can make this wit materials they have at home. Wouldn’t this be cute in a puppet show?

    Reply
  4. maggy, red ted art says

    March 6, 2013 at 2:58 pm

    These are adorable! They turned out so colourful and pretty!

    Thanks for sharing on Kids Get Crafty!

    Maggy

    Reply
  5. Nayana Donga says

    March 19, 2013 at 5:41 am

    I pinned it to create with my son 🙂

    Reply
  6. Anonymous says

    March 26, 2013 at 6:53 am

    so bright and beautiful

    Reply
  7. Alka Raval says

    April 10, 2013 at 10:03 am

    GOOD IDEA WILL LOVE TO MAKE ONE. PLEASE GO THROUGH MY BLOG.

    Reply
  8. Randy V says

    January 18, 2019 at 5:37 am

    I love your papercrafts for children. This is a perfect project for my nephew. I was also looking for some Valentine’s Day papercraft ideas, but couldn’t find any on your website.

    Reply

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