Jungle Art! Paper Plate Snakes
Derek loves his new pet
Preschool art was great fun today, so fun that my kindergartener and first grader begged to join in too and made a total of 6 masterpieces. We made paper plate snakes. Talk about an afternoon of entertainment! Derek loved cutting out his snakes and played with them the rest of the afternoon.
Here’s what you need to make your own jungle snakes:
Paper Plate Snake
What You Need:
- Paper Plates
- Crayons/Markers
- Paint (and perhaps sponges for painting)
- Scissors
- Glue
What You Do:
- Have the children draw a line that goes around and around their plate starting at the edge going to the middle Next have them cut out the line (you may have to help depending on the age of you children) Have the children decorate their snakes with the materials. You can then hang them from the ceiling or put them on the wall.
First step: Draw circles starting from the middle of the plate
Next, fine tune those fine-motor skills with some safety scissors
This project was a great way to practice cutting skills! Decorate before or after, depending on how anxious your child is to get to cutting. The kids loved how the snakes unravelled and bounced about. We started with one per child, and now have six paper plate snakes hanging from the playroom ceiling. This was a fun craft!
The Kids Loved Their Snakes
