Paper Plate Octopus Craft For Kids
This paper plate octopus is a fun summer craft for kids to make!
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Materials
- Paper Plate
- Colored cardstock or construction paper
- Paint we used orange and blue
- Paintbrush
- Pencil
- Glue
- Scissors
- Black marker
- Octopus template
Instructions
- Download the octopus template, print, and cut out the pieces you need.
- Begin by painting a paper plate with 1-2 thin coats of paint. Let it dry before moving on.
- Place the octopus head template on the paper plate, trace it with a pencil, and cut it out. Position the eyes in the middle of the head, one on each side of the head, and glue them in place.
- Use the black marker to draw on the mouth and eyebrows. Next, use a marker (in a couple shades darker than the paint you used) to draw spots on the top of the octopus’s head.
- Next, take the tentacles and wrap each one around your fingers or a marker to get them to curl. We wrapped the outside tentacles tightly and the middle tentacles loosely.
- Finish off by gluing the 8 tentacles around the bottom of the octopus head.