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Paper Plate Turtle Puppets

May 6, 2012 by OneMommy

When it comes to super simple kids crafts that are fun and easy to do with preschoolers, you just can’t beat paper plate crafts.

With the warmer weather bringing all kinds of animals out, I thought we’d make a few of our favorite animals with this paper plate turtle craft.

As a bonus, you can easily turn this preschool craft into turtle puppets.

Paper plate turtle craft

Paper Plate Turtle Craft

Materials Needed:

  • Paper Plates
  • Construction Paper
  • Scissors
  • Markers or Crayons
  • Glue or Clear Tape

For each turtle you will need to cut 4 chunky legs, a lightbulb-shaped head, and a tail out of brown or green construction paper.

For toddlers you can cut these pieces out ahead of time.

For preschoolers you can draw them and then let them practice scissor skills by cutting the pieces out.

turtle craft

Once all the pieces are cut out, have your child flip the paper plate over and glue or tape the pieces in place.

If you want to turn the paper plate turtle into a puppet, cut a 1 inch thick strip of thin cardboard (a cereal box is perfect) to become the handle.  Fold the ends and tape it to the middle of the bottom of the paper plate.

paper plate puppet
Clear tape would be better, but I used masking tape so you could see how we taped it.

Now comes the fun part!

Have your child decorate the turtle’s shell with crayons or markers.

You might have older kids try to decorate it in a pattern.  With younger kids you can just let them get artistic.

They can also draw eyes and a mouth on the turtle’s head.

toddler turtle craft

When they are finished they will have lots of fun playing with their paper plate turtle puppets.   Mine had fun making the turtles “crawl” on the floor, wiggle and dance, and in the case of my son’s turtle craft, drive toy trucks.

 

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Filed Under: Kids Crafts Tagged With: paper plate craft, preschooler, toddler

Comments

  1. Tricia says

    May 7, 2012 at 9:26 am

    Awesome idea! Might try this one today 🙂

    • OneMommy says

      May 7, 2012 at 8:58 pm

      Hope you have as much fun as we did – our turtles are still “crawling around!”

  2. Rach says

    May 7, 2012 at 9:12 pm

    Fun idea like always! 🙂

    • OneMommy says

      May 8, 2012 at 3:00 pm

      Thanks! 🙂

  3. Lone Star Mama says

    May 8, 2012 at 5:43 am

    Think I’m going to do this one with Brooklyn Boy today!! Thanks!

    • OneMommy says

      May 8, 2012 at 2:59 pm

      Hope he likes it as much as mine did! My little girl was so proud she had to take it to show Mamaw and Papaw that day.

  4. Donna says

    May 9, 2012 at 10:46 pm

    Just too cute again. Love your creativity.

    • OneMommy says

      May 10, 2012 at 9:16 pm

      Thank you! Can’t wait to read your latest post!

  5. Ashley says

    April 29, 2014 at 9:55 am

    Those are some cute and simple turtles!

    • OneMommy says

      April 29, 2014 at 7:20 pm

      Simple is often best!

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