DLTK's Holiday Crafts for Kids
Flower Paper Plate Craft

I was busily designing the "Buzzing Bugs" craft and realized that the flowers were a fun craft even without the bugs.

There's a handprint option and a construction paper petal option -- pick your favorite.  You can also add a cute buzzing bug or two if you like!

Materials:

• paper plate
• paint  (poster paint, tempra paint or acrylic paint all work) -- green is nice, but other colors will work too
• paint brush.
• glue,
• construction paper,
• scissors,
• pencil
• Optional:  yellow construction paper, felt or pom poms
• optional:  gold or silver glitter or glitter glue

Viewer Suggestion:  instead of a paper plate, trace a plate onto a piece of cardboard or poster board and use that as the center of the project.

Instructions - paper version:

• Paint the "bottom" of your paper plate:  your paper plate has the side you'd eat from and the side you'd place on the table -- the bottom is the side you'd place on the table.
• Paint your plate a base color (green is nice!).
• Let dry.
• Trace petal shapes   or handprints onto a pieces of construction paper.
• Cut out the petals/handprints.
• Glue them in circles around the plate    .
• Using yellow construction paper, pom poms, felt or glitter make a circular center to your poinsettia

Printable version of these instructions