Super Cute Rainbow Dinosaur Paper Plate Craft

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Super Cute Rainbow Dinosaur Paper Plate Craft

Today on The Inspiration Edit we have a fun Dinosaur paper plate craft idea which you will love. Dinosaurs are really fun for both girls and boys. It’s a fun theme to cover both at preschool, at home, or in the classroom and there is so much to teach and learn. A crafty activity like this can really help spark a child’s interest in Dinosaurs and history. Enjoy!

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Supplies for This Dinosaur Craft

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Dinosaur Paper Plate

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How to Make Paper Plate Dinosaurs

Cut each paper plate in half. Set one half of each plate aside for the dinosaur bodies.

With the other halves, cut out a little tail and a head for each dinosaur.

With each of the 4 foam pieces, roll each one up so the edges overlap just a little and staple the edges together.

You will now have 2 rolled blue tubes and 2 rolled green tubes.

Stand the tubes up and on one end of each, cut two ¼” slits across from each other.

Dinosaur Paper Plate

Using the blue half plate, glue the head on the back rim at the bottom near the cut edge.

Glue the tail on the back rim at the bottom near the cut edge at the other side.

Do the same thing with the green plate.

Put glue on the bottom half of the circle foam pieces and stick them to the back rim of the blue dinosaur along the round part of plate.

Fit as many as you would like.

Repeat the same with the green dinosaur using the triangle foam pieces.

Glue a googly eye on each dinosaur head and draw a little mouth on them.

Stick the cut edge of the blue dinosaur plate into the slits of the 2 blue foam legs you made.

It should stand upright now. Repeat this step with the green one.

You now have a big and little dinosaur!

So it’s really easy and simple and fun to make. Enjoy.

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Super Cute Rainbow Dinosaur Paper Plate Craft

Super Cute Dinosaur Paper Plate Craft

This is a tutorial on how to make a dinosaur paper plate craft.

Prep Time 5 minutes
Active Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Difficulty Easy

Materials

  • 1—9” Green Paper Plate
  • 1—7” Blue Paper Plate
  • 2 Sheets Blue Foam (5”x 1” size)
  • 2 Sheets Green Foam (5”x 2” size)
  • 1 pkg. Foam Pieces, triangle shapes
  • 1 pkg. Foam Pieces, circle shapes
  • 2 Googly Eyes
  • Glue Stick
  • Stapler
  • Black Marker

Tools

  • Scissors

Instructions

    Cut each paper plate in half. Set one half of each plate aside for the dinosaur bodies.

    With the other halves, cut out a little tail and a head for each dinosaur.

    With each of the 4 foam pieces, roll each one up so the edges overlap just a little and staple the edges together.

    You will now have 2 rolled blue tubes and 2 rolled green tubes.

    Stand the tubes up and on one end of each, cut two ¼” slits across from each other.

    Using the blue half plate, glue the head on the back rim at the bottom near the cut edge.

    Glue the tail on the back rim at the bottom near the cut edge at the other side.

    Do the same thing with the green plate.

    Put glue on the bottom half of the circle foam pieces and stick them to the back rim of the blue dinosaur along the round part of plate.

    Fit as many as you would like.

    Repeat the same with the green dinosaur using the triangle foam pieces.

    Glue a googly eye on each dinosaur head and draw a little mouth on them.

    Stick the cut edge of the blue dinosaur plate into the slits of the 2 blue foam legs you made.

    It should stand upright now. Repeat this step with the green one.

    You now have a big and little dinosaur!

    So it's really easy and simple and fun to make. Enjoy.

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Angela Milnes is a Qualified Early Years Teacher who has specialised in Preschool and Kindergarten teaching. She has a wealth of experience teaching young children and is passionate about kids crafts and having fun as a family. Angela has also taught cooking skills and loves to share both family recipes and easy crafts here on The Inspiration Edit. Follow her on Pinterest!

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