Paper Plate Octopus
Paper Plate Octopus Craft is perfect to go with an ocean animal unit or to make just for fun.
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Ingredients
- Paper plate
- Purple paint
- Cardstock - darker purple lighter purple, white
- Large googly eyes
- ¾ inch circle paper punch
- Scissors
- Glue
- Tentacle Template
Instructions
- Begin by painting a paper plate purple. Let dry completely.
- While the paper plate dries, print out the template for the tentacles and cut out the shapes. Trace the pieces on purple cardstock. You will want a couple different shades of purple for interest. Cut out the tentacles. You will need 8 tentacles total.
- Once the paper plate is dry, glue large googly eyes to the center of the plate.
- Now, begin gluing the tentacles in place on the bottom of the plate. Some tentacles should overlap, and alternate position so that they’re going in every direction.
- Continue gluing until all tentacles are in place.
- Finally, punch a bunch of small circles out of the white cardstock or paper.
- Glue the dots in place along the tentacles.
Notes
- While the paint is wet on the paper plate, sprinkle fine glitter dust onto the wet paint. Allow it to dry and shake off the excess and now you’ve got a glittery octopus!
- If you don’t want to use liquid or stick glue, use glue dots to attach everything to the paper plate.
- Make your paper plate octopus into a puppet by hot gluing a large paint stir stick onto the back of the octopus.
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