A paper plate christmas wreath is a fairly easy paper craft for kids at home or at school.
This paper plate craft will enhance their fine motor skills and paper cutting and also put the kids creative skills to work.
The end result is beautiful and should take pride of place on any door.
Rather than hang outside, you may also hang indoors and use a christmas decoration.
This christmas craft involves simply gluing paper strips on the ring of a holed paper plate and decorating with whatever you have to hand.
If you are making a christmas wreath craft in the classroom, provide the kids with decorative items and challenge the kids to decorate in any way they want.
Use mini pom poms, paper shapes made with craft hole punch, craft gems etc
How to make christmas wreath with paper plate
Materials needed
- 2 x Green A4 paper ( different shades of green if possible)
- White card stock paper – for the ornaments. Print ornaments
- Paper plate
- Pva glue
- Scissors or circle cutter
- Mini pom poms
Instructions
- If using scissors, make a hole in the middle. Cut from the middle to the edge of the base of the plate. Then cut around it. With a circle cutter, insert the pin firmly in the middle of the plate and adjust the blade to cut the bottom out
- Cut out 2cm strips of the green coloured paper. Make sure to cut the strips from the paper in landscape form.
- One strip at a time, apply enough glue. Insert the strip under the plate, glue side facing up. Glue both edges together.
- Press the strips against both sides of the plate so that the strips are not loose when the glue dries
Make sure to glue the strips as neatly as you can - Once paper strips have all been glued to the plate. Let it dry completely.
- Use the scissors to make small angular cuts to give your christmas wreath a festive look
- Print the ornaments on the white card stock paper and cut them out using scissors.Print ornaments here
- Decorate by sticking on mini pom poms or paper shapes.
- Stick on the paper angel and ribbon.
Your paper plate christmas wreath is now finished.
Hang it on your door, on the wall as a christmas decoration or on the window with front side facing out.
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