Paper Crafts for Children

I love that the egg carton makes a perfect face for this cool turkey decoration.

You will need a paper plate, an egg carton, 2 buttons, some cardboard, some leaves, food coloring, paint and glue

Paint the bottom of the paper plate and leave to dry.

Cut the end two cups from the egg carton including the central peak. Paint the egg carton face with food coloring.

Glue a button to the bottom of each eye.

Cut feather shapes from the card. Write the things you are thankful for on each one.

Glue the dried leaves to the plate. Glue the face in place on the plate.and glue in place.

A range of Thanksgiving paper crafts to keep the children occupied before the celebration and some great decorations for the day.

	Paper Bag Turkey Thanksgiving Hat Make this hat to wear at your thanksgiving day celebration.
	Paper Gratitude Garland Make this garland of gratitude statements or simply things you are thankful for. It makes a great decoration and trying to read every link adds extra interest. Some examples to get you started: for friends I can cry with for my lovely mother for my happy home for my favorite toy for our thanksgiving gathering
	Thanksgiving Hand Print Turkey Have some fun making these Thanksgiving turkeys with the children.

I really like this technique – it gives a cool result even if you have no artistic or creative skills!

To make the pattern, draw up a grid on the paper. Then write the word on top, and rub out the grid lines that are inside the word shapes. You can also do it the other way round and write the word first, then do the grid lines. Color in the shapes using two different colors, alternating them as shown.

We did something similar for a Mosaic Fathers Day Card idea

I am so thankful for paper bags to use in paper crafts. You can use this technique to make all sorts of hat designs as well as this cute Thanksgiving turkey hat.

You will need a square bottom paper bag and some colored card or paper.

Open the paper bag and cut down the center side fold. Glue the sides down to strengthen the hat.

Cut five circles from the colored card and cut one of them in half to become the wings.

Glue the circles together to form the body of the turkey.

Draw in the eyes and glue on the beak.

Glue the turkey to the bottom of the bag.

Check the size of the hat you need by popping it on the child’s head and make a mark.

Cut feather shapes from the card and staple in place at the top of the bag up to the head size mark.
You may need to cut the bag down if it is too long.

Lots of Halloween paper crafts for children that are quick and easy and turn out spooktastic!

	Finger in a Matchbox Trick Everyone smiles at the ‘cut off’ finger in a match box.
	Paper Plate Jack-O-Lantern This Jack O Lantern craft for children is very cute. With such a happy face it is quite friendly too.
	Peg and Paper Bat This bat is perfect for halloween and has a variety of uses.
	Paper Plate Spider Web See how long it takes for this spider to catch a fly.
	Paper Strip Pumpkins Any excuse to make this cute decoration
	Paper Plate Spotty Spiders Not so scary, but lots of fun for little Halloween helpers
	Halloween Paper Garland A spooky twist on this classic paper craft.
	Halloween Hanging Garland Use your paper garlands to make this hanging version.
	Cardboard Roll and Hand Shape Paper Spiders
	Bat Mask Only have minutes to make a Halloween costume? Craft this one up super fast.
	Ball Rolling Spider Webs Making this decorated paper for Halloween is lots of fun.
	Paper Spider Wrist Wear
	Cut Out Shapes Pumpkin Pictures A great Halloween activity to set up for a group of children.
	Paper Towel Ghosts Another super quick Halloween craft.
	Hand Print Ghosts Print up a haunted house full of ghosts with these hand print spooks.

It is not just an educational activity, it is fun too! Finding, cutting, assembling and gluing – lots of paper crafty fun for young children who are learning how to spell their name.

Gather together some advertising brochures, and some magazines that you do not mind sacrificing to craft – and hunt out some letters. Try and find a selection of letters and then pick out the best ones to make the name. Glue them onto some bright colored paper and use another color for a border.