Jungle Paper Plates

Kids will have a lot of fun turning ordinary paper plates into colourful jungle animals.

Jungle Paper Plates

Skill Level

Beginner

Time to Make

40 minutes + drying time for paint

Adult Supervision Needed

Yes

How to Make

  1. To make the giraffe, take a white paper plate and paint it yellow using acrylic paint. Leave to dry then apply a second coat of paint on top. Leave to dry.
  2. Next paint on the giraffe spots using brown acrylic paint. Leave to dry then apply a second coat of paint on top. Leave to dry.
  3. Cut out the oval from some brown paper/card using the template provided and stick it to the bottom of the paper plate using double sided tape. Take a thick black pen and draw the two nostrils on.
  4. Flip the plate over, cut out the ears and horn shapes from yellow and brown paper/card and stick these to the back of the paper plate using double sided tape.
  5. Turn the plate over again and stick down two large wiggle eyes to finish.
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Top Tip

Apply a few layers of paint to the paper plate to ensure a good coverage.

Template

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