Paper Plate Poinsettia - a Christmas Craft for Children

Christmas holidays are right around the corner and making crafts with your children is always a wonderful way to make good memories. This craft project is a fun and easy way to make them with your children.

Here are the supplies that you will needed:

* A paper plate
* Red, green and yellow construction paper
* Safety Scissors
* Glue stick or a stapler

If desired they can use glitter or water color paints to decorate them the way they would like.

Inexpensive places to purchase the supplies on the web:

Construction Paper $0.72 per pack Color Splash!® Heavyweight Construction Paper, 9"x12" (pack of 50)
Safety Scissors $0.79 each Super Safety Scissors, 5-1/2"
Glue Stick $0.55 each .74-oz. Color Splash!® Glue Stick - Purple
Stapler $5.99 each Crayola® Staple-Free Stapler

Inexpensive places to purchase the supplies in your area:

WalMart
Dollar Tree
Dollar General Store
Hobby Lobby

Instructions:

Have your children trace their hands on red and green paper construction paper and cut them out.

Then they can glue or staple a circle of green hand print tracings (fingers pointing outwards) around the outside of the plate.

Next they can glue or staple a second circle of red hand print tracings (fingers pointing outwards) just inside the first circle.

Next they can glue or staple a third circle of red hand print tracings at the center of the plate.

Next they can glue a small yellow paper circle in the center.

If you would like to hang the paper plate poinsettia you may want to make a hole at the top.

This craft project was found at Enchanted Learning

They look so pretty hanging on your child's bedroom door or can be given as gifts to family members and/or friends.

Have fun and make everlasting memories today!