Easy Paper Plate Watermelon Craft

Get creative this summer with this paper plate watermelon craft for kids.

Easy paper plate watermelon craft. Two paper plates single hole punch red and green color green and dark green you can also use a dark green marker black marker ribbon brush. I went ahead and drew a line with my pencil where i wanted the girls to stop with the red. A fun and easy art activity that toddlers and preschoolers will love. Spread a layer of elmer s glue onto the paper plate.

Cut the paper plate in half. It doesn t really matter what color you paint first so i had one of them paint the red while the other painted the. I then gave my girls each a cup of black. Instructions cut your paper plate in half.

To put this craft together and use it to practice math you ll need a plain white paper plate red and green crayons a ruler pencil scissors and a package of watermelon seeds. Straight edge or ruler. Start by having your child color the inside of the paper plate red and the outer rim of the plate green. We re going to start by using your straight edge and pencil to draw a line down the center of your plate.

Red green and black paint. Start sticking on a double layer of green tissue paper around the top curve. Then on one half of the plate draw two lines to divide it into three slices.