Get creative with paper plates this spring by making some colorful paper plate flowers. This pretty paper plate craft is simple and fun for kids to create, and the flowers will add a fun touch of color to decorate the home for the spring season. Grab some pink, purple and yellow paper plates and get ready for an afternoon of fun making this flower craft with your kids! These 3D paper flowers is another fun spring craft your kids will enjoy!
Use a pencil to draw two flower petal shapes along the outside edge of the folded paper plate. Draw a heart shape if you want to create rounded petals or an "M" if you want to create more pointed flower petals. Or try using a variety of both shapes to make different types of flowers.
Use a pair of scissors to cut out the flower petal shape from the folded paper plate. When you are finished cutting out the petal shape, open up the paper plate to reveal the colorful flower shape.
Use a low temp hot glue gun to glue and decorate the inside of the paper plate flower with tiny pom-poms or colorful faceted gems.
Turn your paper plate flower face down. Hot glue a green striped paper straw on the back of the flower for a stem.
Cut out two flower leaves from a green paper plate. Use a hot glue gun to glue the leaves onto the paper straw flower stem. As an alternative, you can also cut flower stems from green construction paper for your flower craft.
Your paper plate flowers craft is complete. Now get creative with several different paper plate colors and flower petal shapes to create a whole flower garden.