Easy craft for kids

How to make a paper plate lion

Make a happy lion with a big fluffy mane. It uses things most homes already have, like paper, crayons and glue.

Picture guide for making a paper plate lion — Part of the picture guide. The full guide opens in the Kids Zone.

Craft 5 steps With a grown up

What you need

A paper plate
Yellow and orange crayons
Orange paper
Safe scissors
Glue

A grown up helps with: Cutting the paper strips if little hands get tired.

The first 3 steps

Color the middle of the plate yellow.
Cut orange paper into lots of strips.
Glue the strips all around the edge for a mane.

2 more steps finish the craft.

Open in the Kids Zone

With a free account, kids follow every step with the full picture guide, Read it to me buttons, an I made it! cheer and a page to print.

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The Free plan needs no card, and every new account gets Premium free for the first month. Only parents and guardians sign up; kids never need their own account.

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For grown ups

Use safe scissors and washable glue or paint. A grown up does any cutting through card and any hole punching. Crafts like this build fine motor skills, following directions and pride in making something.