Paper plate parrot

By Spotlight

Lead little hands through a practical project with this simple, useful idea. Also useful for teachers and childcare professionals.

Final Result

Materials

• 2 x paper plates
• paint in colour of choice
• paint brush
• scissors
• 2 x joggle eyes
• glue

Step 1

Paint the paper plates. When dry, fold one plate in half. Cut a 7cm slit in thecentre from the top down each side to hold wings and cut a 2cm slit in the back to hold tail. Cut the other plate in half. Trim 2cm off the straight edge of one half and slip into the slit for the wings. Trim 2cm off the other half then cut in half to form a triangle and slip it into the tail slot. Cut a small triangle from remainder of plate for the beak. Glue beak and eyes in place.