Paper plate weaving

One of my daughter's favourite toys for over a year now, is a lacing set where she 'sews' or laces different outfits onto a wooden doll's body. Having played with it over and over and over again over a this past year, she very quickly mastered the basic movements of hand sewing when I recently made her a 'sewing board' out of a recycled polystyrene plate. (Please click here if you missed that post). It was soon time to move on to something a bit more challenging. First up was sweet little…

Learn how to turn a paper plate into a colourful woven bowl to hold trinkets and treasures. Easy step-by-step instructions and video tutorial.

When it comes to art lessons, I'm not much of a repeat offender. Since I like to change up the cultural theme of my art room every year, my lessons usually follow suit. However, I always have my 2nd grade create a circle loom weaving for a coupla reasons: * It's excellent for building fine motor skillz and pumpin' up those wee hand muscles. And what kid doesn't want super strong man-hands? * It's chock full o math connections: measuring, pattern making, long division (okay, maybe not that…

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Paper plate weaving is a fun kids' craft activity that's perfect for practicing fine motor skills and keeping hands busy!

I love doing this lesson with lower elementary classes, upper elementary, and have even worked this lesson into some middle school curriculum. It’s a great way to introduce weaving and to continue to grow those fine motor skills. It always turns out BEAUTIFUL! The students are always really proud of