Paper plate aliens

We took last week off and enjoyed a more relaxed schedule last week. I had 5 days off over Memorial Day weekend. We did lots of gardening (flower and vegetable), some swimming at my parents, visited my brother who was camping, went to the park and ice cream stand, played lots of games, and just spent time together. Saturday we also went to the monthly Home Depot Kids Workshop where the kids made cell phone holder trophies. We did more gardening, errands and swimming.

When our daycare friend returned Thursday we spent two days just paying inside and outside and didn't do any projects. It was actually nice to have a week "off." We are ready to start a new theme though, so it's time for Outer Space Week! Another daycare kid (age 6) will be back part-time this summer as well, so some days we will be a group of 4.

Today's easy project came from Glued To My Crafts.  I really loved this project because even though she had a template of how it was done, we were able to really individualize each alien based on each kids thoughts on how their alien should look.


First, the kids covered their small paper plates with glue. Then, they laid small squares of tissue paper all over the plates. You can cut your own tissue paper, but I have some from Oriental Trading Company that are pre-cut.

When they had their plates covered, they glued eyes on the plates, and then used pom-poms, paper and pipe cleaners to finish designing their aliens. They really enjoyed making these.

Sutton and Lucian's had pipe cleaner legs.