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Paper Plate Earth Day Wreath

This is good scissor skills practice for kindergarten children - the images are all circles making them fairly easy to cut out.

Materials:

  • paper
  • something to color with
  • scissors
  • glue
  • crayons
  • a paper plate
paper plate wreath

Instructions:

  • Cut the center out of the paper plate to leave a round "donut" shape.  This will form the base of the wreath.  (This may require adult assistance).
     
  • Print out the template pieces - you may wish to print 2 or 3 copies of the template depending on how full you want your wreath to be -- our photo is a mix of two templates.
     
  • Color the earths and recycling symbols (if using the B&W version)
     
  • Cut out the template pieces.  This will take quite awhile -- you can provide assistance if you like (depending on the patience of your child)
     
  • Glue your earths and recycling symbols to completely cover your paper plate "donut"
     
  • You can tie a bow and paste it on to decorate further.
     
  • You can put a piece of yarn on the back to hang it.
     
  • You can do these as a group with younger children -- let each child cut out and color one or two earths or recycle symbols, possibly print their names on it, and glue it on the group wreath.

Templates: 

  • Close the template window after printing to return to this screen.
      
  • Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers).

 

Template (Earth)         color   or    B&W

Template (Recycle)    color   or    B&W

 

   

Printable version of these instructions