A variety of materials can be used for creativity, the main thing is that imagination works. Now many people even make crafts from disposable plates.
It turns out quite interesting, besides, the material is very inexpensive. And you can also do this kind of creative work with children.
What is needed for creativity
For children's crafts from plates, in addition to themselves, other materials will be required, which will act as auxiliary materials in the product:
- Glue;
- Scissors;
- Brushes and paints;
- Stapler;
- Decoupage paper napkins or gif.webpt paper;
- Other plastic utensils.
Other materials can be used to help create the end result.









Plate cockerel
Crafts from paper plates in the shape of a chicken are very popular and simple in their design. Materials for them will also require a minimum:
- 5 paper plates;
- Glue;
- Paints;
- Feathers can be used for decoration if desired.
Progress:
- We leave one plate intact, it will serve as a body. From the rest, carefully cut out the rims. We also cut out an even circle from one plate without a headband;
- The cut out rims of the plates will go to the tail, scallop, beak, beard. They need to be painted in the appropriate colors and glued to the head, the tail to the body;
- Also, legs and a wing can be cut out of the rims, you can simply draw them;
- Now you need to glue the body onto the cardboard base by inserting the cut tail under it;
- At the next stage, a head is attached to the body with all the details already drawn and glued;
- You can attach a feather to decorate the wing, or just paint it on the torso.







Bulky chicken from a plate
You can also make a chicken in a pair for a cockerel. True, such a craft from a plate with your own hands will be voluminous and stand on its own, and not just glued to a sheet.
Materials:
- Thick paper plate;
- Paints;
- Tubes for feet;
- Ready-made or hand-made shoes.
Progress:
- First you need to take a base plate and paint it on both sides. It is better to take gouache for this, because it is denser in structure and requires less water. From this, the material will become less wet and practically not deformed;
- After that, you need to bend the plate in half to make a hut. You do not need to glue the parts together;
- The beak and tail are cut out of cardboard, parts are also painted;
- Then they need to be glued to the body;
- You need to make two legs from the tubes. For the stability of the crafts, shoes are put on the tubes;
- Then the tubules-legs are glued to the product from the inside, the necessary details are drawn. The chicken stands on its own, it can be placed on any surface.
Flying saucer
Making a flying saucer is also very simple. materials for it will require a minimum:
- Several plates;
- Paints;
- Glue;
- Old newspapers;
- Plastic disposable cup.




Progress:
- You need to twist a tourniquet from the newspaper, and then form a snail from it. Then you need to glue it on the front side of the plate;
- On top of this snail, another plate is glued. This makes the design more voluminous;
- Cut off the top about 5 centimeters from a disposable transparent cup. A cabin will be made from this segment;
- Now you need to make small cuts around the perimeter of the glass and bend them so that it is more convenient to stick it to the plate;
- The glass is glued in the middle of the plate;
- The cymbal design is almost complete. It remains only to glue the legs from below.They can be made from cardboard or just take a toilet paper roll and cut off a few small pieces for the legs;
- It remains only to paint the plate to your taste, decorating it with a pattern or even some voluminous decor.
Sunflower
The photo of handicrafts from plates shows that the idea of a sunflower for embodiment is quite popular. Moreover, it will take little time and materials to make the craft:
- Plate;
- Paint;
- Glue;
- Seeds for decoration.
Progress:
- To craft from a plastic sunflower plate, you need to trim the edges in the same way as for a real flower;
- Now you need to paint the base yellow. If a plastic plate is taken, then it is better to use gouache, it will better fit on the plastic. If there is paint in the can, you can use it;
- Real seeds can be glued to the middle of the flower, if there is a desire and opportunity. You can also draw them;
- It remains only to cut and glue the green stem to the flower, or leave it without it.
Chicken in shell
For such a craft, you can combine two types of plates - plastic and paper. The shell will be made of plastic, and the chicken itself will be made of paper.
Progress:
- On a paper basis, you need to draw a chicken, painting it yellow on both sides and adding all the necessary details;
- The plastic plate is cut at the top in a zigzag pattern. The bottom should be larger than the top, as if the chick had hatched from the top of the egg;
- Now it remains to glue the upper part of the shell to the chicken's head, and the lower one to its body, as if the chicken is peeping out of the egg.
Snake
Imagination is endless, so they even came up with the idea of making snakes out of paper plates. You don't even need glue here, just a base, paints and scissors.
Progress:
- The plate on both sides must be painted green, you can also imitate scales;
- Now you need to cut the plate in a spiral until there is a part in the middle that will serve as the head;
- The snake is almost ready. It remains only to draw the eyes and glue the tongue to the head.
Herringbone
Very often, New Year's decorations are made from disposable plates. Various compositions with candles and cones, wreaths, garlands. You can make the simplest option - a Christmas tree, which you can then decorate to your taste.
Progress:
- The plate must be painted green and divided into three equal triangles;
- Cut into divided triangles and glue them under each other;
- You can cut a small hole in the top and thread it to hang it somewhere. Do not forget to decorate the product by drawing balls and garlands on it or gluing beads.