Shining Jack-o-Lantern Paper Plate Craft

Happy Sunday!

With this being the Sunday before Halloween we created these paper plate Shining Jack-o-Lanterns to remind us that God shines His light through us.  It was a perfect opportunity to explain to the kids that Halloween is about fun times and use it as a teaching moment.  

To give the jack-o-lantern the 3D effect glue or staple each plate backwards (to give sort of a bubble or open area between the plates).  

Every year my students love making these Shining Jack-o-lanters. So Fun!

Paper plates are one of my favorite materials to craft with.  I usually pick them up at the dollar store to keep on hand for crafting with my students. 

Supplies:

paper plates

black marker

yellow card stock or construction paper

brown construction paper or cardstock

glue 

stapler

orange crayon

Glue yellow circle on paper plate opposite of face; attach/glue brown stem in place.  Attach face with glue or staple for additional hold.

God Made the Sun Paper Plate Project!

As our class continues to learn about Creation we learned that God divided the darkness calling the daytime "light" and the darkness "night".  The sun provides daytime light and the moon and stars provide night time light.  This is one of my favorite projects I do with my students and I'm happy to share it with you.

My "big" boy is a great helper with my class!  The kids just love him!!! 

My sweet boy -- he definitely loves craft projects!  :)

Supplies

• paper plates
• yellow yarn
• yellow construction paper
• face for sun -- see below for template
• scissors
• glue
• hand held hole puncher

- for triangles (sun rays) - cut triangles out of yellow paper.  How many will depend on how many you want to put around each sun.

- punch 2 holes at the top of paper plate and attach yellow yarn.

- ask each child to color the face yellow before they attach to the paper plate (cut out the sun)

- attach yellow triangles (sun rays) to the plate and then glue on the sun's face.  

*extra tip* You can also add yellow crepe paper (2 strips) on the bottom of the sun (just staple to the bottom of the plate).  I've done this in the years past but didn't have any yellow crepe paper on hand.  

Enjoy!

click to enlarge - then right click and save to your computer. Print and make copies for your class.  

God Made the Whole World Project

Welcome to our first project here at Mrs. Wellmann's Sunday School Class…..

Here is a great project you can do with your students (or kids) -- to remind them that God made the whole world and He made all things in it.

If you have a cricut machine, Give a Hoot cartridge has the perfect land designs for the globe/earth.  If you do not I found a template here you can cut out with scissors and trace onto green paper.

Supplies:

• paper plates
• green card stock or green construction paper
• glue
• blue crayon
• Give a Hoot cricut cartridge - page 50 or use this template here.  

Have each child color the plate with blue crayon to signify water

Glue "land" pieces onto paper plate.  

Write "Thank you God for the World!" on bottom of plate.

Encourage the children to write or draw things on the back of the plate
that they like to see in the world.  This helps us remember to
thank God everyday for these gifts.  

Even more Craft ideas here!