Preschool Children's Crafts
Craft projects help preschoolers work with their imagination while also fine-tuning skills such as coloring and using scissors. Preschool craft projects also help preschoolers understand lessons on things like colors, shapes and numbers. For your next preschool lesson, incorporate a simple craft to help them better grasp the concepts you are teaching.
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Paper Plate Mask
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Have the kids decorate a paper plate, turning it into a mask. Cut two eyeholes and a mouth hole out of the paper plate. They can decorate it as an animal, monster or a cartoon character. Punch a hole on each side of the mask. Thread yarn through each hole so that they can tie the mask on. They can also attach a craft stick to the bottom of the mask to hold it up to their face instead (see Reference 1).
Shakers
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The children can make their own noisemakers. They can decorate the backs of two paper plates with markers, construction paper and stickers. Have them place a handful of dry beans on the front side of one of the plates and place the other paper plate upside down on top of it. Have them seal the two plates together with tape all the way around the edges.
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Handprint Sun
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Help the children create their own sun to hang on a fridge or wall. Have the kids trace their hand several times on yellow and orange construction paper. Then, have them paint the back of a paper plate yellow and then paint a face on the plate. They should cut out their hand tracings while the paint on the plate dries. Lastly, they'll glue the paper hands to the unpainted side of the paper plate all around the edge (see Reference 3).
Shape Art
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Teach the children about shapes by helping them use different shapes to make their own piece of art. Cut squares, rectangles, circles and triangles from different colored construction paper for the children to use. Have them glue the shapes onto a white piece of paper to create their own design or different objects such as people and houses. They can use markers to finish their artwork by drawing things such as faces and grass.
Paper Crowns
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Help the young children feel like princes and princesses by helping them create their own paper crowns. Cut a 3-inch-wide strips of construction paper long enough to fit around the children's heads. Cut large triangles from construction paper of a different color. Have them glue the triangles along the top of the strip of construction paper to make the points of their crown. Tell them to decorate the rest of their crowns with markers, stickers and plastic gems. Have them tape the two ends of their crowns together so that they can wear them.
Leaf Paintings
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Celebrate the beauty of nature with the children by helping them create their own leaf prints. Pour different colors of paint onto paper plates. Have the children use a paintbrush to spread a thin coat of paint onto the backside of leaves. Instruct them to press the paint-covered sides of the leaves down onto white paper to make leaf prints (see Reference 2).
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