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EASY PROJECT FOR ALL AGESPaper Plate Poinsettia

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WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

• 10”, 9” & 6” Plate (exact size is not as

important as 3 different sizes)

• Red, white, green and yellow liquid

tempera paint

• Gold metallic paint (optional)

• Small kitchen sponges (cut a regular

sponge into smaller rectangles)

• Red, white and green oil pastels

• Paint brushes

• Yellow tissue paper

• Scissors

• Pencil

• Small plastic cup or lid

• White School Glue

This project is perfect for those days during

the holiday season when you need a fun

activity for your festival of lights unit or

holiday unit.

While standards are for grade 5, this project

is easy for all age levels.

THE LEGEND OF THE POINSETTIA by Tomie DePaola This book is set in a small village on Mexico

and is a retelling of a traditional folk tale. It

has strong

religious

content.

Each

teacher can

determine

whether it

is suitable

for his or

her

classroom.

Poinsettia PAPER PLATES

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1. MAKING THE FLOWEREach student receives 3 paper plates. I use the

most inexpensive brand that has no printing on

it. It doesn’t matter the size of the plates, but it

does help to have 3 different sizes: small,

medium and large.

Place a small condiment cup or circle template

in the middle of the LARGEST PLATE. Draw a

circle.

Starting at the outside edge of the plate, cut a

leaf shape towards the center circle. Do not cut

through the circle.

For younger kids, it may be helpful to draw a

flower pattern. Older kids will be fine eye-

balling a leaf shape.

The leaf shapes do not have to be perfect and

in fact, are more appealing if they are irregular.

Repeat steps for all 3 plates. The largest plate

will be the

outer green

leaves. The

medium plate

is for the large

petals and the

small plate is

for the smaller

petals.

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2. STAMPING THE FLOWERS

• Use the sponges and paint to sponge paint the green onto the large

plate, and a combination of red and white paint on the two other

plates.

• The gold metallic paint can be mixed in to create a glimmer effect.

• When dry (about 1 hour) use the oil pastels to draw veins and stems.

• Use small tissue paper wadded into small balls to act as seeds.

Or use glitter foam sheets.

• Glue the three layers together.

• As the glue dries, the paper

leaves will curl.

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DO YOU CELEBRATE DURING THE HOLIDAYS?

HOW DID YOU CREATE YOUR ARTWORK? (What tools, supplies and techniques did you use?)

DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TRADITION IN YOUR HOME?

Artist StatementYour name

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