These paper plate fruit crafts are inspired by colorful and fun summer fruits. Don’t they look cool? Your kids will love crafting them, and you’ll love joining in too!
This is an easy summer craft idea for preschoolers, perfect for keeping them engaged and entertained. The crafts are so simple that little kids can make them with very little adult supervision.
This summer craft for preschoolers is also a great opportunity to teach kids about different fruits, their colors, and patterns. With this craft, kids can make a watermelon, kiwi, papaya, lemon, dragon fruit, and orange.
Paper Plate Watermelon
Supplies Needed:
Paper Plate.
Dark green, light green, red, and black craft paint.
Dark green, light green, and red coloring pen to mark the sections to be painted.
Paintbrush.
Earbud.
1) Gather your supplies. 2) Take the plate and mark a line around the rim, with your dark green coloring pen. 3) Pour a small portion of the dark green paint into your painting dish ( here I have used a spare paper plate). 4) Paint the outside of the line green, taking care not to cross the line ( it is also okay if it does cross the line a bit here and there, the painting would look natural and nice). 5)Next, take a bit of the light green paint. Paint a thin strip, almost 1/2- inch wide, all around, next to the dark green strip. 6) Paint the remaining part red.
7) Next, take the buds and dip them in the black paint. Start painting the oval seeds. 8) Paint the seeds scattered above the red-painted area and your paper plate watermelon is done.
Paper Plate Lemon
Paper Plate.
Yellow craft paint.
Yellow coloring pen to mark the sections to be painted.
Paintbrush.
1) Gather your supplies 2) Take the plate and mark a line around the rim, with your yellow coloring pen. 3) Paint the outside of the line yellow. 4) Draw the outlines of the lemon segments with your yellow coloring pen. Here I drew 7 segments.
Paint the inside of the segments yellow. Your paper plate lemon is ready!
Paper Plate Papaya
Supplies Needed:
Paper Plate.
Dark green, yellow, orange, and black craft paint.
Dark green and light green coloring pens to mark the sections to be painted.
Paint brush.
Ear bud.
1) Gather your supplies. 2) Paint the rim of the plate dark green. 3) Paint a thin strip, next to the green strip, – roughly 1/2- inch thick, with your yellow craft paint. 4) Paint the inside orange.
5) Take your buds, dip them in the black craft paint, and start drawing the seeds. 6) Draw more seeds scattered around the center and your paper plate papaya is ready!
Paper Plate Kiwi
Supplies Needed:
Paper Plate.
Dark green, light green, and black craft paint.
Dark green and light green coloring pens to mark the sections to be painted.
Paintbrush.
Earbud.
1) Gather the supplies. 2) Leaving the rim, draw a circle around the plate with your light green coloring pen. 3) Paint the rim light green. 4) Draw a dark green line about 3/4-inch from the light green strip.
5) Paint the outside of the line dark green. 6) Take your buds, dip them in black paint, and draw the seeds along the dark green and white surfaces, leaving the center. 7) Your paper plate Kiwi is ready.
Paper Plate Dragon Fruit
Supplies Needed:
Paper Plate.
Dark pink and black craft paint.
Dark pink coloring pen to mark the sections to be painted.
Paintbrush.
Earbud.
Take the paper plate and paint the rim of the plate dark pink.
Take your earbuds, dip them in black paint, and draw the seeds scattered on the white surface. Your paper plate dragon fruit is ready!