Hyena Paper Plate Craft
If you’re looking for a craft that’ll have your preschooler laughing like a hyena while you question your life choices in washable paint, this is it. This hyena paper plate craft is goofy, simple, and just the right amount of messy. It’s got spots. It’s got a snaggle-tooth smile. It might even have glitter eyebrows if your kid’s in that kind of mood.
Basically, it’s preschool gold.
So grab a glue stick, clear a corner of the kitchen table, and let’s make something loud, wild, and weirdly adorable.
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Materials Needed for This Hyena Craft
How to Make This Paper Plate Hyena Craft
Step 1: Gather Your Supplies
Gather your supplies.
Step 2: Paint the Plate
Use yellow paint to fully cover one side of the paper plate. Let it dry completely before moving on.
Step 3: Cut the Snout and Tuft
Print the hyena template and cut out each piece. Use the pieces as a guide to cut colored paper shapes.
Use brown paper to cut a large snout shape and a jagged hair tuft.
Step 4: Attach the Snout and Tuft
Attach the brown snout in the center of the plate, and the hair tuft at the top.
Step 5: Cut the Ears and Eyes
Use black paper for the outer ears, brown for the inner ears, and layer white and black for the eyes.
Step 6: Assemble the Ears and Eyes
Glue the brown inner ears onto the black outer ears. Layer the white eye ovals with black eye outlines and glue those together.
Step 7: Cut the Nose and Smile
Cut an oval nose shape from black paper and a jagged smile from white paper. Use brown to make the gums.
Step 8: Attach the Ears and Eyes
Attach the ears to the back of the plate, and glue the completed eyes above the snout.
Step 9: Add the Nose, Teeth and Details
Add the nose and the teeth to the snout and make any final adjustments.
Use a black marker to draw the pupils in the eyes and outline any features that need more expression.
All done!
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