Paper Plate Ornaments
After my son's construction birthday party, we had some leftover paper plates. We don't use paper plates too often, but we kind of had to for his party since it was at a park. So, in order to reuse some of the extras that we had, I thought it would be fun to make paper ornaments.
Equipment
- scissors (or Xacto knife)
- hole punch
Materials
- decorative paper plates
- string
Instructions
Cut the shapes.
- Cut various shapes out of leftover paper plates in different sizes.
Punch holes.
- Next, punch a hole through the top of each shape. You can use a hole punch, a paper awl, or the shape end of a pair of scissors (if you're careful).
Thread string.
- Then, thread some string through each hole and tie it in a knot. That's it!
- You can use them as ornaments for the tree, turn them into a long paper garland, make a big tee topper, or even use them as cute gift toppers or gift tags. They would be perfect for a kids Christmas tree as well, especially if you have kids that are old enough to get involved in this craft. It doesn't cost any money, assuming you already have some plates you can use and they honestly look really cute. Imo.
Notes
Can you use plain paper plates instead?
Definitely! Another idea would be to just use plain white paper plates and have kids paint or draw on the plates before they get cut out into shapes. Or leave them plain and cut snowflake shapes.
Where did you get the checkered plates?
I found the checkered plates for y son's birthday party online and it's linked in the blog post. They were perfect for his bday (and also so cute for this DIY). But there are tons of other cool patterned plate designs that would be perfect for this project.