The paper plate wreath has probably been around just about as long as the paper plate itself, but what Christmas craft season would be complete if we didn’t do at least one paper plate wreath?
So here are a couple of ideas you might like to try this year!
Tissue Paper Plate Wreath
What You’ll Need:
- Cheap Paper Plate
- Green Tissue Paper
- Red Tissue Paper
- A Piece of Ribbon or String For Hanging
- Scissors
- Hole Punch
- White Glue
What To Do:
1. Cut a hole in the center of the paper plate so that you have a ring that is about three inches wide.
2. Cut your tissue paper (or tear it for a different effect) into 2 inch squares.
3. Crumple each square up slightly and glue the center onto the plate. Fill the plate in with the green pieces, then go back and add red pieces randomly to make berries.
4. Punch a hole in the top and thread the ribbon through to hang the wreath. You can embellish this project with a bow, glitter, etc.  You make this craft as fancy or as easy as you want and it’s suitable for kids of all ages!
Variation on the Tissue Paper Wreath
The tissue paper Christmas wreath above probably won’t work well with the youngest kids, but there is a variation that seems to work much better.
All you have to do is leave the tissue paper flat and glue the squares onto the paper plate, rather than crunching them up. The project will go much faster this way and younger kids understand what they’re supposed to do better when you do it this way.
Plus it still makes a pretty wreath.
Evergreen Paper Plate Wreath
What You’ll Need:
- Cheap Paper Plate
- Cheap Evergreen Garland (Dollar Store Type)
- Red Pom Poms
- Glue (Hot glue or white glue)
- Stapler
- Ribbon
What To Do:
1. Cut a hole in the center of the paper plate so that you have a ring that is about three inches wide.
2. Cut a piece of the garland that’s long enough to go all the way around the surface of the paper plate… probably about 18-24 inches depending on the size of the plate.
3. Staple the garland to the plate, making sure the place the staples on the center cord of the garland. You’ll need to staple it every four inches or so all the way around the wreath, then fluff it up so that you can’t see the staples.
4. Glue red pom poms onto the wreath using either white glue or hot glue (adults only).
5. Tie a ribbon into a bow and glue it onto the wreath.
6. If you want to hang your wreath, punch a hole in the top and use a string or simply tie a string around the wreath.
This is the wreath pictured and would work well for older kids, scouts, etc. If you don’t want to use staples, you could always hot glue the garland onto the paper plate, but most kids shouldn’t use a hot glue gun on their own.
I hope you enjoy the wreaths!
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Is there going to be a demo?
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Are there going to be free dlc ?
What about a joe madureira artbook in some collector edition ?
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Good job guys! Keep em coming.
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How much Exploration is there in the game?
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What kind of length are we looking at (matron)?
The footage shown so far looks very action-oriented, but they keep saying it’s almost Zelda-like. What’s on offer besides the action? And why aren’t we seeing some of that too?
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are they worried about releasing on the same day as bayonetta?
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Is there a sequel planned?
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seeing that there is Playstation Home outfits coming will there be a Home Space aswell?
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Will there be several beasts you can change into is it just the one.
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will you be able to swim or does water = instant death
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People only really heard about this game when it started to get good reviews, whats their opinion on Darksiders overall lack of coverage and hype?
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Thanks loads. Questions sent.
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any collectors edition ??
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1. Are there any other melee weapons besides the sword?
2. If there are other melee weapons is there swift(meaning press a single button once) weapon switching while playing the game?
3. Are there other projectile weapons besides the gun?
4. If there are other projectile weapons besides the gun, is there swift(meaning press a single button once) weapon switching while playing the game.
5. Are there counter attacks? More specifically, if you time a certain action to occur just at the moment an npc strikes, will the player do a unique move that puts him at an advantage to follow up with a sequence of strikes?
6. How many levels of upgrades to the character and his weapons have?
7. Can low level NPCs be dismembered without a quick time event?
8. Are there ways to reflect projectiles NPCs shoot towards you back to the NPC that shot the projectile or other NPCs nearby?
9. Can the character disarm NPCs that have weapons and use those weapons?
10. Is there any vertical or horizontal wall running?
11. What abilities does the horse have other than being a conveyance?
12. Does the main character get any other companions besides the horse?
13. Wouldn’t this game have better sales prospects if it was released from April-August 2009 so it didn’t have to compete with Bayonetta, Dante’s Inferno, or God Of War 3? This game looks good and looks like a worthy purchase, but there’s a version of Bayonetta that got a perfect score from Famitsu and the notoriously hard to impress Edge magazine. It seems to me that this good looking game would have even better sales prospects if it had less fierce competition.
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1. Are there any other melee weapons besides the sword?
2. If there are other melee weapons is there swift(meaning press a single button once) weapon switching while playing the game?
3. Are there other projectile weapons besides the gun?
4. If there are other projectile weapons besides the gun, is there swift(meaning press a single button once) weapon switching while playing the game.
5. Are there counter attacks? More specifically, if you time a certain action to occur just at the moment an npc strikes, will the player do a unique move that puts him at an advantage to follow up?
6. How many levels of upgrades to the character and his weapons are there?
7. Can low level NPCs be dismembered without a quick time event?
8. Are there ways to reflect projectiles NPCs shoot towards you back to the NPC that shot the projectile or other NPCs nearby?
9. Can the character disarm NPCs that have weapons and use those weapons?
10. Is there any vertical or horizontal wall running?
11. What abilities does the horse have other than being a conveyance?
12. Wouldn’t this game have better sales prospects if it was released from April-Auguste 2009 so it didn’t have to compete with Bayonetta, Dante’s Inferno, or God Of War 3? There’s a version of Bayonetta that got a perfect score from Famitsu and the notoriously hard to impress Edge magazine.
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Wow. Just wow. Hat’s off to FeaturePreacher. Hand him a beer and a hooker while your at it. He deserves it. *claps* Seriously. Good job there. Too bad I already sent the questions off
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So there’s no chance of sending those questions to them?
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Paper Plate Wreath Ideas:
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Paper Plate Wreath Ideas http://www.kidcraftsmagazine.com/holidays/paper-plate-wreath-ideas from Kids Craft Magazine
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