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    Home » Kids Crafts

    Paper Plate Seashell Craft

    Published: Aug 2, 2019 · Modified: Jul 21, 2021 by Marcie Groller · This post may contain affiliate links

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    Have any extra paper plates lying around? Celebrate the ocean with this colorful paper plate seashell craft! Learning about ocean life has never been so fun!

    three paper plate seashell crafts
    Jump to:
    • 👍 Why We Love Paper Plate Seashells
    • ✂️ Supplies 
    • 📝 Instructions
    • 🧶 Other Paper Plate Crafts
    • 🐚 Paper Plate Seashell Craft

    👍 Why We Love Paper Plate Seashells

    Minimal supplies! You will likely have these supplies, like paper plates, lying around your house already. And if you love paper plate crafts, be sure to also check out our Paper Plate Watermelon, Paper Plate Pizza and Paper Plate Sunflower crafts.

    Fine motor skills. Our paper plate seashell craft allows kids to put developing cutting, folding, painting, and gluing skills to good use.  

    Learn about scallops! We were inspired to make our paper plat seashell crafts when we cooked scallops this week for dinner. We were all pretty surprised to see how many eyes scallops have (they can have hundreds!). And none of us realized that, unlike mussels and oysters, scallops actually swim! Scallops swim by quickly opening and closing their shells to propel themselves forward.

    scallop crafts in hands

    ✂️ Supplies 

    supplies for paper plate sea shell craft

    Notes on Supplies:

    Paper plate- white is ideal

    Scissors- we love these kid-friendly scissors

    Paint- For extra sparkle, we loved using Crayola’s Washable Glitter Paint

    Brushes- We find these foam paint brushes to work really well with little hands

    📝 Instructions

    Step 1: Fold a paper plate in half. *Using scissors, narrow the edges of the folded plate to form the shape of a shell. Grownups can also draw an outline and ask kids to cut along the lines.

    lines on shell for cutting scallop

    Step 2: Paint the shells. Kids can dab different colors of paint onto their shells or color the shell all one color. Encourage kids to leave the edge of the shell unpainted for the scallop's eyes. Allow the paint to dry for a few minutes.

    child painting shell scallop craft

    Step 3: Draw several blue eyeballs on the outer edges of the shell. 

    painting eyes on scallop craft

    Step 4: Glue a cotton ball to the bottom, inside of the shell. This will represent the scallop's flesh. Now display your paper plate seashell craft!

    child holding scallop shell craft

    Note: *For toddlers especially, these tasks may require adult supervision and/or assistance.

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    🐚 Paper Plate Seashell Craft

    This paper plate seashell craft is sure to get your kids excited to eat seafood! Get creative with this easy and colorful sea life craft!
    Author: Marcie & Julie
    Total Time15 mins
    Total: 1 paper plate seashell

    Materials

    • Paper plate white is ideal
    • Scissors
    • Washable paint
    • Blue markers
    • Foam paint brushes
    • Cotton ball(s)
    • Glue

    Instructions

    • Fold a paper plate in half. Using scissors, narrow the edges of the folded plate to form the shape of a shell. Grownups can also draw an outline and ask kids to cut along the lines.
    • Paint the shells. Kids can dab different colors of paint onto their shells or color the shell all one color. Encourage kids to leave the edge of the shell unpainted for the scallop's eyes. Allow the paint to dry for a few minutes.
    • Draw several blue eyeballs on the outer edges of the shell. 
    • Glue a cotton ball to the bottom, inside of the shell. This will represent the scallop's flesh. Now display your paper plate seashell craft!
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    Notes

    Note: *For toddlers especially, these tasks may require adult supervision and/or assistance.
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