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Paper Plate Cardboard Roll Lighthouse Craft

This Paper Plate Cardboard Roll Lighthouse Craft is part paint project, part recycled craft using common household items that would normally be tossed. Combined, it creates a beautiful summery, sunny scene.

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There’s something just so stunning about a lighthouse. How it guides the way. Along with the crashing waves and happy sunshine, it all comes together to make quite the serene and lovely sight on the beach.

Make a Cardboard Roll Lighthouse Craft

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To make our Paper Plate Cardboard Roll Lighthouse Craft you will need a paper plate, cardstock in red, beige, and brown, acrylic paint, markers in black and pink, a glue stick, and scissors.

Paper Plate Lighthouse Craft Supplies Needed

  • Paper plate
  • Cardstock – red, beige, brown, white
  • Acrylic paint – dark blue, light blue, white, brown, yellow, black
  • Markers – black, pink
  • Glue stick
  • Scissors

Paper Plate Cardboard Roll Lighthouse Step by Step Directions

Begin by painting the paper plate scene.

Paint the bottom of the paper plate brown.

Paint the bottom of the paper plate brown, this will be the ground.

Paint a wavy sea in blue.

Then, paint a wavy sea above it in blue.

Paint waves in a lighter blue.

Paint the waves in a lighter blue.

Paint the sky a lighter blue, too.

Paint the sky a lighter blue, as well.

Paint white clouds and a yellow sun.

Now, paint clouds with white paint and a little sun on one side with yellow paint. Let the paint dry.

Cut a piece of white paper to fit the toilet paper size cardboard roll.

Next, cut a piece of white paper that fits around the toilet paper size cardboard roll and glue it on.

Cut 3 red strips of paper.

Glue the red strips on the cardboard roll.

Cut 3 equal strips of red paper and glue them on the paper roll.

Draw a semicircle on brown paper, cut out. Form in a cone shape.

On brown paper, draw a semicircle, cut it out, make a cone shape and glue it on top of the roll.

Glue cone to the top of the cardboard roll, then draw a door, windows, and a railing on the lighthouse.

With black marker, draw the door, windows and railing of the lighthouse.

Add simple birds in the sky and detail on the sun.

Draw details on the sun and draw flying birds in the sky, too.

Now glue the lighthouse to the paper plate scene.

Finally, glue the lighthouse on the paper plate.

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More Summer Crafts for Kids

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