Paper Plate Ice Skating Craft
This Paper Plate Ice Skating Craft is so fun! There’s just no other word to best describe it. It’s a super fun winter craft, with a little bit of everything. There’s painting and watercolors and yarn lacing, all combined into a darling winter ice skating scene. With a Free Printable Ice Skates Template, of course.
While this craft is for everyone, it’s also a craft for those who love the idea of ice skating, but maybe aren’t coordinated enough to take a spin around the ice. There’s the whole falling thing. There’s no falling with crafting. Unless it’s scissors. I drop my scissors quite often.
I’ve actually never ice skated before, officially. I used to slide around a pond near my house when I was younger. I have roller skated, though, and that never turned out well. So, we won’t take it beyond there. I’m happy enough with our darling ice skating winter craft.
Ice Skating Winter Paper Plate Watercolor Craft
For our ice skating craft, you will first need to print our ice skates template.
You’ll also need paper plates, watercolors, silver acrylic paint, cardstock in your choice of colors, regular size craft sticks, white yarn, a white chalk marker, a single hole punch, tape, glue dots, and scissors.
Paper Plate Ice Skating Craft Supplies Needed
- Ice Skates Template
- Paper plates
- Watercolors
- Silver acrylic paint
- Cardstock – choice of colors
- White chalk marker
- Craft sticks
- White yarn
- Single hole punch
- Scissors
- Tape
- Glue dots
Ice Skating Watercolor Craft Step by Step Directions
Begin by painting a paper plate ice skating rink with winter watercolors.
We used a lot of blues and purples for our paper plates. Just paint and combine the watercolors. Let the paint dry completely.
You will also need to paint two regular size craft sticks per skate, or one regular size craft stick and two mini sticks, with gray acrylic paint. Let this paint dry, as well.
Now, while all the paint is drying, print the ice skates on the cardstock color of your choice. Cut out the ice skates.
Punch holes along the front of the skate. Make sure you don’t punch too close to the edge.
Cut a small strand of white yarn. Guide one end of the yarn through the end hole. Tape this beginning end in place.
Then, begin lacing the yarn over the edge of the paper and through each of the holes.
When finished, tape the final end to the back of the skate.
Repeat for both ice skates.
At this point, you can use a white chalk marker to decorate the skates. Or try using regular markers, metallic markers, stickers, etc.
Next, once the craft sticks are dry, cut one of the regular size craft sticks in half.
Use glue dots to glue the full stick across the ends of the half sticks, forming the blade for the ice skate. We prefer not to use hot glue when working with kids, and the glue dots hold together well. Then, use glue dots to join the blade to the ice skate.
Finally, position your ice skates on the watercolor ice skating rink to complete this oh so darling winter wonderland art and craft project. So fun!
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More Winter Crafts for Kids
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Paper Plate Ice Skating Craft
Paint, watercolor, and yarn combined to make our fun ice skating winter paper plate craft
Materials
- Ice Skates Template
- Paper plates
- Watercolors
- Silver acrylic paint
- Cardstock - choice of colors
- White chalk marker
- Craft sticks
- White yarn
- Single hole punch
- Scissors
- Tape
- Glue dots
Instructions
- Begin by painting a paper plate ice skating rink with winter watercolors.
- We used a lot of blues and purples for our paper plates. Just paint and combine the watercolors. Let the paint dry completely.
- You will also need to paint two regular size craft sticks per skate, or one regular size craft stick and two mini sticks, with gray acrylic paint. Let this paint dry, as well.
- Now, while all the paint is drying, print the ice skates on the cardstock color of your choice.
- Cut out the ice skates.
- Punch holes along the front of the skate. Make sure you don’t punch too close to the edge.
- Cut a small strand of white yarn. Guide one end of the yarn through the end hole. Tape this beginning end in place.
- Then, begin lacing the yarn over the edge of the paper and through each of the holes.
- When finished, tape the final end to the back of the skate.
- Repeat for both ice skates.
- At this point, you can use a white chalk marker to decorate the skates. Or try using regular markers, metallic markers, stickers, etc.
- Next, once the craft sticks are dry, cut one of the regular size craft sticks in half.
- Use glue dots to glue the full stick across the ends of the half sticks, forming the blade for the ice skate. We prefer not to use hot glue when working with kids, and the glue dots hold together well.
- Then, use glue dots to join the blade to the ice skate.
- Finally, position your ice skates on the watercolor ice skating rink to complete this oh so darling winter wonderland art and craft project.