Welcome friends! I feel like it’s been forever since I’ve shared a “book” themed kid craft on the blog, so I “feel” I need to remedy that ASAP!

Today’s blog post is titled Paper Plate Cheese – Kid Craft and it goes along perfectly with the book – Cheese Belongs To You by Alexis Deacon.

Rat Law says that if you’re a rat, cheese belongs to you. But there are exceptions. For example, if a big rat wants it, cheese belongs to him. Unless a bigger rat wants it, or a quicker one, or a stronger one. And if a big, quick, strong, scary, hairy, dirty rat wants it, well . . . where does it end? A tumble of cumulative adjectives and a frenzy of hungry critters build up to a final note of politeness in a book sure to satisfy kids’ appetites for zany humor.

Not only is this a funny book to read with your child but today’s craft is ALSO super fun to really pull it all together. So what are you waiting for? This Paper Plate Cheese craft is not smelly but oh so easy, fun for all ages and inexpensive too! Follow my step-by-step tutorial below and let the fun begin!

Supplies:

* Large Paper Plate
* Yellow Tissue Paper
* Brown Cardstock
* Small Circle Punch
* Scissors
* Glue

Directions:

* First cut your paper plate into a triangle for the “cheese.”
* Next take your yellow tissue paper and cut it into small squares {let the kids practice their cutting skills}
* Now take your paper plate and put a good amount of glue all over it. Have children place the tissue paper on top of the glue, until the paper plate is completely covered.
* While they are working on that, cut out some “holes” for the cheese from the brown cardstock.
* To finish off the cheese kid craft – glue the cardstock circles all over the paper plate to give the look of holes in the cheese. Then display proudly!

And in true fashion around here – here is ONE more kid craft to really tie the theme together!

For this Cupcake Liner Cheese & Mouse craft, all we did was flatten/glue down some yellow/silver cupcake liners to a piece of cardstock and then added embellishments to give the look of cheese & a mouse!

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If you are looking for even MORE easy kid craft ideas that go along with children’s books, be sure to check out these fun posts:

Paper Plate Spaghetti {Kid Craft}
Paper Plate Muffin {Kid Craft}
Paper Plate Taco {Kid Craft}
Paper Plate Cookie {Kid Craft}
Paper Plate Paddington {Kid Craft}

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