Looking for a fun and easy valentine’s day craft project to do with your kids? Check out our paper plate heart strawberry tutorial!
Keep scrolling to learn more about this paper plate heart strawberry craft idea and recreate a few of your own smiling strawberries with your child today!
Paper Plate Valentine’s Day Strawberry Craft
This is probably going to be the EASIEST project you tackle this Valentine’s Day season. The shopping list is basic and the steps even simpler for these adorable strawberries! Just the way we like it on Glued To My Crafts!
So what are we waiting for? The sooner you scroll to the tutorial below, the sooner you can “grow” your heart shaped strawberries today! I just know you are going to have a blast making them and giving each one their own personality! You could even turn these into creative paper valentines that you hand out on the big day. Hopefully with that little tid-bit, we get those creative juices flowing right now!
On that note, it’s time to craft! Keep scrolling for the full red strawberry craft tutorial below! Happy crafting, my friends!!!
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Get creative with basic, inexpensive heart shaped paper plates and make valentine strawberries with your child.
Craft Supplies:
- Large HEART SHAPED Paper Plate {one per strawberry craft}
- Black Sharpie Marker
- Wiggle Eye Stickers
- Large Heart Paper Punch
- Green Cardstock Paper
- Brown Cardstock Paper
- Basic Paper Craft Scissors
- Hand-Held Office Stapler
Directions:
- First things first – grab ONE heart shaped paper plate and your black Sharpie marker.
- Make several dots {or small hearts} all over the paper plate to give the “strawberry” some dimension.
- Next go ahead and adhere the wiggle eyes in place & draw on a smile with the same marker.
- When done, set aside the paper plate for now.
- Now grab your two cardstock sheets, the heart paper punch and the scissors.
- Out of the green cardstock, cut out TWO heart shapes for the “leaves” of the strawberry.
- Out of the brown cardstock, cut out a long, thin rectangle shape for the “stem.”
- Now the last step – assembling. To finish off your heart shaped strawberry friend, staple on the two paper hearts & the rectangle stem towards the top of the decorated paper plate.
- Now add anything else you like for that custom look before displaying your paper plate strawberry proudly for all to see!
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Paper Plate Heart Strawberry
Instructions:
- First things first - grab ONE heart shaped paper plate and your black Sharpie marker.
- Make several dots {or small hearts} all over the paper plate to give the "strawberry" some dimension.
- Next go ahead and adhere the wiggle eyes in place & draw on a smile with the same marker.
- When done, set aside the paper plate for now.
- Now grab your two cardstock sheets, the heart paper punch and the scissors.
- Out of the green cardstock, cut out TWO heart shapes for the "leaves" of the strawberry.
- Out of the brown cardstock, cut out a long, thin rectangle shape for the "stem."
- Now the last step - assembling. To finish off your heart shaped strawberry friend, staple on the two paper hearts & the rectangle stem towards the top of the decorated paper plate.
- Now add anything else you like for that custom look before displaying your paper plate strawberry proudly for all to see!