Red Ted Art - Make crafting with kids easy & fun

Cute & Easy Crafts for Kids

  • Home
  • START HERE
  • Preschool Crafts
  • Easy Kids Crafts
  • Paper Crafts
  • Free Printables
  • About
  • Join Our Newsletter
  • Cookies, Privacy Policies & Disclosure

Paper Plate Mermaid Twirler

April 23, 2018

It is Paper Plate Whirligig Time again. I think the last Paper Plate Twirler we did, was our Paper Plate Dragon Twirler! Or was it the Love Bug Twirler?? Either way, it has been a while!!! And with Summer and lots of lovely Summer Crafts for Preschoolers heading our way we thought a Paper Plate Mermaid Twirler may be JUST THE THING!! I have once again created a FREE Mermaid Printable for you – but you can of course draw your own mermaid for this Mermaid Whirligig. So choose to use the template or draw your own! We adore Paper Plate crafts for kids. This little mermaid craft idea, make wonderful Mermaid Room Decor crafts for kids of all ages (my daughter, aged 8, is going crazy over them!!). Oh how we adore Mermaid Craft Ideas!!

Paper Plater Mermaid Twirler. We lover making Paper Plate Whirligigs for all the different seasons. These mermaid twirlers come with a free Mermaid Printable. Make these Paper Plater Mermaid Whirligigs today #paperplates #mermaids #twirlers #whirligigs #printables

Paper Plate Mermaid Twirler – Materials

  • One paper plate per mermaid
  • Your mermaid printable (grab it at the bottom of this post)
    • there is a design your own hair mermaid.. and a finished one
  • Paint in desired mermaid colours
  • Pens for coloring in and decorating your mermaid printable
  • Scissors, brushes and glue stick
  • String and stapler for hanging

WHY NOT SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER FIRST?

How to make a Paper Plate Mermaid Whirligig

Paper Plater Mermaid Twirler. We lover making Paper Plate Whirligigs for all the different seasons. These mermaid twirlers come with a free Mermaid Printable. Make these Paper Plater Mermaid Whirligigs today #paperplates #mermaids #twirlers #whirligigs #printables

Now the process for making your paper plate mermaid Twirler is ALMOST the same as for all the other whirligigs we have made so far.. but not QUITE – as you need to allow for the mermaid’s printable body.

Begin by painting one side of your paper plate in the desired colours.

Whilst the first side of the paper plate twirler is drying, you can continue by colouring in your mermaid printables.

Once you have completed the colouring, the paper plates will hopefully already be dry and you can turn them around and paint the second side (you don’t HAVE to paint both sides but we do think it is nice!).

In the meantime, you can cut out your mermaid printables.

Paper Plater Mermaid Twirler. We lover making Paper Plate Whirligigs for all the different seasons. These mermaid twirlers come with a free Mermaid Printable. Make these Paper Plater Mermaid Whirligigs today #paperplates #mermaids #twirlers #whirligigs #printables

Glue your mermaid’s body to the middle of your paper plate. And the mermaid’s tail perpendicular to left of the mermaid (actually, the right is fine too.. you will simply cut the mermaid out in a different direction).

Once these are glued in place, cut out a mermaids tail – beginning at the tip of the mermaid’s tail – and getting “fatter as you come cut round the plate”. See image.

Paper Plater Mermaid Twirler. We lover making Paper Plate Whirligigs for all the different seasons. These mermaid twirlers come with a free Mermaid Printable. Make these Paper Plater Mermaid Whirligigs today #paperplates #mermaids #twirlers #whirligigs #printables

Normally you keep cutting the paper plate like a snail. But for this mermaid Twirler, you have to keep the centere in tact for the mermaid’s body – which you now cut out.

Once cut, you can decorate your paper plate mermaid’s tail with glitter glue or sequents.

Finally staple or tape on some string to your mermaid’s head for hanging.

Paper Plater Mermaid Twirler. We lover making Paper Plate Whirligigs for all the different seasons. These mermaid twirlers come with a free Mermaid Printable. Make these Paper Plater Mermaid Whirligigs today #paperplates #mermaids #twirlers #whirligigs #printables

 

Your Paper Plate Mermaid Whirligig is complete!

Paper Plater Mermaid Twirler. We lover making Paper Plate Whirligigs for all the different seasons. These mermaid twirlers come with a free Mermaid Printable. Make these Paper Plater Mermaid Whirligigs today #paperplates #mermaids #twirlers #whirligigs #printables

More fabulous Paper Plate Crafts

More Lovely Mermaid Craft Ideas

 

 

«
»

Filed Under: paper plates, Summer 9 Comments

Comments

  1. bron says

    April 27, 2018 at 2:05 am

    where is the link to the printable?
    thanks

    Reply
    • Red Ted Art says

      April 27, 2018 at 12:57 pm

      So sorry! Have added it now!

      Reply
  2. Ruth says

    April 27, 2018 at 2:53 am

    I couldn’t find the link to the Paper Plate Mermaid Whirlygig print?
    Thanks for all your inspiring ideas.

    Reply
    • Red Ted Art says

      April 27, 2018 at 12:56 pm

      Oh my! So sorry! Have added it to the post now!!

      Reply
  3. Beth says

    May 6, 2018 at 9:32 am

    I cannot wait to do this. thanks for this great idea 🙂

    Reply
    • Red Ted Art says

      May 6, 2018 at 4:35 pm

      Enjoy!!!

      Reply
  4. Amy Brobst says

    May 10, 2018 at 10:01 pm

    I can’t find the link for the printable- can you tell me which part of the page it is?

    Reply
    • Red Ted Art says

      May 11, 2018 at 10:15 am

      You click on the BIG RED button that says “Click for your printable”?

      Reply
      • Amy Brobst says

        May 24, 2018 at 3:39 am

        Sorry, I didn’t see it before- maybe the page wasn’t fully loaded.

        Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published.

Recipe Rating




Welcome!

Welcome

Hello! I am Maggy and I love all things crafty and sharing my craft ideas and how tos.

The aim of this site is to provide easy, do-able and fun crafts for all ages.

Categories

Archives

Crafty Blogs

Copyright © 2021 · Website Design By Jumping Jax Designs