Let’s make a super fun paper plate school bus craft! Making a school bus craft with a paper plate is a fun project to make with the kids to get them ready for back to school this year. Use this school bus craft at home or in the classroom with kids of any age.
paper plate school bus craft
We are going to make this bright and colorful paper plate school bus with the kids. It’s the perfect craft to make before school starts, and I bet you have everything you need to make your own at home.
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We are going to use a large paper plate, acrylic paint, and scissors to cut out and paint this fun school bus craft.
Supplies needed to make a paper plate school bus
- White paper plate
- Acrylic paint – yellow, white, black, and red
- Pencil
- Scissors
- Paintbrush
- Permanent marker
Instructions for making a paper plate school bus
Step 1
Using your pencil, draw the outline of your school bus onto the paper plate. Using the scissors, cut out your bus.
Note: I used a permanent marker because it was hard to see the outline of the bus in the photograph using a pencil. You can use a marker in the final step though to outline everything.
Step 2
Using the pencil, draw the windshield, lights, wheels, grill, and other features onto your school bus.
Step 3
It’s time to paint your school bus. We mixed a little red and yellow paint together to paint the front grill of the bus.
Use a permanent marker to write ‘school bus’ across the top of your bus craft, and then outline all of the bus features.
Our finished paper plate school bus craft
Prep Time
5 minutes
Active Time
30 minutes
Total Time
35 minutes
Difficulty
easy
Estimated Cost
$1
Materials
- White paper plate
- Acrylic paint – yellow, white, black, and red
- Pencil
- Permanent marker
Instructions
- Sketch the shape of your school bus onto the paper plate using a pencil, and then cut it out.
- Using the pencil add all of the features for your bus including the windshield and lights.
- Paint your school bus using red, yellow, black, and white paint.
- Write ‘school bus’ across the top of the paper plate and then outline all of the bus features using the permanent marker.
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Have you made our paper plate school bus craft? How did it turn out?
