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January 22, 2018

Paper Plate Hippopotamus

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Eeeek….So excited about how awesome this paper plate Hippopotamus craft turned out! My daughter has been requesting one of my favorites at bedtime lately, “The Hiccupotamus”, so it was perfect timing for a fun hippo craft. We used white cardstock for our big hippopotamus teeth but a fun alternative would be to use jumbo marshmallows. This fun paper plate hippopotamus craft is a perfect activity for preschoolers after a trip to the zoo.

How to Make a Paper Plate Hippopotamus Craft

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Supplies:

  • 2 paper plates
  • gray paint
  • pink paint
  • gray cardstock
  • white cardstock
  • googly eyes
  • black marker
  • glue
  • scissors

Watch the full tutorial of us making this cute paper plate hippopotamus craft before you get started. Don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel so you never miss a new video!

Paper Pate Hippopotamus Instructions:

1.Trim the sides of both of your paper plates to make each of them more of an oval shape.

2. Fold one of the paper plates in half. This will be the hippo mouth. Unfold that plate and paint the bottom of each plates gray. As we started painting I realized we really only needed the bottom half of the mouth paper plate painted so that’s all I painted. My daughter painted all of her plates though.

3. Once the paint is completely dry, turn the mouth paper plate over and paint it pink. Let it dry completely before moving on.

4. Next fold the mouth paper plate in half with the gray showing on top and glue it to the bottom of the face paper plate.

5. Cut two nose nostrils out of gray paper and glue them on the top of the mouth. Then cut ears out of your gray paper and glue them onto the back of the face. Next, glue large googly eyes on the hippo face.

6. Use a black marker to draw the little whisker holes on top of the hippo’s mouth. You can do this part in an earlier step, but since we were just making it up as we went, we did it last.

7. For the teeth, cut strips of white cardstock paper with one side rounded. Make a small fold at the straight end of the tooth and glue them down inside the mouth. Spread the top ones apart and put the bottom ones together so the mouth closes easier.

Looking for more fun paper plate animal crafts?

This adorable paper plate giraffe or this cute paper plate koala are more crafts that are perfect after a trip to the zoo. Check out this huge resource of more than 20 paper plate animal crafts.

 

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Comments

  1. Deceptively Educational says

    August 20, 2013 at 5:18 PM

    Hiccupotomus is a favorite book in our house too! I love your paper plate hippo – it's adorable!!

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  2. Miss G says

    August 22, 2013 at 11:02 PM

    Another great hippo book is "You Can't Move a Hippo!" by Michael Catchpool and Rosalind Beardshaw. Very fun if you do different voices for the animals and a great book about saying "please"!

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  3. Cindy deRosier says

    June 18, 2017 at 11:31 AM

    I’m the Editor of Fun Family Crafts and wanted to let you know that we have featured your paper plate hippo! You can see it here:

    https://funfamilycrafts.com/paper-plate-hippo/

    If you have other kid-friendly craft tutorials, we’d love for you to submit them. Thanks for a cute project idea!

    Reply

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