Changing Table Sheets: Superhero Breastplate Daycare Craft!

Changing Table Sheets: Superhero Breastplate Craft!

What child doesn’t want to be a superhero? This new craft uses a changing table sheet to make a superhero breastplate. The craft can be as simple or as elaborate as you would like. It is fun for preschoolers through 1^st graders and can be used in a child care center, home school, or elementary school. You can use small, deli style, 10” x 15” size changing table ½ sheets for 2 and 3 year olds and I might suggest using full size 16” x 24” changing table sheets for 4 to 6 year olds.

Superhero Breastplate

Materials Needed:

1 – Changing table sheet

1 – Hole puncher

4 – Paper hole reinforcers

1 – 2’ length of thick yarn

Various colors of crayons and/or markers

Instructions:

Step 1: Using the hole puncher, make a hole 1” down from the top and 2” from the left side of the changing table sheet. Make a hole 1” down from the top and 2” from the right side.

Step 2: Place a paper hole reinforcer on each hole, front and back.

Step 3: Gently tie the ends of the yarn in each hole.

Step 4: Use the crayons and/or markers to create a one-of-a-kind breastplate.

Options:

1) Instead of using yarn to put the breastplate on, use two clothes pins.

2) Use glue and fabric scraps to decorate the breastplate – allow to dry overnight.

3) Use glitter glue for a fancy breastplate.

4) If you want the children to have a more unified look, pre-cut the design or symbol you want with construction paper. Have the children glue it on.

5) Make it a CAPE! Use 1 to 2 inch ribbon instead yarn and turn the breastplate around to be a cape.

Have a superhero day; check out my craft on superhero masks using 6” paper plates. You can also consider decorating disposable shoe covers to put over the children’s shoes as superhero boots. Use spray paint to make them the color you want, let dry completely, and then use permanent markers to make them unique.

Complete your Superhero day with a reading of a Superhero book. Here are some to review:

Superhero Squad: Meet the Superhero Squad! By Lucy Rosen

Superhero ABC by Bob McLeod

Superhero School by Aaron Reynolds and Randy Rash

Joseph – God’s Superhero: Genesis 37-50 (Discover 4 Yourself Inductive Bible Studies for Kids) by Kay Arthur and Janet Arndt

d/Deaf and d/Dumb: A Portrait of a Deaf Kid as a Young Superhero (Disability Studies in Education) by Joseph Michael Valente

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