Craft Stick Alien Flying Saucers

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Using craft sticks and paper plates and other simple supplies from the Dollar Store, create these quick and easy Craft Stick Alien Flying Saucers with the kiddos in just 30 minutes. A great home daycare activity.

Paper plate alien craft

If you are running a home daycare like me, you know there’s nothing better than finding a great craft you can do with paper plates. They are easy to find, inexpensive, and easy to use. For more paper plate craft ideas, check these out. And my kids love aliens, space ships, and all things outer space, don’t yours?

And for more craft stick ideas, check these out:

• Craft Stick Building Set for Preschool
• Popsicle Stick Snowflake Ornament
• Cat in the Hat Hat Craft
• How to Make a Catapult from Popsicle Sticks

Children are naturally curious about the world around them, and aliens represent a fascinating and unknown aspect of the universe. Here are a few reasons why kids might be drawn to aliens:

1. Mystery: Aliens are mysterious and unknown, which can be very appealing to children who are fascinated by things that they don’t understand.
2. Imagination: Aliens can be portrayed in many different ways, which allows children to use their imaginations to create their own ideas about what aliens might look like or how they might behave.
3. Science fiction: Many children are drawn to science fiction stories, movies, and TV shows that feature aliens. They enjoy the adventure and excitement that comes with exploring new worlds and encountering strange creatures.
4. Playful appeal: Aliens are often depicted in a playful and friendly way in children’s media, which can make them more appealing to kids.

These alien ships are so much fun with the iridescent shimmer and the fun alien creatures inside. They help kids work on fine motor skills, cutting, coloring, and gluing. They also help them work on sorting, counting, and color identification. You can stretch the learning fun as far as you’d like.

Craft Stick Alien Flying Saucers are a great craft activity to do with kids for several reasons:

1. Promotes creativity: Crafting allows children to use their imagination and creativity to come up with their own unique designs for their alien flying saucers.
2. Develops fine motor skills: Crafting requires precision and dexterity, which helps develop fine motor skills in children.
3. Encourages problem-solving: Crafting involves problem-solving skills, such as figuring out how to attach the craft sticks to the plastic cups and making the antennas.
4. Provides bonding time: Crafting together provides an opportunity for parents, guardians, or educators to bond with children while doing a fun activity together.
5. Enhances communication skills: During the craft activity, children can practice communicating their ideas and needs to the adults helping them with the project.

Alien colors

These fun alien flying saucers help kids with color identification in the craft sticks as well as the different colored aliens. You can also use them for counting too. And fine and gross motor skills as well. Click here for the patterns you need to make the aliens for the flying saucers.

Just download, print, and cut them out to trace around for your alien ships. Or be creative and make your own. It doesn’t matter!

Alien crafts ideas

For more alien craft ideas, check these out:

• Learning Shapes and Colors Alien Activity
• Printable Alien Coloring Craft for Kids

Create these funky Dollar Store Craft Stick Alien Flying Saucers to work on shapes, cutting, colors, and counting with the kiddos.

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Craft Stick Alien Flying Saucers

Easy fun craft for your home daycare or your kids at home. Make these fun craft stick and paper plate alien ships in minutes!

Prep Time5 minutes mins

Cook Time30 minutes mins

Total Time35 minutes mins

Keyword: alien craft for preschool, alien flying saucers, alien ship, craft stick craft, paper plate craft

Author: Christina

Ingredients

• Craft Sticks Jumbo Colored – Dollar Store
• Holographic Party Plates Small – Dollar Store
• Colored Paper – Dollar Store
• Washable Marker Black – Dollar Store
• Wiggle Eyes – Dollar Store
• Glitter Glue Clear – Dollar Store
• Glue Gun and Glue Sticks – Low Temp Works Best
• White Pencil or Chalk
• Scissors
• DOLLAR STORE CRAFT STICK ALIEN FLYING SAUCER PATTERNS

Instructions

• Cut the curved edge away from the flat part of a small paper plate, leaving a circle approximately 5” wide. These holographic paper party plates are in stock at the Dollar Store.
• Download, print and cut out Dollar Store Craft Stick Alien Flying Saucer Patterns.
• Trace the leg three times for each flying saucer onto black colored paper with a white pencil or chalk.
• Cut out inside the traced lines with scissors, for a clean finished project.
• Place three colored jumbo craft sticks on your work surface, attach the paper plate dome with a glue gun and glue sticks, and then glue the three legs to the edge of the bottom craft stick.
• Download, print and cut out Dollar Store Craft Stick Alien Flying Saucer Patterns. 
• Trace alien patterns onto a variety of colored papers with a pencil or create your own alien shapes.
• Attach assorted wiggle eyes with a glue gun and glue sticks.
• Draw on a mouth and nose with a washable black marker.
• Glue the aliens into the flying saucer.
• TIP:  Mix and match colors, shapes, and patterns to create a custom alien in a flying saucer.
• Embellish the flying saucer bases and legs with patterns created from clear glitter glue. Set aside to dry.