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June 22, 2013 By Chelsey 23 Comments

Crafts for Kids: Make a Statue of Liberty Crown and Torch

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Here’s an easy paper plate craft for kids- a Statue of Liberty Crown and Torch! This craft is perfect for a unit on American symbols or for the 4th of July.

Are you following our Patriotic Crafts for Kids Pinterest board?

 

Make a Statue of Liberty Crown and Torch from a Paper Plate! ~ Buggy and Buddy

Do your kids enjoy dressing up? Mine absolutely LOVE it!  Lucy and Theo especially love dressing up in costumes they’ve made themselves.

With the Fourth of July almost here, we thought it would be so much fun to dress up like The Statue of Liberty! Here’s how to make a crown and torch from paper plates. (This post contains affiliate links.)

 

Statue of Liberty Crown and Torch Paper Plate Craft for Kids~ Buggy and Buddy

Statue of Liberty Crown & Torch Using Paper Plates

Materials for Crown and Torch

  • Paper plates (at least 4)
  • Scissors
  • Tape
  • Paint and paintbrushes
  • Glitter glue (optional)
  • Toilet paper roll

 

Directions for Making the Crown

1. Cut off the bottom of a paper plate. (Save this little piece to make the spikes on the crown later on. I was able to get two spikes from each little piece so you’ll need about 4 total.)

 

2. Cut out the center of the plate. (Save this piece to make flames for the torch. Each piece can make one flame piece. You can make as many as you want depending on how you want your finished torch to look.)

cut your paper plate

 

3. Do this for all your paper plates.

cut up paper plates

4. Paint the crown and spike pieces a greenish-blue gray. We started with white paint. Then we added some green. When we were happy with that color, we added a few drops of black paint to give it a grayish hue.

mix your paint

 

5. Set the pieces aside to dry. (This would also be a good time to paint the base of your torch- the cardboard tube- since it is the same color as the crown.)

 

6. Once they are dry, it’s time to make the spikes. The Statue of Liberty’s crown has 7 spikes (representing the 7 continents and 7 seas). Cut out 7 long triangles from your small scraps to make the spikes. You can either glue or tape them to your crown.

The Statue of Liberty Crown made from a paper plate! ~ Buggy and Buddy

7. Your crown is finished!

 

Directions for Making the Torch

1. For the flames we used the circles we cut from inside the plate. First, cut out random flame shapes from the circles.

cut out flame shapes

 

2. Paint them an orange-red to look like fire. We started with orange paint and then added some red to it until we liked the color we had created.

paint your flames

 

3. You can also add some details with red glitter glue like we did. (We were given ours for free from Craft Project Ideas.)

add glitter glue

 

4. Set your flames aside to dry.

 

5. Now paint your toilet paper roll the same color you used to paint your crown and allow it to dry.

 

6. Once everything is dry, it’s time to build your torch!

 

7. Fold your flames in half vertically so when they unfold they remain bent a bit.

 

8. Cut some slits in the top of your toilet paper roll.

cut slits in toilet paper roll

 

Slip your flames into the slits in the tube one flame at a time. (I also taped each flame from the back to make it more sturdy.)

slip flame into slit

 

9. Once you have arranged your flames all around the cardboard tube, you are ready to carry your torch proudly!

flame made from toilet paper roll

Lucy loved wearing her new homemade costume!

Statue of Liberty Crown and Torch Paper Plate Craft for Kids~ Buggy and Buddy

If you’d like to learn about the Statue of Liberty, here’s a great site. You can take a virtual tour of the monument!

 


Filed Under: 4th of July, America, Crafts for Kids Tagged With: America, crafts for kids, paper plates, patriotic crafts, statue of liberty

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Comments

  1. Mary Catherine says

    June 23, 2013 at 7:21 am

    I just cannot get over how cute she looks as the Statue of Liberty! LOVE this and am pinning it to try later. 🙂

    Reply
    • Chelsey says

      June 28, 2013 at 2:02 pm

      Thank you, Mary Catherine! I hope you all get a chance to make one too! There’s still plenty of time before the 4th of July! 😉

      Reply
      • Mary Catherine says

        June 29, 2013 at 4:33 pm

        Thanks so much for sharing at Stress-Free Sunday! I’m featuring you this weekend!

        Reply
  2. Jennifer Fischer says

    June 23, 2013 at 10:29 am

    What a cute idea! I love this idea for 4th of July. Pinned.

    Reply
    • Chelsey says

      June 28, 2013 at 2:02 pm

      Thanks so much, Jennifer!

      Reply
  3. Tracey@we-made-that.com says

    July 3, 2013 at 4:33 am

    I just love this! what a great idea and it turned out great! I am featuring this on We Made That Wednesday today!

    Reply
  4. Carrie says

    July 3, 2013 at 9:52 am

    Oh, I love how yours came out. We did something similar this week, but it is not the same. Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!!

    Reply
  5. Barbara Mojica says

    October 22, 2013 at 7:36 am

    Just came across this page in reading a blog post about my book, Little Miss HISTORY Travels to The STATUE of LIBERTY on Jump Into a Book. Such a creative idea! I am going to direct my readers to your site. Thanks again for sharing.

    Reply
    • Chelsey says

      October 22, 2013 at 9:15 am

      Thanks so much, Barbara! My daughter really enjoyed making the craft and learning all about the Statue of Liberty!

      Reply
  6. Mel says

    November 20, 2013 at 3:12 pm

    My son had to do a class project on the statue of liberty. We found this site and decided the crown and torch would be a excellent touch for bounus points.

    Reply
  7. Cindy deRosier says

    June 3, 2017 at 8:04 am

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

    https://funfamilycrafts.com/statue-of-liberty-crown-and-torch/

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

    Reply

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