My daughter loves cartoons. She would stay parked in front of the television all day, but I limit her screen time. There are only a few shows that she watches. Her favorite shows are ‘Stella & Sam’ & ‘Julius Jr.’ Since I monitor her television time, it always surprises me when she knows so many characters from other cartoons. Last night she kept talking to me about Percy. I did not know who Percy was. It turned out that Percy was a friend of Thomas the train. “Percy is so cute.” she told me. I was not familiar with Percy, but I know Thomas. I asked my daughter if she wanted to make Thomas & Percy crafts & of course she jumped at it. She chose to make Percy, so I made Thomas. We chose to make paper plate crafts. Here’s how.
What you will need:
Paper plates
Silver paint
Construction paper in blue, black, red & green.
Magic markers
Glue
Directions:
Paint a paper plate in silver & let it dry.
Cut out the shapes for the bodies, eyes, mouths, lights & smoke stacks. (Here were all the pieces used to form Thomas)
Draw in the eyeballs & any details with magic marker.
I cut out all the pieces for Mai’s Percy as well.
Glue all the pieces together to form your characters.
Draw in nose, mouth & cheeks.
As you can see Mai was very proud of her creation.
Mommy was proud of hers too.
Since we were on a Thomas kick, we had to squeeze in just one more craft.
Footprint Thomas The Train Craft
Paint your child’s feet as shown.
Press onto a piece of paper & let dry.
Paint in the whites of the eyes & the mouth. Paint the train’s body as shown & let dry.
Paint or draw in the details & let dry.
Add a smoke stack & train tracks with crayons to finish off your picture.
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6 comments
So cute and believe it or not, my girls have never watched Thomas the Train. But still think they would love the train concept and craft here 🙂
I didn’t think my daughter had either. Lol! SHe must have seen it at daycare or with daddy.
It’s so weird hearing him called Thomas the train. Is that what he’s called where you are?
Here in the UK his name is Thomas the tank engine lol
That’s funny! In the U.S. it is called Thomas the Train. I have never actually watched him though.
It’s pretty good, although I haven’t watched it for a while. My daughter has had a stint of loving him but it’s worn off. Years ago, my brother was obsessed with it, he knew every train and carriage there was to know! It was really funny. I enjoy watching the older episodes, Ringo Starr tells the story!