We Come In Peace

Dakota woke up complaining of a tummy ache yesterday morning so instead of going to Ultimate Play Zone, we hung out at home. The kids were pretty content all morning but when they started to bicker, I pulled out some supplies to make alien space ships, a project I knew they'd both enjoy.

We used:

•  two paper plates (each)
• assorted washi tape
• construction paper
• markers
• clear plastic cups 
• hot glue gun

We started by taping our plates together with the washi tape. They loved ripping the tape off of the dispenser! 

I told them they could decorate their space craft any way they liked but they were both happy just using the tape, which is what I figured would happen. :) Once their plates were taped, I gave them each an alien to decorate.

I just drew a rough alien shape and called it good. They drew on some faces and clothes and then I folded the very bottom of their alien to make a flap and then I taped it to the middle of the plate. Once the aliens were taped on I used my hot glue gun to glue the plastic cup over the alien. 

Take me to your leader...

Harper's Alien Space Ship

Dakota's Alien Space Ship

And mine...because why not?