Paper Plate Jellyfish Counting using Dot Stickers Kids Activity

This easy peasy counting activity for kids was so much fun! 

I included a bit of my crafty side to this poster board by using paper plates. 

I then created a simple jellyfish number activity using dot stickers that was loads of fun! 😀

So, let’s delve deeper into how I made this craft for kids with a twist into early learning! 

Related: Looking for another fun crafty early learning activity? Check out this post right here. 

Materials: 

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• Paper Plate

• Dot Stickers

• Poster board

• Sharpie Markers or Crayola Markers

• Elmer’s Glue

Jellyfish tentacles counting

This activity was so much fun! 

My littlest enjoyed learning about counting with this jellyfish craft. 

Here are the steps I took to put this simple craft together: 

Note: Get your littles involved in the coloring of the jellyfish. It will make it that much more fun for them (learning through play.)

• Cut however many paper plates you will use in half. (These will be the jellyfish.)

• Then, draw eyes to each of the jellyfish half paper plates. 

• Align them on the poster board to see how you will glue them on. 

• Then, draw different colored lines to them if you’d like to learn about colors. 

• Draw regular lines if you just want to learn about counting. Get creative with it. 

• Use elmers glue to secure the jellyfish onto the poster board. 

• Write numbers on top of the jellyfish that equal to the amount of tentacles of the jellyfish. 

• Voila! You’ve a simple dot sticker activity. 🙂 

Counting with jellyfish

Each jellyfish had a different amount of tentacles. 

For instance, the 1 had 1 tentacle, the 2 had 2 tentacles and so on and so forth. 

My LO filled dot stickers onto the tentacle of the jellyfish with one tentacle. 

Then, on the jellyfish with 2 tentacles she added dot stickers to the two tentacles on the poster board. 

I incorporated a bit of color matching but you can just add one dot sticker to the one and then two dot stickers to the two to make it a bit of a less advanced approach. 

The paper plate jellyfish were really cool because they gave off this 3D effect of them popping out which was neat! 

And, like I said you can always have your LO decorate them before adding them onto the poster board with glue. 

This will allow for them to be more engaged and learning with a piece of something they made.

Creative uses for paper plates

Here are some ideas of creative uses for paper plate activities: 

• Create a whale with half paper plates. 

• Make a bear with a paper plate.

• DIY ladybug paper plate craft.

• Rainbow Craft with a paper plate.

• Turtle Shell with a paper plate.

• Make a flower with a paper plate. 

• Ocean scene with a paper plate.

• Pumpkin for Halloween with a paper plate. 

What other fun paper plate crafts can you think of? Leave a comment below! 😀