We’ve made plenty of paper plate crafts over the last few months, but this one might be the most random yet.
Robbie recently discovered the character Puffaball from the Roblox game Steal a Brainrot, and naturally that meant we had to try turning him into a craft.
If you’re unfamiliar with it, Steal a Brainrot is one of the many strange and wonderful worlds inside Roblox, and Puffaball is a slightly chaotic little character that looks a bit like a tennis-ball styled pufferfish.
Luckily, that round shape makes it surprisingly perfect for a paper plate craft.
This Puffaball kids craft involves a fair bit of cutting and gluing, so it’s better suited for school-age children rather than toddlers. Robbie handled all the colouring and glueing while I took charge of most of the cutting — a fairly standard arrangement in our house.
What You’ll Need
- 2 paper plates
- Yellow paint or colouring pens
- Black crafting card
- White crafting card
- Blue colouring pen
- Scissors
- Glue
How to Make a Paper Plate Puffaball
Step 1: Colour the Plate
Start by colouring or painting one paper plate completely yellow.
Robbie coloured the whole plate using paint, although pens would work just as well if you have the don’t have the patience to wait for it to dry.
We did. Just.
Step 2: Make Puffaball’s Arms
Puffaball has two little fin-like arms sticking out from the sides.
To make these, we cut the shapes from a second yellow paper plate and glued them onto the main plate.
You could also paint a second plate yellow and cut from that, but Robbie was already impatient waiting for the first plate to dry, so we improvised.
Glue the fins to the left and right sides of the plate.
Step 3: Create the Eyes and Mouth
Next we used black crafting card to cut:
- two circles for the eyes
- one curved shape for the mouth
Glue these onto the centre of the plate.
The simple shapes work really well and immediately start to bring Puffaball to life.
Step 4: Add the Tears
If you’ve seen Puffaball before, you’ll know he has those distinctive teary eyes.
To make these, cut small crescent shapes from white card and let the kids colour them blue before gluing them onto the black eye circles.
Robbie enjoyed this part because it meant he could take over the colouring duties again.
Step 5: Give Puffaball His Tennis Ball Pattern
Puffaball’s most recognisable feature is the white square pattern across his body, which makes him look a bit like a tennis ball.
We cut around 25 small white squares from crafting card.
Two squares were glued into each eye, and the rest were spread across the plate to recreate Puffaball’s distinctive look.
This step takes a little patience, but it’s also the part that really makes the character recognisable.
Why Kids Love This Craft
This Puffaball craft is great for kids because it combines:
- colouring
- cutting
- gluing
- character recognition from games they enjoy
And if your child is already a fan of Roblox, turning their favourite characters into crafts is a brilliant way to get them away from screens for a while.
Even if it does mean learning far more about Steal a Brainrot than you ever expected to.
A Few Simple Variations
If you want to make this craft a little easier, you could:
- draw the eyes and mouth directly onto the plate
- paint the white tennis-ball pattern instead of cutting squares
- use coloured paper plates to skip the painting step
The great thing about paper plate crafts is that they’re always flexible.
There’s no real “wrong” version.
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Why Paper Plate Crafts Are Great for Kids
One of the reasons we come back to paper plate crafts so often is how simple they are to set up.
Most houses already have a pack of paper plates tucked away somewhere, and they’re surprisingly versatile when it comes to kids crafts. A single plate can become almost anything with a bit of imagination — animals, characters, masks, or even little puppets.
They’re also a great way for children to practise important creative skills. Activities like cutting shapes, colouring, painting and gluing all help develop fine motor control and hand-eye coordination. For younger children especially, crafts like this can quietly build confidence with scissors and basic crafting tools.
Another big advantage is that paper plates are sturdy enough to hold their shape while kids decorate them. That makes them much easier to work with than regular paper, particularly for crafts with added pieces like fins, eyes and decorations such as Puffaball.
And perhaps most importantly, they’re cheap. Which means if the craft gets a little messy — or completely reinvented halfway through — it’s all part of the fun.
More Paper Plate Crafts for Kids
If your child enjoyed making this Puffaball craft, you might also like some of our other easy paper plate creations:
Paper plates are cheap, easy to use, and perfect for all kinds of creative projects.
And occasionally… they even turn into strange little characters from Roblox games.
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