Good Day, Good Night Paper Plate Craft

Celebrate the newest book release from Margaret Wise Brown, the creator of Goodnight Moon with this Good Day, Good Night Paper Plate Craft. This post is sponsored by HarperCollins. All crafty opinions are my own.

Good Day, Good Night Paper Plate Craft

There’s something so sweet and timeless about making paper plate crafts with my kids. Always classic and perfect for involving little hands, I love making themed crafts to go along with some of our classic bedtime stories. And now we have a new classic book to add to our collection.

From the author of Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown’s familiar words return in the companion book that your family will love. Good Day, Good Night has had an instant impact on our family’s bedtime stories, so much so that we dug into our timeless crafting supplies to create this inspired Good Day, Good Night Paper Plate Craft. Make your own flippable day to night puppet and be sure to scroll down for a fun giveaway!

Good Day, Good Night, from the author of Goodnight Moon

Goodnight Moon was a pivotal book from my childhood, one that I remember reading with my parents and one that I now cherish as a parent. Those illustrations from illustrator Clement Hurd? Classics! And now 70 years later, Margaret Wise Brown’s wise and sweet words are back in the companion book our childhoods are missing.

Good Day, Good Night is the newest book from Margaret Wise Brown, the unpublished work that is now an instant family treasure. The beautiful illustrations from Loren Long really help to capture the essence of Margaret Wise Brown’s words. Reading this book with my daughter is like revisiting an old friend. Happy, safe, warm, familiar.

Good Day, Good Night Paper Plate Craft

To celebrate the new book release, we got out our good old paper plates, paint and glue for this inspired Good Day, Good Night Paper Plate Craft. Perfect for reading along, your kids will love telling you when it’s day and when it’s night during the story with their own flippable day-to-night paper plate puppet. Ready to make your own? Here’s how:

What You Will Need:

• (2) Paper Plates
• Paint: Yellow, Orange, Black
• (1) Popsicle Stick
• Glue
• Scissors

Directions:

1. Take 1 plate and paint the front and back in yellow. Allow to dry.
2. Paint the front of the 2nd plate orange. Paint the back of the plate in black. Allow to dry.
3. When dry, take the orange/black plate and cut out a crescent moon shape out of the middle (use the inner circle as a guide). Avoid cutting close to the outer ridged area.
4. Take the yellow plate and cut out small triangles out of the ridged area to create a sun shape.
5. Glue the yellow plate on top of the orange/black plate, adding your popsicle stick in the middle, as shown. Allow to dry.

VOILA! You have a wonderful day night paper plate craft, perfect for reading the new Good Day, Good Night book together!

Flip from one side

to the other as you read about daytime and nighttime in this adorable new kids book. Be sure to download this FREE Good Day, Good Night Activity Book for more Good Day, Good Night themed activities too.

So whether you’re snuggled up for a good bedtime story or enjoying a mid afternoon read,

the new Good Day, Good Night book has the classic appeal of parents and kids alike, all from the words of Margaret Wise Brown.

Add this storybook to your Goodnight Moon collection and enjoy more sweet reading moments with your kids.