Tag: Animal crafts

Animals, Valentine's Day

Cute Sheep Valentine Craft

Jennifer
Cute Sheep Valentine Craft
Cute Sheep Valentine Craft

Wooly Be My Valentine? I hope you say “yes!” I love puns, so I couldn’t resist this cute sheep valentine craft. My son and I enjoyed making this together. He likes using pom-poms and having creative freedom to mix and match colors and sizes. Use the free template for your sheep and add your pom-poms to make your very own valentine. Who are you going to give your valentine to?

Supplies Needed:

  • pom-poms in assorted sizes and colors
  • white glue
  • sheep template (free PDF printable)
  • crayons

How To:

This craft is pretty straight forward and easy for preschoolers to do. Adults will need to help with the glue, but kids will love adding their pom-poms! Getting the different sizes to fit together is kind of like a puzzle and great for preschoolers’ spatial awareness development.

Begin by printing off the free sheep template.

Grab your crayons and color your sheep. My son left the body and the wooly part of the head white, but colored in the rest of his sheep. His favorite color is blue, so he made a blue sheep.

Pick several different sizes and colors of pom-poms. Using the white glue, glue the pom-poms onto the sheep’s body and wooly tuft on top of its head.

Let your cute sheep valentine craft dry before you give your valentine to someone special!

Animals

Basic Shapes Penguin Craft

Jennifer
Basic Shapes Penguin Craft
Basic Shapes Penguin Craft

Penguins are so cute and I couldn’t resist making a penguin with a heart-shaped tummy for extra adorableness! This basic shapes penguin craft is great for preschoolers to make. Not only does coloring help them with their fine motor skills needed for writing, but this craft also helps them with shapes. Take this opportunity for your kiddo to work on shape identification by saying the names of each shape as they color them.

Supplies Needed:

How To:

Print off the free basic shapes penguin craft template. It is a free, downloadable PDF.

Ask your child to name each shape as they color it. Bonus, count how many of each shape they see.

After all of the shapes have been colored, cut out the pieces. Rounded edges are hard for little ones, so an adult may need to do the cutting.

On a piece of construction paper, assemble the shapes to form a penguin. Look at the sample on the craft template. The large oval is the body; the large heart is the tummy; 2 small circles are the eyes; triangle is the beak; 2 ovals are the wings; and the 2 small hearts are the feet.

Glue all of your pieces onto the construction paper. Let your penguin dry before showing off how cute it is!

Looking for More Crafts?

Check out my Crafts Page for more fun things to make with your kiddo! There are more animal crafts to make, winter crafts, and lots of fun 🙂