Reptiles & Pond Life Arts & Crafts
Updated August, 22, 2022
Originally Published July 3, 2013
Paper Plate Snakes
Added: 08-05-1998
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Paper plates, Crayons, string for hanging
Direction: Have the children use crayons to color designs on both sides of their paper plates. Then cut each plate around and around in a spiral so that when you are finished, it resembles a snake. Draw an eye on one end. Then hang the finished products. If your children are older, they may be able to cut the paper plates themselves.
Nylon Snake
Added: 08-05-1998
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Paint, paint brushes, newspaper, old nylons.
Directions: Talk to the children first about snakes and what some snakes look like. Let the children crumple up paper into balls. Then let them stuff a nylon with these paper balls. When the child finishes stuffing his/hers, have them tie a knot at the end of the nylon. Let the children paint their snakes as they wish.
Lizard with scales
Added: 08-18-1998
Original Author Unknown
Need: Bubble wrap, paint, and paint rollers, paper
Directions: Cut bubble wrap the shape of a lizard. Have the kids use brightly colored neon paint and mini-paint rollers. Roll paint on bubble wrap and then press pieces of paper over the bubbles to make scaly lizard pictures.
Turtle
Added: 08-18-1998
Original Author: Unknown
Need: 1 paper bowl, green paint, brown construction, paper black, marker, stapler
Directions: Turn bowl upside down and paint green, let dry. Cut out front and back feet from brown Const. paper. Staple to bowl. Cut out head w/neck, then draw eyes and mouth. Staple to bowl. Poke a hole in the top of the bowl in the middle. Then insert a piece of yarn & tape to the inside of the bowl. Now those turtles can go for a walk. This idea could also be made into a spider.
Turtle Puppet
Added: 08-18-1998
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Paper plate, staple, green paper, green sock
Directions: Paint a paper plate to resemble a turtle’s top shell and paint another plate for the bottom shell. ( I have used both the dinner plate size and the sandwich plate size.) Staple or glue green construction paper legs on either the top or bottom plate. Sandwich a green sock between the painted paper plates so that the toe sticks out for the head and the top of the sock sticks out the back for the tail. Staple the two plates together on both sides, add eyes, slip your hand into the sock and wah-lah…a turtle hand puppet to use with story time. Warning…all the children want to make their own!
Turtle
Added: 08-18-1998
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Paper plate, paper, glue
Directions: Using paper-plate scraps, cut out turtles head and tail. Leave a tab on each. Draw in features. Cut two strips about 1″ by 5″ from around the rim of a plate. Fold in half and color to form legs and feet. Color the bottom of a plate to look like a turtle shell. Fold the plate in half. Cut two 1″ slits along the fold, just inside the rim. Glue or staple folded shell closed at top. Insert head and tail into folded shell and secure in place. Insert folded ends of legs into slits. The ridges on the legs will keep them in place. Bend legs slightly to stand.
Pie-Pan Turtle
Added: 08-18-1998
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Pie tin, Green paint, green pipe cleaner, unshelled Almond, mustard seed
Directions: Paint a pie-pan tin green. Glue 4 legs around the edges in the appropriate places on each side. Pierce a hole in the back and thread in a green pipe cleaner for the tail. The turtle’s head is made from an unshelled almond. To attach it, the almond needs to have a hole made in the center of the rounded end. This hole should be just large enough to push an end of the pipe cleaner into. Secure the pipe cleaner to the shell with some glue. Paint the head green. Glue on mustard seeds or tiny beads for the turtle’s eyes.
Flower Pot Turtles
Added: 08-18-1998
Original Author: Unknown
Need: 1 small flowerpot (very small), acrylic paint, sponge for painting dense, synthetic sponges for body, black marker, hot glue or tacky glue
Directions: Turn flowerpot upside down and sponge paint. Any color looks cute. Let dry. Cut head shape out of green sponges, plus 4 legs and a tail. With marker, draw eyes on head. Glue head, legs and tail to flowerpot. The head, legs, and tail are glued to the edges of the pot opening.
Alligator Puppet
Added: 08-18-1998
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Construction paper, Paper Bag, scissors, pencil, and glue
Directions: Draw & cut out the eyes, nose & the upper section of the alligators mouth from construction paper. Glue them to the bottom of the paper bag. Draw & cut out the inside of the mouth & the two front feet from paper. Glue them to the front of the bag. Attach a tail to the back of the bag. Place your hand inside the bag & curve your fingers over the fold to move the puppet.
Snake Rubbings
Added: 04-05-1999
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Tire, paper, crayons
Directions: Do a tire rubbings (preferably a old tire not attached to a vehicle.) on long strips of paper and cut it to be SNAKES! It’s perfect and they are crawling on the walls of our class.
Crocodile
Added: 04-08-2001
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Spring type clothes pins, green paint, wiggly eyes, small yellow pom poms and glue
Directions: Paint the clothespins green, glue the eyes on the top then add the pom poms along the back.
Turtle
Added: 04-02-2002
Submitted By: Susan Kensinger
Need: (for each child)
two circles cut out of green paper – body
four small yellow rectangles – legs
one small yellow triangle – tail
one small yellow rectangle rounded at one end – head
one piece of string with tape on one end
Directions: Children glue three yellow circles to top of one green circle. Children glue four legs, head, and tail to the underside of top circle. Put small amount of glue in middle of both green circles. The teacher punches both green circles in a semi-circle pattern. Space holes according to children’s ability. Children lace both circles together with string.
Lizard Bracelet
Added: 04-06-2002
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Paper, crayons and markers, tape
Directions: Cut a lizard shape out of paper. Let the children color it. Wrap the lizard around the child’s wrist tape the tail to the head.
Paper Towel Roll Snakes
Added: 04-06-2002
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Paper towel tube, paint
Directions: First let the kids paint the paper tube what ever color they want. Start at the end of the paper roll & cut in a circular or spiral line. At the end cut a head shape, then cut the tail into a tapered shape. Then you can hang the snakes from the ceiling or the children can wrap it around their arm.
Talking Frog
Added: 05-12-2002
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Paper plate, paper, cotton, scissors, glue
Directions: Used a 9″ paper plate to trace a circle onto a piece of green paper. Cut out the circle. Fold this circle in half and glue two cotton balls on the top half for eyes (add a black circle about the size of a regular paper punch for the pupils). Cut four long strips of green for the legs and added a red tongue in the fold. The children liked these because they could make the frog “talk” by holding it in their hand and opening and closing the fold.
Alternative: You could just use a regular paper plate and have the children paint or color it green too.
Bobbing Frogs
Added: 06-22-2002
Original Author: Unknown
Need: old cork, green marker or crayon, green pipe cleaner
Directions: Take old corks and color them with a green crayon or marker. Then take a green pipe cleaner and wrap it around the cork, twist it, then bend the long ends into frog shaped legs. Take your frog in tub, to the lake, or even to the swimming pool.
Small Aquatic Life Painting
Added: 06-22-2002
Original Author Unknown
Need: Blue construction paper or craft paper, Washable paint (any colors you like– especially brown & green), paint brushes, Plastic toy fishes, turtles, aquarium plants, stones– anything that could be found in a river, lake, or pond
Directions: Children can spread paint onto the items, and use them to make an imprint on the paper. You could do this as a group mural, on a large piece of paper, or as individual projects.
Finger Print Frogs
Added: 02-16-2003
Original Author: Unknown
Need: finger paint paper, green finger paint, scissors
Directions: Cut a piece of finger paint paper into the shape of a Lilly pad. Have the children pretend that their fingers are frogs jumping on the Lilly pad making frogs with there finger prints. Use a green marker to add frog legs and a black marker to add eyes and other features.
Coffee Filter Turtles
Added: 07-15-2003
Submitted By: Annabelle Hogan
Need: coffee filter, paper towel or stuffing, green paper, glue, paint
Directions: Take coffee filters and stuffed them with scrunched up paper towels. (stuffing could also be used if available.) Then, cover it with a piece of green construction paper that is glued on. Then, the children can glue on the head, the feet and the tail. (It’s easiest to glue on if it’s flipped upside down.) Then, the child can paint the shell.
Fish In A Pond
Added: 09-21-2004
Submitted By: Anonymous
Need: New (or sterilized) meat or fruit trays, blue paper, colored fish cutouts, saran wrap, tape or glue, and scissors.
Directions: Cut blue paper to fit the inside of each tray. Have children glue blue paper to the tray and glue or tape fish to the paper. Cover tray tightly with saran wrap to give a shiny pod effect.
Posted in Reptiles & Pond Life | Tagged Animal, Animals, Arts & Crafts, Pond, Reptiles
*Zoo Arts & Crafts
Published August 27, 2012
Sponge Paint Giraffe Spots added 8-28-98 Original Author Unknown
Need: Orange paper in the shape of a giraffe, black paint, small sponges or cotton balls, clothes pegs, styrofoam meat tray
Directions: Use the clothes pegs as handles and attach a cotton ball or sponge to the
end. Put the paint on a styrofoam meat tray and using the cotton ball/sponge to dip into paint and dab spots onto the giraffe.
Zebra
Added: 11-09-1998
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Zebra shape, marble, black paint, box
Directions: One of my favorite zoo animal activities is to roller ball paint (marble paint) on a zebra shape with black paint. I use the boxes that canned coke come in to do this activity. I simply supply the black paint in a shallow pan, the zebra cut outs, and large marbles.
Zoo Cage
Added: 02-27-2000
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Shoe box, straws, clay or toilet paper rolls
Directions: Take a shoe box-remove lid- punch holes about 14 of inch in along the length of the box and again on the paralleled side trying to keep holes aligned. Run a straw through a hole on the top and on the bottom -sit box onto one of longer side wha la cage. Next allow the children to create an animal out of clay or toilet paper rolls. Pull up a straw an give the animal a home.
Play-Dough Animals
Added: 02-27-2000
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Animal Cookie cutters, green play dough, paper plate, strawberry basket, glue, green tissue paper
Directions: Purchase zoo animal cookies. Have children place three small blobs of green play-dough onto the middle part of a paper plate. Stand 3 different animal cookies into the blobs so they are facing outward. Then take a plastic strawberry basket and put it over top…it looks like the animals are in cages! I traced the square for the basket with a pencil and put a few drops of white glue there so the basket wouldn’t fall off. The kids thought this was great. Then you can glue small strips of green tissue paper on the outer edges of the plate to look like grass.
Thumbprint Monkeys
Added: 07-17-2000
Original Author: Unknown
Need: paper, ink pad, felt tip markers
Directions: Give each child a piece of construction paper with the outline of a tree drawn on it. Set out ink pads and felt-tip markers. Let the children make thumbprint monkeys all over their tree pictures. Have them press a thumb on an ink pad and make two thumbprints, one above the other, (Touching), on their papers. Complete monkeys by adding faces, arms, legs and tails with felt-tip markers.
Elephant Masks
Added: 04-01-2001
Original Author: Unknown
Need: large paper plates, panty hose (stockings), markers or crayons, newspaper or packing peanuts, elastic
Directions: Take large paper plate and cut a hole in the middle. Cut one leg of a pair of panty hose and fill it with scrunched up newspaper or packing peanuts. Pull the opened end through the hole in the paper plate and knot it. Decorate the rest of the elephant mask with ears, eyes and mouth. You could use elastic on the back to hold the mask on.
Another Zebra
Added: 04-01-2001
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Black or White paper, and black or white paint, Q-tips
Directions: Cut out a zebra shape in black and white. Let the kids decide what color they think a zebra is, then depending on what color they say, give them black or white paint and some q-tips and they paint stripes on the zebra. Mount them on the opposite colored paper.
Lion
Added: 02-10-2002
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Construction paper, glue, scissors, pipe cleaner, and yarn rice crispies, or yellow paper
Directions: Cut out a circle out of tan construction paper for the lion’s face. Glue on a pink triangle for a nose, pipe cleaners for whiskers, and draw on eyes. For his mane (all around the circle) glue small pieces of one of the following (they all look great) either rice crispies cereal (I know, sounds weird, but it looks cool,), yellow strips of paper, or yellow strips of yarn.
Paper Bag Elephants
Added: 07-09-2002
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Paper bag, gray paint, scissors, paper, glue
Directions: Cut a large section out of a brown paper grocery bag. Have the children crumple it up and make it all wrinkly. Then have them smooth it out flat again and paint with gray tempera paint. When dry, cut out a large elephant shape out of it. Draw on the facial features except for the nose. The nose can also be made from the paper bag painted gray. Accordion fold it after the paint dries and then glue onto the elephant face.
Posted in Zoo | Tagged Animal, Animals, Arts & Crafts, Zoo
*Forest Animals Arts & Crafts
Published August 25, 2012
Paper Bag Owl
Added: 09-30-1998
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Paper bag, Construction paper, crayons, newspaper, and twigs
Directions: Then we made an owl out of a paper bag. You cut an upside down U in the open end of the bag to leave 2 feet. You add 2 pointed ears, a diamond mouth and two eyes. Have the children color lines for his hair and add two black claws. Stuff the bag with some newspaper. That day we went on a walk and we each looked for a twig. We used that twig to perch the owl on. Just put the twig near the bottom of the owl and staple the bag together.
Paper Plate Owl
Added: 09-30-1998
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Paper plates (the kind with the ridged edges), circles of orange construction paper for eyes, V-shaped pieces of orange construction paper for bills and claws, a magic marker, brown tempera paint, and glue.
Directions: Using the magic marker, draw cutting lines on each paper plate at 10, 2, 5 and 7 O’clock, and along the inner edge of the ridges (these will be the wings). Have the children cut their plates on the lines, then have them paint the pieces of the paper plate with brown tempera paint and let dry. Staple the owl’s wings to the bodies for the children (or use brads for more moveable wings). Have the children glue the eyes, beaks and claws onto their owls.
Make Squirrel Tracks
Added: 09-30-1998
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Potato, paint and a paint roller
Directions: Cut a potato into paw prints. Use potato like a stamp. If you use the footpads you need to roll the paint on with little paint rollers.
Squirrel
Added: 11-07-1999
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Squirrel pattern, brad, shredded wheat, glue, and crayons
Directions: Find a cute squirrel with an attached tail (brad) . The bigger the better. Give the kids a square of shredded wheat and let them crumble it all up to shreds (they love this part) and then they can glue this to the busy tail. or all over whatever they want. My kids can cut out the squirrel but little ones may need the squirrel already cut.
Soft Squirrel
Added: 11-06-2001
Submitted by: Rita Neve
Need: Pattern of a squirrel, dryer lint, glue
Directions: Children glue the lint onto the squirrel for a soft gray squirrel.
Forest Collages
Added: 11-06-2001
Original Author: Unknown
Need: pine cones, pine needles, leaves, small rocks, dirt, glue, paper or cardboard
Directions: Collect pine cones, pine needles, leaves, small rocks and even a little dirt. Let the children paste them to a piece of cardboard cut in the shape of a pine tree for a forest collage. Add small animals that live in your trees that are cut out of cardboard.
Posted in Forest Animals | Tagged Animal, Animals, Arts & Crafts, Forest
*Farm Animal Arts & Crafts
Published August 25, 2012
Muddy Pigs
Added: 08-28-1998
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Pink paper, shaving cream, brown paint
Directions: Copies a pig on to large pink construction, Then cut them out. Give each kid a small cup of shaving cream, added a few drops of brown paint and they mixed it up. Then painted their pink pig with ‘mud’.
Popcorn Sheep
Added: 11-09-1998
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Popcorn and glue
Directions: Draw a picture of a sheep. Pop popcorn in front of the children and have them glue it onto the sheep.
Bird Seed Collage
Added: 11-09-1998
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Corn, bird seed, wheat, hay, flax seed, oats, barley, grains, glue, paper towel
Directions: Get the children to put glue on the outside of paper towel roll all the way around and then they can roll it, into bird seed. The teacher then can punch holes on both sides then use string or yarn to make a hanger. Add corn, wheat, hay, flax seed, oats, barley, grains that farm animals eat to the art center. The children can make collages with them.
Corn Cob Painting
Added: 11-09-1998
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Paint, paper plates, manila paper, and a corncob
Directions: Put paint on paper plates. The children dip corn cob in the paint and paint designs on the manila paper. Encourage children to use the side of the cob and roll designs. Let the children dip the top of the cob in the paint and discover what designs they can make using only the top.
Thumbprint Animals
Added: 11-09-1998
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Construction paper, pink paint, red paint, black paint, and markers
Directions: Have children put pink thumbprints on a piece of construction paper and make the prints into pigs. Use black paint for cows, red for roosters etc. Use a marker to add legs, beaks etc.
Sponge Paint Farm Animals
Added: 11-09-1998
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Sponges, clothespins, black paint, paper, animal stencils
Directions: Ahead of time, cut sponges into chunks. Clip each chunk into a spring- type clothespin. Pour Black paint into shallow dishes. Paint cow spots on large sheets of paper. Let each child trace an animal with the stencil onto the tagboard and cut out animal shape. Then children clip on clothespins on the shape to make four legs. The animals will stand up.
Pop Up Corn
Added: 11-09-1998
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Each child will need a craft stick, a 6-ounce or larger paper cup, a Styrofoam meat tray with a textured surface, paint, glue, and green construction paper.
Directions: Use construction paper and cut ears of corn out of the Styrofoam for each child. Ask the children to paint their ears of corn yellow and their craft stick green. Next, glue the ears of corn and leaves to the craft stick as illustrated. When these have dried thoroughly, cut a small slit in the bottom of the paper cup for the craft stick to fit into snugly. The children may then surprise friends by having them look into the cups only to see an ear of corn pop right up from it. Another option would be to make flowers rather than ears of corn.
Seedy Collage
Added: 11-09-1998
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Large piece of green construction paper, glue, and several types of inexpensive dried seeds and beans, such as popcorn, lima beans, pinto beans, and navy beans.
Directions: Ask the children to squeeze out a long stripe of glue along the length of their paper. Have them spread the glue slightly, keeping the long thin shape, and sprinkle one type of seed along the glue stripe. They should make two or three more stripes of glue, adding different types of seeds to each. The finished collage should remind one of the rows of seeds planted in a garden.
Milk Carton Barn
Added: 11-09-1998
Original Author: Unknown
Need: a ½- or I-pint cardboard milk carton, red paint, a paintbrush, and black paint or marker.
Directions: The teacher will need a box cutter or craft knife. Have the child paint the entire milk carton with red paint. After it has dried, use the box cutter to cut a door and window in the carton. When the window and door are cut, the child may complete the barn by painting the roof black and outlining the door and window in black. When completely dry, the child may use the barn as a home for small plastic farm animals.
Barnyard Mural
Added: 11-09-1998
Original Author: Unknown
Need: A long sheet of butcher paper, paint, a paintbrush for each child, markers or crayons, glue, and rice.
Directions: Draw a barn and the surrounding barnyard on the butcher paper. Paint the children’s palms the color of their choice, and ask them to press it onto the mural in the appropriate area. Quickly wash the paint off the children’s hands. When dry, ask the children to draw a face and feet onto each handprint, transforming it into a rooster or a turkey.
Muddy Pigs
Added: 04-02-1999
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Pink paper, brown paint
Directions: Cut large pig shapes out of pink paper. Give each child a pig shape with a small amount of brown fingerpaint in the center of it. Let the children cover their pig with the brown fingerpaint “mud.”
Straw Painting
Added: 04-02-1999
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Straw, Paint
Directions: Have the children use pieces of straw for paintbrushes. Have them use different colors and see how they can paint with it and make it look different. When the paintings are finished, have them add the pieces of straw to their work for a different look.
Farm Collage
Added: 04-02-1999
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Magazines, construction paper, markers and crayons
Directions: Depending on the ages of the children, have them cut out pictures from magazines or have them already cut out for them. Find pictures that would go with farms like barns, animals, etc. Have the children glue the pictures they choose on a piece of construction paper to make a barn scene. Have them use markers or crayons to add things they would like that there was not a picture for.
Piggy Puppets
Added: 05-05-1999
Original Author: Unknown
Need: One Paper Plate, Pink Construction Paper, Paint, crayons, markers, glue.
Directions: Have children paint or color their paper plates pink. Cut 3 in. circle, Then cut in half. This will be the ears. Also cut a two in. circle. This will be the nose. When the plate is dry (if you painted.) glue on the ears and the nose. Then add the remaining facial features.
Pig Snout
Added: 05-29-1999
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Toilet paper roll. pink paint, pink paper, yarn or elastic, and glue
Directions: Make pig snouts from toilet paper rolls cut in half and paint pink or glue pink construction paper around it. Punch holes in sides and tie on yarn or elastic.
Animal Tracks
Added: 05-29-1999
Original Author: Unknown
Need: plastic animals, paint and paper
Directions: Get some plastic animals and dip their feet into paint then place them onto colored paper or wax paper.
Buttermilk Chalk Picture
Added: 05-29-1999
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Cardboard, brush, butter milk, and chalk
Directions: Brush a piece of cardboard with 2 to 3 tablespoons of buttermilk or dip chalk in buttermilk. Create designs using colored chalk.
The Quacking Duck
Added: 05-29-1999
Original Author: Unknown
Need: 1 plastic cup, preferably yellow, 1 yard of thick cotton cording, 1 piece of sponge 1” x 2”, black permanent marker, small piece of yellow felt
Directions:
1. Make two holes, one inch apart, at the bottom of a plastic cup.
2. String thread through each hole and knot ends together, leaving a 3-inch tail on the ends.
3. Using the remaining tail, tie a sponge to the string.
4. Lightly dampen sponge and wrap around top of strings.
5. Pull sponge firmly down string to make a quacking noise.
Farm Weaving Idea
Added: 03-06-2001
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Chicken Wire, tape, natural raffia, gingham ribbon, old blue jeans etc..
Directions: Cut squares of small-holed chicken wire. Put masking tape around the sharp edges. Set out assorted lengths of natural raffia, gingham ribbons and narrow strips ripped from old blue jeans. The children weave them in and out of the holes.
Hand Horses
Added: 03-06-2001
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Brown paint, paper, brown marker
Directions: Take brown paint and paint a child’s hand. Then press the hand down on paper and with fingers pointing down. The fingers are the legs and the thumb is the head. Draw the mane and hoofs and eyes and tail and you have handprint horses.
Lamb
Added: 02-10-2002
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Paper, glue, cotton, scissors
Directions: Cut a lamb shaped piece out of black construction paper. Glue onto white paper. Have the kids draw in grass, sun , sky, barn , whatever they want. Then glue cotton balls on the lamb to make him wooly.
Paper Plate Pig
Added: 02-10-2002
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Paper plate, pink crayon, pink paper, glue, markers
Directions: Have children color a paper plate pink. Cut out two ears out of pink construction paper (triangles) and glue them onto the top of a paper plate. They can draw on eyes and nose.
Sheep
Added: 02-10-2002
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Black paper, white paper, white crayon, hole reinforcements, scissors
Directions: Trace each child’s hand onto black paper using a white crayon. (Fingers spread very little, thumb spread out as far as possible) Cut out the hands. Glue the cut out hand onto white paper. (Finger facing down. Fingers are the feet and the thumb is the head and neck.) Now cover the body of the sheep with the sticky hole reinforcements to give it a curly woolly look. Draw on an eye with the white crayon. Then draw grass, etc… on the background.
Cow Prints
Added: 03-24-2003
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Black paper, white paper, white crayon, hole reinforcements, scissors
Directions: Ahead of time, cut sponges into chunks. Clip each chunk into a spring-type clothespin. Pour Black paint into shallow dishes. Paint cow spots on large sheets of paper. Later after the paint dries you can cut the paper into the shape of a cow if so desired.
Pig Faces
Added: 05-05-03
Submitted By: Laura Knittel
Need: pink paint, egg carton, elastic string, pink puff balls, scissors
Directions: Take an egg carton and cut the sections out. Let the kids paint them pink. When they dried the adult can poke little holes in the sides and then put elastic string through the holes making sure it fit the child’s head. Give each child 2 pink puff balls and have them glue them on so that it looked like a pigs nose. Also make pig ears to go along.
Posted in Farm Animals | Tagged Animal, Arts & Crafts, Chicks, Corn, Cow, Farm, Horse, Pig, Sheep
*Dinosaur Arts & Crafts
Published August 25, 2012
Dino Crowns
Added: 06-25-1998
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Sponges, scissors, Construction paper, and paint.
Directions: Cut out sponges in the shapes of footprints that dinos would make. Sponge paint a crown shape strip of construction paper. Label with child’s name, like Chrisosaurus or Tyranosaurus-Fred, etc.
Stegosaurus Hat
Added: 06-25-1998
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Construction paper, scissors, markers, scrap paper, and glue.
Directions: Trace 2 Steg shapes and have the kids cut them out. Then they use all the scrap construction paper from other projects to make the spikes and markers to color the steggie. We fit it on their heads.
Elbow Skeleton
Added: 06-25-1998
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Photo copy of T-Rex, elbow macaroni, and glue.
Directions: Provided each of the children with a copy of a t-rex their color choice. They glued elbow macaroni on it to represent the dino skeleton.
Finger, Thumb, and Hand Dinosaurs
Added: 06-25-1998
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Paints, water, several saucers to tin-foil containers, paper for your pictures, LOTS of newspaper, a rag, your hand
Directions: Using your finger, thumb, fist and hand, you can print amazing dino’s . . . and probably messy ones too!
Tip: Don’t put too much water with your paint. It needs to be sticky to give a good print. Dab your fingertip into the paint, and then press gently onto the paper. You will know if the paint stickiness is right if you can see the swirls and lines in your fingertips.
1. Spread lots of newspaper around where you are painting.
2. Put a different – colored paint in each saucer. Keep a couple of saucers for mixing colors.
3. Before you start your picture: Dip your thumb, finger-tips, palm of your hand, your fist, the side of your hand, your little finger in the paint and see what shapes they make. Try rolling hem on the paper too.
Tyrannosaurus Rex Snouts
Added: 06-25-1998
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Scissors, Tape, Plastic foam or paper cup with bottom removed, four 2 1/2 inch pieces of rickrack or Zig zag pieces of material or construction paper, two 24 inch pieces of yarn
Directions:
1) Starting at the bottom of the cup cut 1 wedge out of the cup. This is 1 side of the mouth. Cut another wedge out of the cup on the side opposite the first wedge.
2) For the teeth tape rickrack to the outer edges of the mouth. Decorate the snout anyway you like.
3) Tie a piece of yarn to each corner of the mouth. Put the snout up to your nose and tie the yarn around your head.
Cereal Apatosaurus
Added: 06-25-1998
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Pencil, Scissors, Dry cereal, Poster board, White crafts glue, Tempera paint, Waxed paper or newspapers, Cotton swab or paint brush
Directions:
1) Draw a dinosaur outline on poster board. Cut the dinosaur out of the poster board.
2) Dab a small amount of glue onto the dino. Place cereal on the glue (as much as you like.) Let glue dry for a few hours or overnight.
3) Cover your work area with newspaper or wax paper. Use a cotton swab as a paint brush and paint your dino. Let paint dry.
Dinosaur Masks
Added: 06-25-1998
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Large paper grocery bag, glue, markers, scissors, construction paper cut into strips (2-3″) in a variety of colors, stapler
Directions:
1) Cut the bag all the way around about 1/3 up from the bottom.
2) Take the bottom part of the grocery bag and turn it upside down.
3) Place it on child’s head, trace holes for eyes, and cut out.
4) Using the other part of the bag, cut it so that it is the same width as the width of the dinosaur head. (This will be the dinosaur’s tail)
5) Use the strips of construction paper to make spikes and glue on the dino’s tail (look like triangle shapes).
6) Staple the tail to the back of the dino’s head, and voila, your dinosaur!
Pasta Collage
Added: 06-13-1999
Original Author: Unknown
Need: scraps of colored paper, dinosaur shaped pasta, and Glue
Directions: Put out scraps of color paper and glue and dinosaur shaped pasta and have the children make a dinosaur scene or collage.
Dinosaur Tee-Shirt
Added: 02-24-2001
Submitted by: Michelle Clark
Need: T-shirt, fabric paint
Directions: Paint each child’s hand with fabric paint and place it, fingers-downward on a plain white or light-colored tee-shirt to form a Dinosaur. Make sure fingers are spread open! Use a different color fabric paint and add scales on the back of the dinosaur. Also an eye or a smile and write the words: “DINO”MITE KID!
Dino Hat
Added: 07-21-2001
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Paper, Crayons, Scissors
Directions: Duplicate a dinosaur pattern on construction paper for each child. Have the children decorate their dinosaur. Glue the dinosaur to a strip of paper, staple ends of strips together to fit around the head. Have a dinosaur parade with children wearing their dino hats.
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*Bird Arts & Crafts
Published August 25, 2012
Cheerio Bird Feeders
Added: 03-18-1998
Submitted by: Kallie S
Need: Cheerios and Pipe cleaners.
Directions: Use pipe cleaners to “string” Cheerios. The little ones can push the pipe cleaner through easily, and they could be attached to any tree by simply bending the pipe cleaner over the branch. For the children that had longer attention spans we connect 2 or 3 pipe cleaners. Very easy and environmentally friendly. Don’t Forget to remove the wire when the birds are finished snacking. Be prepared for a little snacking by children too!
Craft Stick Birds
Added: 04-30-1998
Original Author: Unknown
Need: A bird outline, paint, craft sticks and glue
Directions: Use an outline of a bird. If it will be a red one, let the children paint 3 craft sticks red for the tail and 3 for the wing. They glue the “tail feathers in an upward direction (at the end of the body) and the “wing feathers” look good glued going down!
Robin’s Nest Project
Added: 06-02-1998
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Background paper (any color), Brown construction paper, Cotton balls, glue, and scissors
Directions: Cut the brown construction paper into thin strips (if you give the children a rectangular piece of paper, this is easier for them.) Overlapping strips, randomly glue them to the paper to form the nest. Glue cotton balls in the center of the nest to represent the birds eggs. If you want colored cotton balls, shake them in a bag with powered tempera.
Birds
Added: 06-27-1998
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Construction paper, Colored feathers, Scissors, Crayons, and Glue.
Directions: Cut the silhouette of a bird’s body from construction paper. Then have the children cut kind of a banana shape from construction paper for the wings. They glued on paper punches for eyes and colored feathers on the wings. Let the children colored the birds bodies. Then cut about a 1 inch slit in the back of the bird and a 1 inch slit in the wings and fit them together with the curve of the wings going up. Scotch taped the wings in place to make them more secure and tied a string to the back of the bird. The kids had a great time flying them around.
Birdseed Biscuits
Added: 08-28-1998
Original Author: Unknown
Need: 2 cups biscuit baking mix, 1/2 cup cold water, 2 T marg., 2 T sesame seeds, 2 T sunflower seeds
Directions: Preheat oven to 425F. Form a soft dough with baking mix and water. Roll out dough to 3/4 inch thick and cut it into shapes with cookie cutters. Using a straw punch a hole in the top of each cookie. Melt the margarine and brush over dough. Sprinkle the seeds and nuts onto the dough and press it in firmly with a fork. Bake for 15-20 min., until light brown. When cool, thread brightly colored ribbon through the hole and hang in a tree.
Bird
Added: 03-01-1999
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Construction paper
Directions: Make a bird from construction paper. Give each child two different circle patterns to cut out of colored paper. Glue the two circles on a half sheet of construction paper. Explain that the smaller circle is the head and the larger the body. Cut several 1×6″ strips of construction paper – select four strips to make a tail for the birds. Make diamond shaped beaks. Add eyes.
Binoculars
Added: 03-01-1999
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Toilet paper roll, stickers, markers, paint, string, and glue
Directions: With two empty toilet paper rolls per child, glue the rolls together to form binoculars. Punch holes at one end on the outside of the rolls and tie a string from one to the other so binoculars may hang around neck. Decorate with stickers, markers, or paints. Wear on walking field trips to watch the birds!
Owl
Added: 11-21-1999
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Construction paper, egg carton, feather, and paint
Directions: Cut out the shape of an owl (head & body) Cut up an egg carton – – the individual egg holders you will want. Children glue two individual egg holders as the owl’s eyes. Children can paint all – – or if you’ve cut out of brown paper, let them glue on some feathers.
Rockin’ Ducks
Added: 04-08-2001
Original Author: Unknown
Need: paper plate, crayons markers or paint, glue, paper
Directions: Have each child color a paper plate yellow. Fold in half, then glue on a yellow circle (Left top side by the fold), and add an orange triangle for a beak. Let children draw in an eye. Trace each child’s hand and cut out, then let them glue their hand on the other end of the fold. These look really cute and the kids love to rock them back and forth!
Bird Seed Collage
Added: 01-27-2002
Original Author: Unknown
Need: paper towel roll, glue, hole punch, yarn, birdseed
Directions: Get the children to put glue on the outside of paper towel roll all the way around and then they can roll it, into bird seed. The teacher then can punch holes on both sides then use string or yarn to make a hanger.
Birds of Paradise
Added: 06-01-2002
Submitted by: Maria Ramsey
Need: craft sticks, feathers, paper, scissors, glue
Directions: Tie two craft sticks together to form a lower case t. Then have the kids glue feathers on bottom and sides of t but not on top. Cut out a small diamond shapes for the beak. Glue googly eyes on top of eye color.