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Theres nothing better than making animal art projects for preschoolers!
Looking to help you kids expand their drawing skills?
These cuteanimal art activities for preschoolersare fun for children of all ages!
Let me know if youve tried any or have any go-tos youd like to share!
you’ve got the option to use a compass or a large-rimmed glass to make the wings.
After the polka dots get done, use your chosen utensil to make the circle.
Cut out the wings and attach them, followed by gluing the googly eyes and letting everything dry.
Even older kids would enjoy this fun project.
If your kids loved this ladybug craft, theyll love these cuteanimal drawing ideas.
All you need for the project: felt squares, popsicle sticks, and googly eyes.
Once its dried, glue on the eyes and draw a nose and mouth.
Your children will love these fun zoo animal crafts.
Fingerprint Glass Magnets
Another project weve had so much success with is these glass magnetsthe full tutorial here.
After the prints dry, animate them and use a high-quality pen to avoid smudging.
Youll know when they are dried because the glue will go clear.
Kids of all ages will love these fun crafts.
Youll need orange, brown, and yellow foam sheets for different body partscut these out together.
Fish Printable Bookmarks
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For a low-key project, try printing outthese fish bookmarks.
Once printed and cut, have the kids color them.
Today, were talking chicken art!
It is a great idea to paint them on rocks and put them in the garden.
Grab acrylic paints, mod podge, and a weatherproof spray if you paint them on rocks.
These easy projects doubles as lesson plans.
These simple animal paper crafts are an excellent shape activity.
Glue everything to the side where the bottom of the bag is to complete the puppet.
Your kids will also love these funcrafts for 3-year olds!
The balloon gets reserved for the body, and the newspapermany trials and errors herefor the other body parts.
On the inside or back, hot glue a strong magnet and let dry entirely.
Paper Bag Cat Puppet
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Another bag craft is this cute cat one!
Trace around the little dinos feettaking note of length over width, so there isnt slipping while romping around.
Draw the base with enough space so the material can be flexible while in motion.
Cut out the foot space and let your little one roar!
Have extra paper plates?
Why not try out these funpaper plate crafts!
Printthis pageand enjoy the afternoon talking about bugs!
Toilet Paper Roll Cat Craft
Source: threekidsthreecatsandahusband.com
TP roll crafts are so easy!
This cat will need your chosen construction paper, scissors, crayons, glue, and googly eyes.
Draw the details on the face and attach everything before adding it to the tube.
Bonusgrab a pipe cleaner and add it to the backside for a tail.
Cut out two yellow ears and attach them to the backside.
Paper Plate Fish
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Another excellent plate option is making a fish!
Add a googly eye, and take a small triangle out underneath the eye for the mouth.
Add a fin and tail in the given color of the fish.
Snake Craft
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I love this craft because it is so customizable!
Paint the board white, and then paint your childs hand and have them stamp directly onto the bunny.
Did your kids enjoy this craft?
They might enjoy these other funhandprint crafts!
Safari Animal Coloring Pages
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Are you talking about different biomes with your child?
Here are two pagesoneandtwofor animals that live on the safari.
Download, print, and enjoy!
Small potatoes work best herecut in half lengthwise and width, a mix of washable paints and toothpicks.
Draw an oval-esque rectangle and two circles for the eyes.
Draw the frogs face, eyes, and other details youd like.
Pig Paper Bag Puppet
For another sweet bag, try this pig!
After drawing or coloring the pigs face, attach it and the ears to the bottom of the bag.
Add a tail on the opposite side if desired.
Usethese wooden eggs, acrylic paint, paintbrush, paint pen, or permanent marker.
Feel free to use construction paper for the ears or any other detailing youd like to see.
A layer of mod podge can help protect the eggs in the long run.
Paper Plate Caterpillars
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Easy and colorful, its a home run for everyone!
Draw, color, and decorate the face and the body and attach the two.
Add pipe cleaners after everything has dried.
Finger Puppet Origami Bird
Youll need a square sheet of paper and any coloring utensils youd like to use.
Feel free to cut a square out of any paper if you dont have the right shape.
Start by folding it in half to make a triangle and reopen it.
At that crease, youll fold the more significant part of the triangle downward at a 90-degree angle.
Bee Printable
Try pairingthis printablewith the rock painting activity from above.
Or, if youre kid likes bees, print out a couple of pages and color them together!
Dinosaur Coloring Pages
Source: a1worksheets.com
We love this site for free resources and printables.
Thesedino pagesare tons of fun and will c’mon any prehistoric lover.
Watercolour Butterfly Craft
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Unique yet effortless, these butterflies are a great craft.
Youll needthese clothespins, coffee filters, and washable markers.
Have your kid color the pin(s) black while you wait for the filters to dry.
Choose from baby pigs, cows, a sheep craft, chicks, and more.
Add googly eyes, ears, a smile, and ligaments to get the complete picture!
Draw silly faces, and then glue on the eyes and any accessories.
Once fully dry, glue the stick onto the back and get silly with these bunnies!
Aquarium Craft
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Think diorama, but as a fish tank!
Add the dark blue water first, the walrus, and then the snowflake stickers.
Farm Animal Sticks
Source: craftsbyamanda.com
An alternative to the previous farm animal crafts, these sticks are fun.
Youll need jumbo popsicle sticks, paint, brushes, googly eyes, and a paint marker.
Let your child paint the colors of the sticks for the given animals.
Handprint Cow
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If youre looking for something simpler, do handprint versions of all the animals.
We tried it first with a cowgrab white, black, brown, pink, and yellow paper.
Assemble the cow and let everything dry.
After, add a tail and the details of the face.
Color the whole plate blue and add a smile and googly eye halfway down the plate.
Cut the bottom of the plate off below the smile linethis will be the tail fin.
At the end of the tail, attach the bottom part of the plate as the fin.
Foam Cup Farm Animals
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For this art project, youll need these foam cupsand pipe cleaners.
Choose the animal or animals youd like to do and paint the cup the coordinating color.
Once dry, return and work on the bigger and smaller details of the animal together.
Add pipe cleaners as ears, tails, etc.
Beluga Whale Toilet Paper Roll Craft
Paint your tube white, and let dry.
After everything is dry, glue all the pieces and draw the whales face.
Let them color their shark, or grab a free template online.
Recycled Plastic Egg Whale Craft
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Have old plastic eggs sitting around?
Paint their backs, then glue the smaller ones onto the bigger ones and googly eyes.
Glue one end to the head and the other side of the body to the bum.
Monkey Cardboard Tube Craft
Cut ears and a nose from brown paper and attach them to the tube.
Glue googly eyes on top and draw in any remaining details.
Draw or color any pieces before gluing.
Paper Plate Puffin
Grab orange, blue, and yellow paper, a paper plate, and some markers.
Color the outer ring of the backside of the plate black.
Cut an orange triangle and a strip of blue and yellow for the noseattach.
Draw the eye and let everything dry.
When the drawing is done, set aside and have your little one paint the second plate yellow.
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