Woodland Paper Plate Animals
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Let kids make their own woodland paper plate animals as a craft or party decoration. These instructions include a fox, beaver, and hedgehog.
Woodland animals are so adorable and everyone seems to be decorating with them. Plus, kids love them too. You can create your own Woodland Paper Plate animals to use in an animal study, to decorate for a birthday party, or to make just for fun. Simply follow these easy step-by-step instructions to create your own woodland collection.
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Materials to Make Woodland Paper Plate Animals
If you have made my other paper plate crafts, you may already have these craft supplies in your home or classroom. Just grab these few items and let your kids have some fun. Find these items at your local party supply store or craft store. They are also available online and can be shipped straight to your door.
- Dessert sized paper plates
- Paint in orange, tan, and brown
- FREE Eyeball Template
- FREE Woodland Animal Template Pieces
- Paper in white, black, and brown
- pink buttons
These materials will make a fox, a hedgehog, and a beaver. They are super cute. If you have other woodland animals you want to make, just grab the colors necessary and get creative.
Instructions to Create Your Woodland Creatures
Follow these step-by-step instructions, and you will have your little creatures in no time.
How to Create the Fox
The fox is one of the coolest woodland creatures. It’s such a fun character to create and use while telling stories, too.
- Cut the paper plates in half (just a tad less than half)
- Paint the plate orange.
- Cut out your template pieces.
- Glue the pieces in place. Don’t forget the pink buttons for its cheeks.
How to Create the Hedgehog
I love hedgehogs so much. They are so cute with their snuffly noses and sweet faces. The kids will love making their own with this craft.
- Cut the paper plates in half (just a tad less than half)
- Paint the plate tan.
- Cut out your template pieces. The spikes are just pieces of paper cut into strips of varying lengths.
- Glue the pieces in place. Don’t forget their eyes!
How to Create the Beaver
Beavers are super cool animals. Let kids learn about how amazing they are when they create their own homes using mud, water, and sticks. It’s pretty awesome!
- Cut the paper plates in half (just a tad less than half)
- Paint the plate brown.
- Cut out your template pieces.
- Glue the pieces in place. Don’t forget their eyes and the teeth!
When Should I Use These Woodland Animals?
The woodland animals in this post are perfect to make for a fall dinner party with kids. Set them out on a craft table with examples of how they should look. Let the kids figure out the steps, or walk them through it.
These crafts are also perfect for a classroom or homeschool study on forest animals. While kids are learning about foxes, beavers, hedgehogs, and more, let them create their own cute animals to hang onto. They also look fantastic displayed on a bulletin board when complete.
Read stories that incorporate characters of each creature. There are tons of books with foxes as both the good and bad guy. I have also come across plenty of books about hedgehogs and even beavers! Kids will enjoy listening to a story about the animals before creating their own craft.
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