DLTK's Holiday Activities for Kids
Heart Lamb Paper Craft
Read a bit about
DLTK's
Grow With Me Craft Concept to get some ideas on how this basic
craft idea can be used with different materials to make it appropriate
for everyone from ages 2 thru 82!
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Tip 1: Include the message "My warm and snuggly
friend!"
Tip 2: Glue the heart animal to the front of a folded
over piece of construction paper or a doily to make a cute Valentine's
Day card.
Tip 3: Purchase fancy paper from the scrapbooking store
and print the B&W version onto this for an extra fancy Heart Animal.
Tip 4: Scotch tape a straw or popsicle
stick to the bottom to make a puppet
Tip 5: Glue a small piece of sandpaper on
the back to make a felt board character
Tip 6: Cut construction paper into 4 inch
wide strips as long as you can make them. Tape two together
to make even longer. Measure around child's head to make a
construction paper 'crown'. Glue Heart Animal to front of
the crown to make a Valentine's Day hat.
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Materials:
Directions:
- Print out the template of choice.
- Color (where appropriate).
- Cut out the template pieces. (the pieces on the template are
at about the angle they will be on the finished craft. That should
help you sort out which pieces belong where)
- Glue pieces together:
| Glue the body pieces together (smaller one under
the larger). |
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| Glue the tail onto the back of the body. |
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| Glue the nose onto the head. |
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| Glue the ears onto the head. |
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| Glue the ear middles onto the ears. |
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| Glue the furry hair onto the head. |
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| Glue the head onto the body. |
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Option for mass-producing - young children:
Print out the B&W template. Trace the pieces onto stiff cardboard
(back of paper pads works well) or margarine/ice cream container lids.
Cut out to make permanent templates. Allow the children to trace
these permanent templates onto different colors of construction paper to
make their animal
Option for mass-producing - older children:
Omit the templates. Let the children cut out heart shapes in various
sizes from colored construction paper (show them how to fold paper in half
and then cut to make a perfectly symmetrical heart). Let the children
create their own animals by putting together hearts of different sizes (you
can pre-make a few example animals to give them some inspiration).
Templates:
- Close the template window after printing to return to this screen.
- Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template
on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers).
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