DLTK's Crafts for Kids
3D Poppy Mobile Paper Craft

This is a cute, simple paper craft that results in a 3D ornament you can hang around the room. The craft features a common remembrance day phrase ("Lest We Forget") and poppies which makes it perfect for a remembrance day themed craft and decoration.

Materials:

• printer,
• paper,
• scissors,
• something to color with (if using the B&W version),
• hole punch,
• string, thread, ribbon or wool.
• Optional:  thin cardboard

Instructions:

• Print out the template you would like to use and color it, if you picked the black and white version.
• Cut out the template pieces.
• Fold each piece in half (on the dashed line) so they are all colored on both the front and the back.
• Optional:  Put thin cardboard in between the front and back of each template piece to make them a bit sturdier.
• Glue together so the pieces are colored on both sides.
• 3D Poppies:
  • Cut on one of the dotted lines of each template piece (only cut as far as the dotted line goes, not all the way through the piece).
  • Slide the pieces together, top to bottom 
  • Glue a piece of ribbon, string or thread onto the top (or hole punch a small hole and tie a ribbon through).  If you hole punch, do it through the acorn that is cut from the bottom, not the one that is cut from the top.
• Lest We Forget Sign:
  • punch three holes in the bottom of the squirrel template (one in the center and one on each edge).
  • String one acorn through each of the holes so it hangs down from the squirrel.
  • Punch a hole in the bottom of the middle acorn and string the fourth acorn through that hole.
• Optional:
  • Print as many copies of template 3 as you like and keep adding acorns to the bottom of the other acorns and the squirrel to make a very busy fall scene!
  • 'numbers practice' -- count the poppies.
  • 'colors practice' -- color the background of each poppy a different color.

Craft 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).

Lest We Forget Template    (color)    or    (B&W)

3D Poppies Template    (color)    or    (B&W)

Printable version of these instructions