Penguin Crafts and Learning Activities

How to Make Crafts and Learning Activities Relating to Penguins Including: Penguin Milk Jug Recycle Craft, Sock Penguin Craft for Kids, Felted Penguins, Penguin Felt Characters with Printable Book

 

Penguin Milk Jug Recycle Craft for Kids

What you will need: Milk jug, fun foam, googly eyes, low temp. glue, scissors, sand or pebbles, and acrylic paint.

How to make:

1. Clean and dry out the milk jug. When it is completely dry pour a few cups of sand or pebbles into the jug and screw on the lid.

2. Paint the jug with black and white acrylic paint and let dry.

3. Cut the wings, beak and feet from fun foam and glue to the jug. Glue on googly eyes.

4. Add a hat to give your penguin character.

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Penguin Writing Sheet or Color Sheet

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Writing Sheet - Children can use this writing sheet to write facts about penguins, words that start with the letter "P", or write a short story.

Coloring Sheet - This sheet doesn't have any lines for writing. It can be used as a coloring sheet. It can also be used to make a water color picture if you print it out on heavy paper. Have your children draw a design, such as feathers with crayons and then paint over the picture with water color paint.

Children can also glue pictures that start wiith the letter "P" on the penguin's belly, or draw a winter scene on his belly.

 

Sock Penguin Craft for Kids

This adorable penguin is made with socks and a finger of a glove.

Use the directions How to Make No-Sew Sock Dolls from the Sock Craft Page, but do not make the feet. Make only the arms, "wings", or use fun foam to make the wings.

What you will need: Black and white sock or white material, finger from a glove, sock for the hat, fun foam for the feet and wings (optional), low temp. glue gun, pompom, and small rubber bands.

How to make:

1. Cut a piece of white material and glue to the body to make the belly white. Cut feet shapes from orange fun foam.

2. The beak was made from a finger of a glove. It was stuffed lightly and then glued on. To make the hat cut the top off of a sock. Use a rubber band to close one end and then turn it inside out. (Use could also use the toe of a sock and just roll up the cut part.) Glue a pompom to the rubber band end and place it on the penguin's head.

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Felted Penguins

Older children and adults will love making these lovable penguins.

For directions go to the Felting Craft Page.

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Penguin Felt Characters with Printable Book

This craft was created to go along with the "Playful Penguins" Printable book. Children will enjoy using the felt characters as you read the book and making up their own story. To make a felt board tape or glue blue felt material onto a piece of foam core board. Use fiberfill for the clouds and mountain.

What you will need: Black, orange, and white felt sheets, scissors, paper, glue, straight pins, and black permanent marker

How to make:

1. Print out the felt penguin patterns and cut them out. There are two different sizes of patterns. (Printing Problems?)

2. Pin the patterns on the the felt sheets and cut them out.

3. Glue the body pieces together. Leave the wings, feet, and beak separate so your children can change the positions as needed.

4. Print out the book, cut the pages apart, and staple them together. If you don't want to print out the book, you can use the online book below. Cover, Page 1 & 2, Page 3 & 4, Page 5 & 6, Page 7 & 8, Page 9 & 10

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Read "Playful Penguins" Online Book

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