Kangaroo Paper Craft:
This kangaroo is a simple cut and paste paper craft that is fun for young children to make. It makes a great project for preschool and kindergarten kids and works well for an animals, letter K, marsupials or Australian theme. (He's holding a boomerang which is a wooden tool that was used by Australian Aborigines.)
Materials:
- something to color with,
- scissors,
- glue,
- paper,
- You can use brass tacks ("brads") instead of glue to attach the head, tail or arms if you want them to be moveable.
Instructions:
- Print out the template.
- Color.
- Cut out the template pieces -- parents can help cut out some of the more difficult pieces like the boomerang while children work on the easier pieces like the body and legs.
- Glue the kangaroo together in the following order:
- Glue the feet behind the body
- Glue the arms onto the body
- Glue the boomerang into one of the hands
- Glue the head onto the body
- Glue the pouch and joey (baby kangaroo) onto the tummy
- See picture on the template for further help.
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Koala Paper Craft:
his koala is a simple cut and paste paper craft that is fun for young children to make. It makes a great project for preschool and kindergarten kids and works well for an animals, letter K, marsupials or Australian theme. (He's holding a few eucalyptus leaves which is the only food koalas eat.)
Materials:
- something to color with,
- scissors,
- glue,
- paper,
- You can use brass tacks ("brads") instead of glue to attach the head or arms if you want them to be moveable.
Instructions:
- Print out the template.
- Color.
- Cut out the template pieces -- parents can help cut out some of the more difficult pieces like the ears while children work on the easier pieces like the body and legs.
- Glue the pig together in the following order:
- Glue the feet behind the body
- Glue the arms onto the body
- Glue the eucalyptus into one of the hands
- Glue the head onto the body
- Glue the ears onto the head
- See picture on the template for further help.
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