DLTK's Crafts for Kids
Yak Paper Craft

Contributed by Leanne Guenther

This yak is a simple cut and paste paper craft that is fun for children to make.  There is a small version (all the pieces on one piece of paper) and a large version (3 sheets of paper).

Materials:

• something to color with if using the B&W version,
• scissors,
• glue,
• paper,
• You can use brass tacks ("brads") instead of glue to attach the head, tail and legs if you want them to be moveable.

Instructions:

• Print out the template of choice.
• Color (where appropriate).
• Cut out the template pieces -- parents can help cut out some of the more difficult pieces like the tail and horns while children work on the easier pieces like the body and head.
• Glue the yak together in the following order:
  • Glue the rounded front leg behind the body
  • Glue the straight edge front leg on top of the body
  • repeat for the back legs (the back legs are shorter than the front)
  • Glue the tail behind the body
  • Glue the head onto the body
  • Glue the horns onto the head
  • See picture on the template for further help.

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).

Small Template (only 1 template needed)

Template:       (color)   or   (B&W)

 

Large Template (3 templates needed)

Template 1    (color)   or   (B&W)

Template 2    (color)   or   (B&W)

Template 3    (color)   or   (B&W)