DLTK's Crafts for Kids
Groundhog Paper Craft
You can use the feet or replace them with the hole if you want your groundhog to look like he's peeking out on Groundhog's Day.
This groundhog 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 a mammals, groundhog's day or letter G theme.
Materials:
- something to color with if using the B&W version,
- scissors,
- glue, and
- paper,
- You can use brass fasteners ("brads") instead of glue to attach the head or arms 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 wings while children work on the easier pieces like the body and legs.
- Glue the groundhog together in the following order:
- Glue the feet or the hole behind the body (it's up to you which you prefer)
- Glue the arms onto the body
- Glue the calendar into one of the hands
- Glue the head onto the body
- 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).