This squirrel 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 (though my 9 year old really enjoyed it too *grin*)

There is a small (single page) and larger (two templates) version to choose from.

Materials:

• something to color with if using the B&W version,
• scissors,
• glue,
• paper,
• You can use brass fasteners ("brads") instead of glue to attach the head, tail 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 acorn while children work on the easier pieces like the body and legs.
• Glue the squirrel together in the following order:
  • Glue the feet behind the body
  • Glue the arms onto the body
  • Glue the acorn into one of the hands
  • Glue the tail behind the body
  • 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).

Small Template (only 1 template needed)

Template:       (brown) or   (grey) or   (B&W)

Large Template (2 templates needed)

Template 1    (brown) or   (grey) or   (B&W)

Template 2    (brown) or   (grey) or   (B&W)