13 Farm Crafts for Preschoolers (Easy Ideas)

Start here: three farm crafts that always work

Cotton ball sheepCotton balls and glue, a three does it aloneFork painted chickOne fork, yellow paint, a chickPaper plate cowWhite plate, black spots, the classic

13 farm animal crafts for preschoolers, with pictures

1. Farm animal paper plate mask

The child decorates a paper plate with eye holes as a cow, sheep or pig and wears it for pretend play.

You need: 1 white paper plate, pink paint, pink construction paper, darker pink paper, black marker, 1 craft stick, glue

How to make it

1. You cut 2 round eye holes in the upper half of the plate.
2. Your child paints the plate pink. Let it dry.
3. Cut 2 pink triangle ears and glue them to the top rim, one on each side.
4. Cut a darker pink oval and glue it below the eye holes as the snout. Draw 2 nostril dots on it.
5. Glue the craft stick to the back at the bottom as a handle.

2. Cotton ball sheep

The child glues cotton balls all over a paper plate or card body and adds a black face and legs.

You need: 1 small white paper plate, cotton balls, black paper, 2 googly eyes, glue

How to make it

1. Your child glues cotton balls all over the plate as wool.
2. You cut a black oval for the head and 2 black rectangles for legs.
3. Glue the 2 rectangles under the bottom edge of the plate, one toward the left and one toward the right.
4. Glue the oval on one side of the plate as the head.
5. Glue the 2 googly eyes on the head.

3. Paper plate cow

The child glues or paints black spots on a white paper plate and adds ears, a pink nose and eyes.

You need: 1 small white paper plate, black construction paper, 1 pink paper oval, 2 googly eyes, black marker, glue

How to make it

1. Your child tears pieces of black paper.
2. Glue the torn pieces on the plate as spots.
3. You cut 2 black ears. Your child glues them behind the rim at the top, one on each side.
4. Glue the pink oval at the bottom of the plate, then 2 googly eyes above it.
5. You draw 2 nostril dots on the pink nose with the marker.

4. Handprint cow

The child prints a white handprint upside down on coloured paper, then adds black fingerprint spots and a face.

You need: white paint, black paint, 1 sheet of light green paper, black marker, paper plate for the paint

How to make it

1. Paint your child's palm and fingers white.
2. Press the hand on the green paper.
3. Let it dry. Wash hands, then your child dabs black fingerprint spots on the palm.
4. When dry, draw a dot eye on the thumb tip and a short tail line on the other side of the palm with the marker.

5. Toilet paper roll farm animals

The child paints cardboard tubes and adds paper heads and legs to make a cow, goat or pig that stands up.

You need: 2 toilet paper rolls, pink, white and black paint, pink and white paper, 4 googly eyes, 1 short pink pipe cleaner, glue

How to make it

1. Your child paints one roll pink and one white with a few black spots. Let them dry.
2. Pig: you cut a pink circle head, 2 triangle ears and a snout. Your child glues them on, then 2 eyes.
3. Cow: cut a white circle head, 2 oval ears and a pink snout. Glue them on, then 2 eyes.
4. Curl the pipe cleaner and glue it to the pig as a tail.

6. Paper plate scarecrow

The child colours a paper plate face, then glues on a paper hat, yarn or paper straw hair and a triangle nose.

You need: 1 white paper plate, brown paper, green paper, yellow yarn, orange paper, black and pink markers, glue

How to make it

1. You cut a hat from brown paper and a green strip.
2. Glue the strip across the bottom of the hat, then glue the hat over the top edge of the plate.
3. Your child glues pieces of yarn under the hat on each side as straw hair.
4. Cut an orange triangle and glue it in the middle as the nose.
5. Draw 2 round eyes and a stitched smile in black, and colour 2 pink cheeks.

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7. Fork painted chick

The child stamps yellow paint outward with a fork to make a fluffy chick, then adds eyes, beak and legs.

You need: light blue cardstock, yellow paint, fork, 2 googly eyes, orange paper, glue

How to make it

1. Dip the back of the fork in yellow paint. Your child stamps it in the middle of the cardstock, marks pointing outward all around, to make a round fluffy body.
2. Let it dry.
3. You cut a small orange triangle for the beak and 2 small feet.
4. Glue 2 eyes and the beak in the middle of the yellow, and the feet at the bottom edge.

8. Handprint chick

The child makes a yellow handprint and adds an eye, an orange beak and legs to make a chick.

You need: white paper, yellow paint, 1 googly eye, 1 small orange paper triangle, orange marker, glue

How to make it

1. Paint your child's hand yellow and press it sideways on the paper, fingers as tail feathers and thumb pointing up as the head and neck.
2. Let it dry.
3. Glue the googly eye on the tip of the thumb and the orange triangle beside it as the beak.
4. Draw 2 stick legs with 3 toes each under the palm with the orange marker.

9. Handprint duck

The child makes a yellow handprint for the duck's body and tail feathers, then adds a head, orange beak and feet.

You need: 1 sheet of light blue paper, yellow paint, yellow and orange paper, 1 googly eye, 1 yellow craft feather, glue

How to make it

1. Paint your child's palm and fingers yellow.
2. Press the hand sideways on the blue paper, fingers as tail feathers and thumb pointing up.
3. Let it dry. You cut a yellow circle, an orange beak and 2 orange feet.
4. Glue the circle at the top of the palm as the head. Add the beak and the googly eye.
5. Glue the feather across the palm as a wing and the 2 feet under the palm.

10. Paper plate chick

The child paints a paper plate yellow and glues on feathers, eyes, a beak and feet.

You need: 1 small white paper plate, yellow paint, 2 yellow craft feathers, 2 googly eyes, orange construction paper, glue

How to make it

1. Your child paints the plate yellow. Let it dry.
2. Glue 2 eyes in the upper middle.
3. You cut an orange triangle and glue it below the eyes, pointing down, as the beak.
4. Glue a feather on each side as wings. Cut 2 orange feet and glue them under the bottom rim.

11. Hatching chick

The child makes a chick that sits inside a cracked paper egg; the top half lifts on a paper fastener or fold to show it hatching.

You need: white construction paper, yellow construction paper, 1 small orange paper triangle, 1 brass paper fastener, black marker, glue

How to make it

1. You cut a large egg from white paper and cut it in two with a zigzag line across the middle.
2. Cut a yellow circle and glue it behind the bottom half so its top sticks up above the zigzag as the chick.
3. Your child draws 2 dot eyes on the chick. Glue the orange triangle beak below them.
4. You join the two halves with the fastener on one side, so the top swings open.

12. Paper plate duck

The child paints half a paper plate yellow for the body and adds a paper head, beak, feather and feet.

You need: 1 white paper plate, yellow paint, yellow and orange paper, 1 googly eye, 1 yellow craft feather, glue

How to make it

1. You cut the plate in half. Your child paints it yellow. Let it dry.
2. Lay it with the straight edge at the top and the curved edge at the bottom.
3. You cut a yellow circle, an orange beak and 2 orange feet. Glue the circle at one top corner as the head, with the beak and the googly eye.
4. Glue the feather in the middle as a wing and the 2 feet under the curved bottom edge.

13. Pom pom ducks on a pond

The child paints an egg carton or paper plate blue for a pond and makes five little ducks from yellow pom poms with paper beaks.

You need: 1 small white paper plate, blue paint, large yellow pom poms, tiny orange paper triangles, small googly eyes, white glue

How to make it

1. Your child paints the plate blue as the pond. Let it dry.
2. Glue yellow pom poms in the middle of the plate, spaced apart, as ducks.
3. Glue 1 orange triangle on each pom pom as a beak.
4. Glue 2 googly eyes on each pom pom.

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Farm crafts for 3 year olds

Two of these a young three can do almost alone: Cotton ball sheep, Fork painted chick. No exact cutting, no small pieces, and the glue stick does the rest. For the others, you cut and they glue.

Farm animal crafts with a 3 year old

Yellow and white paint are the two colors for most of this list. The fork painted chick needs one squirt of yellow on a plate and a fork, so start there if the child is three.

A three year old can glue cotton balls, stamp with a fork, print spots with a fingertip and press on googly eyes. Cutting the mask eye holes, the hatching chick egg and the tube animal heads is your part.

Sing as you make them. Five little ducks goes with the pom pom ducks on a pond; count them off and take one away each verse. The sheep and the cow are the moo and baa practice for a young three.

The tube animals and the pom pom ducks stand up and join the farm toys. The mask gets worn for the rest of the afternoon, so tie it on with elastic rather than a paper band.

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