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4 Frog Crafts for Preschoolers (Easy Ideas)

4 frog crafts for preschoolers, each with a picture and simple steps. Easy ideas for ages 3 to 5 using paper, paint, and glue.

Kindergarten Prep Team
Oct 11, 2026

Green paint, two bulging eyes, a red tongue that curls out of the mouth, and a plate make a frog. That is the frog craft preschool classes make most. Here are four frog crafts for preschoolers, each with a picture, the supplies, and the steps.

Frogs fit a pond week, spring or the letter F. A three year old paints the plate green, presses on the eyes and makes it croak. A five year old curls the tongue around a pencil and folds the legs for the toilet paper roll frog.

Start here: three frog crafts that always work

Paper plate frog, an easy frog craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5Paper plate frogThe classic, with the curled tongueToilet paper roll frog, an easy frog craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5Toilet paper roll frogA tube, green paint, two eyesLetter F frog, an easy frog craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5Letter F frogLetter F and a frog in one

4 frog crafts for preschoolers, with pictures

Paper plate frog, an easy frog craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5

1. Paper plate frog

The child paints a paper plate green and adds big eyes, a curled red paper tongue and handprint feet.

Paint and glue

You need: 1 white paper plate, green paint, green paper, red paper, 2 large googly eyes, black marker, glue

How to make it
  1. Your child paints the plate green. Let it dry.
  2. You cut 2 green circles. Glue them to the top rim, sticking up, with a googly eye on each.
  3. Draw a wide smile with the marker. Cut a red strip, curl the end and glue it below the smile as a tongue.
  4. Cut 2 green feet with 3 rounded toes each and glue them under the bottom rim.
Toilet paper roll frog, an easy frog craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5

2. Toilet paper roll frog

The child paints a tube green and adds eyes on top, a mouth and folded paper legs.

Build it

You need: 1 toilet paper roll, green paint, green paper, 2 googly eyes, black marker, glue

How to make it
  1. Your child paints the roll green. Stand it upright to dry.
  2. You cut 2 small green circles. Glue them on the front at the top, half above the rim, with a googly eye on each.
  3. Draw a wide smile with the marker.
  4. Cut 2 green strips, fold them like an accordion and glue one on each side at the bottom as legs.
Letter F frog, an easy frog craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5

3. Letter F frog

The child glues a green F to paper and adds bulging eyes, a red tongue and long back legs to make a frog.

Cut and glue

You need: green paper, white paper, red paper, 2 googly eyes, 1 sheet of light blue paper, glue stick

How to make it
  1. You cut a large green capital F. Your child glues it upright on the light blue sheet.
  2. Glue 2 white circles on top of the top bar and a googly eye on each.
  3. Glue a long red strip with a curled end on the tip of the top bar as a tongue.
  4. Fold 2 green strips like an accordion and glue them at the bottom of the stem as back legs, one going each way.
Hibernating animal puppets, an easy frog craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5

4. Hibernating animal puppets

The child colours bear, bat, hedgehog and frog puppets and tucks them into a box or bag den.

Puppet

You need: 4 printed animals (bear, bat, hedgehog, frog), crayons, 4 popsicle sticks, clear tape

How to make it
  1. Your child colours the 4 animals.
  2. You cut them out.
  3. Tape each animal to the top of its own stick.
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Frog crafts: green paint, big eyes and the letter F

Green paint on a plate and a tube is the only wet step. Do both at once on one tray, then let them dry while you cut the eyes and tongue.

A three can paint, press on eyes and color the hibernating animal puppets. Curling the paper tongue around a pencil and folding the legs needs an adult hand.

The letter F frog is the one for sound work. Say fff, frog as the F goes down, and point to the F on the page each time you say it.

The paper plate frog hangs on a wall with the tongue out. The tube frog sits on a shelf, and the puppets go into a box den for play.

What you need for frog crafts

Most of these use the same handful of supplies: green paper, googly eye, green paint, red paper, black marker, glue, white paper plate, toilet paper roll. Everything else is named on the craft it belongs to.

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