--- title: 6 Penguin Crafts for Preschoolers (Easy Ideas) description: 6 Penguin crafts for preschoolers, each with a picture and simple steps. 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Easy ideas for ages 3 to 5 using paper, paint, and glue. [Kindergarten Prep Team](https://kindergarten-prep.com/blog/author/kindergarten-prep-team) Oct 11, 2026 --- Penguins fill the weeks after the holidays, when the decorations are down and winter is still here. Black, white, and a dab of orange are the only paints you need. Here is the penguin craft preschool teachers come back to, in six versions, each with a picture, the supplies, and the steps. A three-year-old presses cotton balls into the belly or builds the shape of a penguin from an oval and two triangles. A five-year-old prints a black hand and adds only the beak and feet, then asks to make a whole colony. ## Start here: three penguin crafts that always work [![Cotton ball penguin, an easy Penguin craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C183-1.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C183-1.webp)**Cotton ball penguin***Cotton balls on a black body, done*](https://kindergarten-prep.com/blog/penguin-crafts-for-preschoolers#c183)[![Shape penguin, an easy Penguin craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C186-2.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C186-2.webp)**Shape penguin***Pre-cut shapes and glue, a three does it*](https://kindergarten-prep.com/blog/penguin-crafts-for-preschoolers#c186)[![Potato masher penguin, an easy Penguin craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C320-1.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C320-1.webp)**Potato masher penguin***A potato masher in black paint*](https://kindergarten-prep.com/blog/penguin-crafts-for-preschoolers#c320) All 6 Easy for 3 year olds No paint ## 6 penguin crafts for preschoolers, with pictures [![Handprint penguin, an easy Penguin craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C184-6.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C184-6.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C184-6.webp) ### 1. Handprint penguin The child prints or traces a black hand as the penguin body, then adds a white belly, eyes, beak and feet. Handprint **You need:** black paint, white paper, 2 small googly eyes, orange paper, glue, light blue paper How to make it 1. Paint your child's hand black. Press it in the middle of the paper with the fingers together pointing up and the thumb out to the side. Let it dry. 2. You cut a small white oval and glue it on the palm as the belly. 3. Glue the 2 eyes on the fingers above the belly. Cut a small orange triangle and glue it below them as a beak. 4. Cut 2 small orange feet and glue them right below the palm. [![Paper plate penguin, an easy Penguin craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C185-1.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C185-1.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C185-1.webp) ### 2. Paper plate penguin The child paints the rim of a plate black, leaves a white belly and glues on eyes, an orange beak, feet and flippers. Paint and glue **You need:** 1 paper plate, black paint, black paper, orange paper, 2 googly eyes, glue How to make it 1. Your child paints the rim and top part of the plate black, leaving a white belly in the middle. Let it dry. 2. You cut 2 black flippers, an orange beak and 2 orange feet. 3. Your child glues the 2 eyes near the top on the black part, and the beak below them. 4. Glue a flipper on each side pointing down, and the feet at the bottom edge. [![Cotton ball penguin, an easy Penguin craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C183-1.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C183-1.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C183-1.webp) ### 3. Cotton ball penguin The child fills a penguin's white belly with cotton balls on a black paper body and adds a face and feet. Easy for 3sCollage **You need:** black paper, cotton balls, 2 googly eyes, orange paper, white glue, light blue paper How to make it 1. You cut a large black oval, a small orange beak and 2 orange feet. 2. Your child glues the oval upright in the middle of the blue sheet. 3. Glue cotton balls in a cluster on the lower part of the oval as the white belly. 4. Glue on the 2 eyes near the top, the beak below them, and the feet at the bottom edge. [![Shape penguin, an easy Penguin craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C186-2.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C186-2.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C186-2.webp) ### 4. Shape penguin The child builds a penguin from a black oval, a white half circle, orange triangles and googly eyes. Easy for 3sCut and glue **You need:** black paper, white paper, orange paper, 2 googly eyes, glue stick, 1 sheet of light blue paper How to make it 1. You cut a large black oval, a white half circle and 3 small orange triangles. 2. Your child glues the black oval upright on the blue sheet. 3. Glue the white half circle on the lower half, flat edge at the bottom. 4. Glue the 2 eyes above the belly, 1 triangle beak below them, and 2 triangle feet at the bottom edge. [![Toilet roll penguin, an easy Penguin craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C319-5.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C319-5.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C319-5.webp) ### 5. Toilet roll penguin The child paints a tube black, glues on a white tummy, eyes, an orange beak and feet. Paint and glue **You need:** 1 toilet paper roll, black paint, white paper, black paper, orange paper, 2 self-adhesive googly eyes, glue stick How to make it 1. Your child paints the roll black. Let it dry. 2. You cut a white oval and glue it on the front as the tummy. Your child presses the 2 googly eyes on above it. 3. Cut a small orange triangle beak and 2 orange feet. Glue the beak below the eyes and the feet flat under the bottom edge. 4. Cut 2 black wings. Fold a narrow tab along the inner edge of each wing, glue the tab flat against the side of the tube and bend the wing outward along the fold. [![Potato masher penguin, an easy Penguin craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C320-1.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C320-1.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C320-1.webp) ### 6. Potato masher penguin The child stamps a potato masher or halved potato in black paint for the body and adds a painted belly and paper details. Stamping **You need:** 1 potato masher, black paint, white paint, 1 small sponge, light blue paper, orange paper, 2 googly eyes and glue How to make it 1. Your child dips the masher in black paint and stamps a tall oval body on the light blue paper, twice, overlapping. 2. Dab a white oval tummy on with the small sponge. Let it dry. 3. Cut an orange triangle beak and 2 orange feet. Glue the 2 googly eyes near the top and the beak between them. 4. Glue the 2 feet at the bottom. [Free · 30 questions · about 4 minutes **Is your child on track for kindergarten?** Answer 30 questions about what your child does today, and you get a report like this one: Every area at a glance: strong, on track, or worth a little time The one or two areas to focus on first Simple things to do at home for each area How many months you have until kindergarten starts Get my child's free report → ![Example kindergarten readiness report with a bar for each area: language, social-emotional, math, thinking, fine motor and literacy](https://kindy.kindergarten-prep.com/report-preview.png)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/kindergarten-readiness-assessment?utm_source=kp-blog&utm_medium=card&utm_campaign=crafts-penguin-crafts-for-preschoolers&utm_content=mid) Nothing matches that filter. Clear it and try again. ## Penguin crafts for 3 year olds These 2 need no exact cutting and no small pieces, so a young three can do most of it alone: [Cotton ball penguin](https://kindergarten-prep.com/blog/penguin-crafts-for-preschoolers#c183), [Shape penguin](https://kindergarten-prep.com/blog/penguin-crafts-for-preschoolers#c186). ## Penguin crafts with a 3 year old: black, white, orange Black paper, white paint or cotton balls, and a scrap of orange are the only colors here. Buy a pack of black construction paper in December and it covers the penguin and the snowman weeks. A three year old can press cotton balls, glue pre-cut shapes and stamp a potato masher in black paint. Cutting the oval, the half circle and the little orange triangles is your part; a five year old can cut the beak. The shape penguin is the one to talk shapes over: oval, half circle, triangle, circle eyes. Ask the child to name each piece before it goes on. The tube penguin stands on the windowsill. The paper plate penguin hangs on the door, and the handprint penguin is the one to date and keep. ## What you need for penguin crafts Most of these use the same handful of supplies: orange paper, black paint, googly eye, light blue paper, black paper, white paper, glue, glue stick. Everything else is named on the craft it belongs to. [Free · 30 questions · about 4 minutes **Before you go: see where your child is for kindergarten** A report with every area at a glance, what to focus on first, and things to do at home. 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