Cotton Ball Sheep Craft For Kids

Have you ever made a cotton ball sheep craft? I have. I remember making one in sunday school as a little girl. We were covering the story of the lost sheep and I still remember how fun this sheep craft was to make, almost 30 years later.

Today I’m sharing this paper plate sheep craft with you, It’s a simple and easy sheep craft for toddlers and older kids and encourages fine motor skills as the little ones get sticking and gluing whilst having fun.

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What You Need For This Paper Plate Sheep Craft

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How To Make This Fun Cotton Ball Sheep Craft

I’ll now show you the simple step by step instructions to make this fun toddler sheep craft.

Step One:

Place your materials on the table and begin dabbing glue onto individual cottons balls.

Step Two:

Now you stick the cotton ball onto the paper plate and repeat until the inner plate is covered and fluffy. This creates the body of the sheep.

Add glue to the edges of the plate and then create a circle of cotton balls on the outside rim. Allow the plate to dry.

Step Three:

While the cotton balls on your paper plate craft are drying, draw a circle on black card stock or construction paper and cut out ahead for your sheep craft.

Now cut out ears and feet for your sheep and draw a pair of eyes. You could opt for googly eyes instead. The choice is up to you!

Your Paper Plate Sheep Craft is now complete and ready to display. This is a fun cotton ball sheep craft for toddlers and one that doesn’t use too many materials or take too much effort.

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Cotton Ball Sheep Craft For Kids

gluing cotton wool balls onto paper plate to make a sheep craft

This is a tutorial on how to make a cotton ball sheep craft.

Prep Time 5 minutes
Active Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Difficulty Easy

Materials

  • Cotton balls
  • Paper plate
  • Quick dry tacky glue or school glue
  • Black and white Craft paper

Tools

  • scissors

Instructions

    I’ll now show you the simple step by step instructions to make this fun toddler sheep craft.

    Place your materials on the table and begin dabbing glue onto individual cotton balls.

    Now you stick the cotton ball onto the paper plate and repeat until the inner plate is covered and fluffy. This creates the body of the sheep.

    Add glue to the edges of the plate and then create a circle of cotton balls on the outside rim. Allow the plate to dry.

    While the cotton balls on your paper plate craft are drying, draw a circle on black card stock or construction paper and cut out ahead for your sheep craft.

    Now cut out ears and feet for your sheep and draw a pair of eyes. You could opt for googly eyes instead. The choice is up to you!

    Your Paper Plate Sheep Craft is now complete and ready to display. This is a fun cotton ball sheep craft for toddlers and one that doesn’t use too many materials or take too much effort.

Spring arts and crafts can be super fun to make and here are a few more spring craft ideas you may want to try out!

Spring Sheep Craft Puppet

Bee Crafts For Toddlers

Clothespin Butterfly Craft

Cute And Easy Paper Plate Crafts

Galaxy Blot Butterfly Craft

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