Preschool Penguin Craft with Free Penguin Printable Template

Let your kids create this preschool penguin craft with a free penguin printable template. All you need is cotton balls, paper and a printer to create this easy winter craft.

Penguin crafts are a great winter craft to keep your preschooler busy during those cold months. What kid doesn’t love penguins? Not only will this let preschool children enjoy their craft time, but they will also be able to do most of the steps by themselves without needing too much assistance from an adult. This is also a great group activity. All you have to do is download the free penguin printable template and get to work!

Here is what you will need:

• The free penguin printable template (head to the bottom of the post to see it)
• A color printer
• Printing paper
• Blue colored paper
• Scissors
• Glue 
• Cotton balls

How to make a penguin craft from paper and cotton balls for preschoolers

Step 1:

From the blue colored paper cut out a rectangle the size of the printing paper.

Step 2:

Download the template and print it onto white paper using a color printer. You could also print out multiple copies at once so that you can pop them out when needed in the future. 

Step 3:

Using the scissors cut out the different pieces from the template. Make sure to help the kids with this step to prevent any unwanted accidents. 

Step 3:

Glue the black “body” portion onto the center of the blue rectangle that you cut out earlier. 

Step 4:

Glue the orange “feet” pieces at the bottom of the black piece, onto the blue paper. 

Step 5: 

Apply glue onto one side of the grey “body” cutout. Be sure to put on the glue evenly and generously throughout the entire piece. 

Step 6:

Place the cotton balls one by one onto the glued portion. Let the kids have fun and stick the cotton however they like and even if the paper underneath shows through. After all, this craft is all about letting your little ones have fun and craft on their own! 

If the glue dries out just apply a little more as needed and carry on attaching the cotton balls on top. 

Step 7:

Glue this assembled cotton and paper piece onto the black body, that is already stuck to the blue paper. 

Step 8:

On the upper part of the cotton body, attach the black circle cutouts using the glue. 

Step 9:

For the last step, glue the orange triangle under the glued black circles. To make it look like a beak make sure the triangle is pointing down. 

And we’re done! A super easy way to make an adorable penguin with materials we usually have at home. When the penguin is complete it could be used as a toy, room décor, or even be glued onto sketchbooks to create little scrapbooks. These adorable penguins would even be great to put up on the fridge and make your preschooler feel great about making it. 

Printable Penguin Template

Either download the link above or use the image below to get your free printable penguin template for this cute winter craft.

I hope you’ve found this tutorial simple and easy. Happy crafting!