Fun and Easy Animal Crafts For Kids

Looking for some easy animal crafts for kids? Then learn how to create these DIY bunny bookmarks and see our roundup of animal crafts!

animal crafts for kids

Spring is finally in the air, and I couldn’t be more excited! As much as I love Christmas crafts, chunky sweaters, and hot beverages, I am ready for Spring. I am ready for bright colors, fresh flowers, and of course spring crafts!

To kick off the spring crafts season, I thought it would be fun to combine two of my favorite things in today’s post, which is holiday crafting and animals! 

EASTER CRAFTS AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF ANIMALS

With Easter right around the corner, now is the perfect time to create some fun animal crafts.

Yes, I said ANIMAL crafts.

Now, I know Easter revolves mostly around bunnies and chicks (which I absolutely love). However, who said that you couldn’t make forest animals, zoo animals, or even sea animals during Easter. With that thought in mind if you are looking to add a bit more variety to your crafting this Easter season, then I have some easy animal crafts that your kids are going to LOVE! 

So, in this post, I will first be sharing my own project, (which stars everyone’s favorite Easter animal), then I will be sharing a quick roundup of fun projects that kids of all ages can make, which feature different animals.

EASTER IDEAS FOR KIDS: EASY DIY BUNNY BOOKMARK

To get us started, here is my Easy DIY Bunny Bookmark!

The quick and easy bunny bookmark is simple to put together and would be a great craft to do with your kids on Easter morning. Plus, if you love paper crafts and are a paper crafter, you most likely already have all the supplies you need to make this project! {FTC Disclosure: this post contains affiliate links which means I may make a commission on any purchase – at no additional cost to you!}

SUPPLIES Needed:

• assorted cardstock or thick patterned paper
• scissors
• Xyron Sticker Maker
• Xyron Mega Runner
• pink marker (or heart sticker)
• black marker

EASTER IDEAS FOR KIDS: HOW TO MAKE EASY DIY BUNNY BOOKMARKS:

1. Cut a piece of cardstock (in this case white) in to a square. Any size is fine – the large bunny is from a 6×6 square and the smaller bunny is from a 5×5 square. Cut a smaller piece of the same color cardstock and a small piece of another color cardstock (in this case pink) and set them aside.

2. Fold the white square in half diagonally to form a triangle, then fold both sides up to meet the tip of the triangle.

3. Unfold the sides, then fold just the “front” sheet of paper so the tip touches the bottom of the triangle.

4. Select one side and “tuck it in” to the triangle, making a pocket. Repeat with the other side. Set aside.

5. Fold pink cardstock and use scissors to cut inside of ears.

6. Run both pieces of cardstock through the Xyron Sticker Maker.

Note: If you don’t have a Xyron Sticker Maker, you can always use some glue sticks or glue dots.

7. Fold small sheet of white cardstock.

8. Place one of the pink shapes on to the white cardstock and use scissors to cut white ear shape a little larger than the pink ones.

9. Adhere second pink ear to second white ear.

10. Use Xyron Mega Runner to put adhesive on the bottom front of each ear.

11. Attach to the inside of the triangle.

12. Use a pink pen (or a heart sticker!) to create nose.

13. Use a black pen to create eyes.

Once you are happy with how your bunnies look, you are ready to use them as bookmarks! 

COLLECTION OF ANIMAL CRAFTS FOR KIDS

As I said before, I love bunnies, but we can’t forget about our nocturnal animals, jungle animals, and all the other amazing animals out in the world! So whether you have little kids or older kids, I’m sure they will love at least one of these ADORABLE animal theme crafts.

These cute flightless birds will not go anywhere because they will be too busy keeping their spot in your kids’ favorite book! If you are looking for another bookmark project that uses construction paper instead of scrapbooking paper, then check out these Spring Bird Bookmarks from Hello Creative Family. These sweet bookmarks are easy peasy to make and could easily be customized with other supplies that you have, like big googly eyes or tissue paper!

If your kids’ favorite zoo animal is a penguin, then this cute project is for you! From 100 Directions, you can learn how to make this paper penguin using only brads and crayons! Plus, there is a free printable template for this project!

This next project is not only the cutest thing I have ever seen, but it’s perfect for those little hands in your life! These Felt Puppets from 30 Minute Crafts are not only easy to make, but the best part is that they are no-sew! And if you know me, then you know, I am a no-sew girl all the way!!

EVEN MORE ANIMAL CRAFTS FOR KIDS!

This time of the year is usually about those cute fluffy animals in life, but what about you bat lovers (lol)! If you are looking for a fun project that uses simple craft supplies, like a piece of paper and a wooden craft stick, then this DIY Bat Puppet is for you! These DIY Bat Puppets are from Hello Creative Family would be so much fun to make with your kids and would be a fun way to use up those small scraps of supplies that you have on hand.

If your younger kids love reading and cats, then this project is definitely a win-win! These Felt Cat Bookmarks from Happiness is Homemade can be made in 15 minutes and use leftover felt scraps! Plus, in my crafty opinion, I think these bookmarks would be a cute gift for your kids to give if they were looking for something to make for their best friend!

If you are looking for some preschool crafts, then check out this sweet Dog Popsicle Sticks Craft from Hello Creative Family! This project is not only simple to make, but Crystal (who runs Hello Creative Family) has also provided several options for printing out the pattern. For example, you can print out the pattern as a PDF or download it as a cut file to use with your Cricut machine!

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