Nocturnal Animal Crafts for Toddlers and Preschools

 1. Paper Plate Owl Craft                            (Toddler and Preschool)


Option 1: Flying
Option 2: Standing
                                                                                                     















Materials:
1. 9 inch paper plates
2. Yellow construction paper
3. Orange constuction paper
4. Brown tempera paint
5. Feathers that are various shades of brown (optional)
6. Googly eyes  
8. Paint brushes
9. Scissors
10. Glue stick
11. Glue gun

Instructions:

1. Choose option 1 or option 2. For option 1, plaint two paper plates brown. For option 2, paint three paper plates brown. Let dry.
2. Cut out a curved rectangle from the top of one paper plate to form ears.
3. Cut a second paper plate in half to form wings.
4. Use a glue gun to attach one end of each wing to the head. If making the flying option, have the wings a little more raised than what is shown.
5. If doing option 2, glue the top of the third paper plate to the head and the wings to form the body of the owl. Cut claws out of orange construction paper. Glue tip of each to bottom of body as shown.
6. Cut out two yellow circles that are larger than the googly eyes used. The googly eye I used were  almost an inch in diameter, so I used a 2 inch template to cut out yellow circles. If you don't have googly eyes, https://craftsbyamanda.com does provide templates to cut out small black circles and slightly larger white circles to make your own.
7. Mount the googly eyes on the yellow circles. Glue the yellow circles to the face.
8. Cut out an orange triangle for the beak.
9. If desired, use a glue gun to add feathers to wings.






2. Paper Towel Roll Owl                                 (Preschool)


Materials:
1. Paper towel tube cut to desired size
2. Tempera paint in variety of colors
3. Paint brushes
4. Paper plates for paint
5. Construction paper in variety of colors
7. Googly eyes
8. Scissors
9. Glue stick








Instructions:
1. Cut paper towel tube to desired size.
2. Paint paper towel tube desired color. Let dry.
3. Fold down the top of the tube in the middle to form the ears of the owl.
4. Choose a color of construction paper to put behind the eyes of the owl. Use the circle punch to cut two circles from this color.
5. Glue the circles side by side toward the top of the tube. Mount the googly eyes on these circles.
6. Cut a diamond or a triangle out of orange construction paper for the beak. Glue this on.
7.  Choose a desired color of construction paper for the feathers on the owl's stomach. Punch out aproximately 14 circles from this color. Use a glue stick to overlay the circles in three rows below the beak of the owl.
8. Cut out claws from the orange construction paper. Glue the top of these to the under side of the bottom of the tube.
9. Choose a desired color of construction paper for the wings. Fold the paper over to cut two identical wings at the same time. Glue one to each side of the owl's body.





3. Acorn Owl Craft                         (Preschool)

I modified a craft from https://www.broogly.com

Materials:
1. Pine cones
2. Various colrs of craft feathers
3. Orange craft foam
4. Various other colors of craft foam
5. Small googly eyes
6. Glue gun
7. Scissors




Instructions:
1. Select a color of craft foam for the coloring around the eyes. Cut out two small circles out of the craft foam that are slighly large than the googly eyes you are using. 
2. Glue a googly eye to each circle. Then glue the circles near the top of the pine cone.
3. Select a color of feathers to use. Use the glue gun to glue a feather to the right and left sides of the pine cone.
4. Cut two very small triangles out of the orange craft foam. Lay one on top of the other, and glue the edge of both to the pine cone. 
5. Cut two sets of feet out of orange, yellow, or gray craft foam. An owl's foot has four toes. When in flight and perching, three of these toes face forward and one faces backwards.






4. Egg Carton Firefly Craft                    (Preschool)

To make this firefly, I simply modified the ladybug craft I made here.

Materials:
1. One section of an egg carton per child
2. Black tempera paint
3. Yellow tempera paint
4. Googly eys
5. Black pipe cleaners for antennas
6. Black construction paper
7. Glue gun
8. Scissors
9. Glue stick

 



Instructions:
1. Cut egg carton into separate sections.
2. Flip one section upside down. Paint the front part of the piece black and the rest of the section yellow. Let dry
3. Cut a circle out of the black construction paper that is slightly wider than the top of the insect's body.
4. Cut the circle in half to create wings.
5. Overlap the tip of the wings, and glue to the top of the insect's body.
6. Cut a two inch piece of a black pipe cleaner for each of the antennas. Glue one end to the firefly's head, and curl the other end.
7. Glue two googly eyes onto the firefly's face.








5.  Paper Plate Hedgehogs                          (Preschool)



Materials:
1. 9 inch paper plate
2. Markers
3. Scissors
4. Googly Eyes
5. Pencil
6. Colored pencils
7. Tape
8. Glue stick or glue gun

Note*: Both links above have pictures of each step. I merely modified the curve of the porcupine's quills to look more realistic.




Instructions:
1. Fold nine inch plate in half. Put two or three pieces of folded tape inside to hold the two sides of the paper plate together.
2. Use pencil to draw a line a curved line from where the tip of the nose will be to the beginning of the quills. Cut along this line.
3. Trim curve of paper plate to make the body of the hedgehog look more realistic.
4. Hedgehogs can be a variety of colors. Decide on preferred color. Use colored pencil or marker to draw an ear. 
5. Use the same marker or colored pencil to draw a line to separate the coloring of the quills from the white underside of the hedgehog. Start this line from the beginning of where the quills will be all the way to the end of the quills.
6. Color in all of the paper plate that is above this line.
7. Use a black marker to draw the nose and a line for the mouth.
8. Glue on googly eye.
9. Cut slits all along colored section to create quills. Cut only to the line previously drawn along bottom of quills.






6. Spaghetti Porcupine Craft                             (Toddler and Preschool)


Materials:
3. Spagghetti noodles
4. Markers
5. Tacky Glue
6. Googly Eyes
7. Scissors
8. White cardstock






Instructions:
1. Print off copies of template on white cardstock.  
2. Use a marker to color body of porcupine desired color. Porcupines range in color from yellowish brown to dark brown to black.
3. Cut out porcupine body.
4. Glue on a googly eye using Tacky Glue.
5.  Porcupines's quills vary in length with the shortest ones around the face and the longest ones toward the back of the body. Use toothpicks for the shorter quills on the top of the body nearer the face. Use spagghetti noodles for the longer ones toward the back. Glue the toothpicks and spaghettti noddles on using Tacky Glue.
6. If desired, can also glue one inch pieces of spaghetti noddles all around the face. 






7. Fingerprint Bat and Owl Silhouette Craft            (Toddler and Preschool)


Materials:
1. Orange, yellow, and white tempera paint
2. Six inch paper plates to put paint on
3. Black construction paper
6. Scissors
7. Masking tape











Instructions:
1. Decide whether to use bat silhouettes, owl silhouettes, or a micture of both.
2. Cut out two or three silouettes.
3. Put one piece of tape in the middle of the back side of each silhouette to secure it to the black construction paper.
4. Put some orange, yellow, and white paint on a paper plate.
5. Dip finger in  orange paint. Place orange dots around each silouette. Repeat with other colors of paint until all parts of the outlines of the animals are covered.
6. Continue this process for the rest of the piece of paper.
7. Carefully peel off the paper bats and/or owls.





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