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Sheep Crafts For Toddlers

Young children are fascinated by farm animals such as sheep, so plan a teaching unit on these wooly creatures. Show students videos of sheep and lambs, and let students touch sheep's wool. Plan simple yet engaging craft projects for your students that will let them display their creativity and develop their fine motor skills.
  1. Sheep Face

    • Make a sheep face from paper. Cut a large triangle with rounded edges from white cardstock, and give one to each student. In addition, cut two ear shapes from white cardstock for each student. Give students wiggly eyes, markers and pink pom poms. Show students how to glue the eyes and ears onto the triangle to make a sheep's face. Glue the pom pom onto the bottom point of the triangle to make a nose.

    Fuzzy Lamb

    • Show students how to create a sheep that is soft to the touch. Cut a sheep shape from white card stock and give one to each student. Fill a small paper plate with cotton balls and give one to each student. Give students markers and invite them to color the feet of their sheep, and to add facial details and ears. Show students how to glue cotton balls to the body of the sheep using a glue stick. Show students that they can glue the cotton balls directly on the sheep, or can pull on the cotton, stretching the fibers, before gluing.

    Paper Plate Sheep

    • Make a sheep using a paper plate, suggests the website Artists Helping Kids. Cut legs, ears, face and tail from black construction paper. Give each student a small paper plate and cotton balls. Encourage students to glue the cotton balls onto the paper plate. Show students how to glue the legs and tail on the paper plate. Encourage students to add a wiggly eye to the sheep's face and glue it onto the paper plate.

    Lamb Cookies

    • Make a tasty and creative sheep treat for toddlers. Cut cookie dough with a sheep cookie cutter and bake it. When the cookies are cooled, give each student a cookie. Provide chocolate icing, and encourage students to cover their sheep in icing. Give each student a bowl of miniature marshmallows. Show students how to stick the marshmallows to the icing to make the sheep's wool. Enjoy the sheep cookies for snack.

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