Use children's fingerprints as the base for a small penguin craft. Press their thumbs into white finger paint and then stamp a print on the paper for the body. Press two other fingers in black for the wings and press just the tip of a finger in black for the head. Use the tip of a finger in orange paint to make the penguin's feet. Alternatively, trace around the children's shoes onto black paper as the base for a penguin. Cut out bowling-pin shaped pieces of white paper and have the children glue these onto the footprint for the penguin's body. Add wiggly eyes and construction paper beaks and feet.
Blow up a black balloon for each child and ask him to paint a white circle on it for the penguin's body. Students can add a beak with a dab of orange paint. Give the children templates to trace and cut out for the penguin's feet; tape these to the bottom of the balloon, near the knot. Let the children glue on construction paper eyes or wiggle eyes, or paint eyes on with white paint. You can use any color of balloon if you do not have black ones, and ask the children to paint their balloons first.
Preschoolers can practice cutting with this craft, but may need some help knowing where to cut. Give students two paper plates and ask them to paint or color one black. Help children cut the rim off of the black paper plate in one long ring. Glue eyes and a beak on the inside of this paper plate. Glue the black ring to the outside of the white paper plate and then glue the plate with the face where the penguin's head should be.
Give each child a toilet paper roll or half of a paper towel roll to paint black. Create templates for children to trace and cut out; prepare ovals from white paper and triangles from black paper. Ask children to glue the oval on the tube for the stomach and the triangles on the sides for wings. Children can either paint a face on the penguin with white and orange paint or you can cut out very small pieces of paper for them to glue on.