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Preschool Art Ideas for a Pink Pig

Oinking, squealing and stealing the hearts of children, the humble, pink pig appears in beloved childhood songs, books and movies. Preschool teachers can capitalize on children's fascination with pigs during a classroom study of farm life, the color pink or the letter "Pp." Make pink pig projects at art time with your preschoolers.
  1. Pink Paper Plate Pig

    • Help preschoolers assemble a whimsical pink pig art project from one dinner-size and one dessert-size paper plate. Let the children turn the paper plates over and paint them with pink tempera. After the plates have dried, glue the smaller plate on top of the the larger one. Cut two pink, triangle-shape ears and two pink oval feet from construction paper. Glue the ears to the head and the feet to the body. Attach plastic wiggle-eyes, available where craft supplies are sold, to the pig's face. Cut 3-inch diameter pink construction paper circles for snouts. Glue the snout beneath the eyes. Draw two black nostrils and a mouth on the snout with a black permanent marker. Curl a pink pipe cleaner, pig-tail style. Poke the tail through the top of the paper plate body.

    Pink Pig Sun-Catcher

    • Collect plastic butter tub lids to create a pig sun-catcher. Let each child squirt liquid glue into a lid until the bottom of the lid is covered with glue. Allow the glue to dry completely, which takes up to two days. When the glue is dry, provide each child with a pink, tissue-paper pig head shape cut to fit inside the lid. Let the children place the shape onto the hardened glue. Give each child a marker to gently draw a face on the tissue paper. Caution the children not to tear the paper. Have additional tissue paper heads ready in case the shapes rip. Let children cover the pig faces with more glue until the surface of the craft is completely covered. Allow the sun-catcher to dry. Pop the dry sun-catchers from the lids. Poke a hole in the top of each sun-catcher. Loop yarn through the hole to hang the craft.

    Pink Pig Puppet

    • Provide white lunch-size paper sacks to preschoolers for pink pig puppet art projects. Pass pink crayons out and ask children to color the lunch sacks. When the sacks are pink, lay them flat so the bottom of the sack is at the top to become the head of the pig puppet. Pass glue sticks and construction paper shapes for the pig's features. Give the children pink construction paper triangles to glue to the top of the head. Provide 2-inch diameter white paper circles and 1/2-inch diameter black paper circles to glue together and place on the face for eyes. Cut 3-inch diameter pink paper circles to glue under the eyes as the snout. Let children glue two more small black circles to the snout as nostrils.

    Pink Pig Collage

    • Spread an assortment of pink tissue paper squares, pink foam shapes and bits of pink fabric on the art table so preschoolers can use the items to create a pig collage. Give each child a sheet of 9 by 12-inch, white card-stock and liquid glue. Draw a simple pig shape with a black marker onto each piece of cardstock for two- to three-year-olds. Let older preschoolers create a pig without an outline. Provide pink glitter, beads and sequins to add shiny details. Offer pink pom-poms, curling ribbon and aquarium gravel to add texture. Give each child a pair of plastic wiggle eyes to add to his pig. When the collages dry, display them on the classroom bulletin board.

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