Using simple supplies from your local dollar store, you can create a set of quick and easy craft stick farm animals with your kids in about half an hour.
Add some magnetic tape to the backs and use these to play on the fridge or a magnetic easel. These farm animals also make great puppets and can encourage hours of imaginative play.
DOLLAR STORE CRAFT STICK FARM ANIMALS
Materials needed:
- Craft Sticks, Jumbo
- Craft Felt – Black, Brown, Pink, Red, Orange
- Googly Eyes
- Buttons, Peach, Brown, Pink
- Glue Gun and Glue Sticks – You can use liquid craft glue for this project, but you will have to wait for it to dry.
- Acrylic Craft Paint – White, Black, Brown, Pink, Yellow
- Paintbrush
- Scissors
- Pencil
- Permanent Marker, Black
- PATTERNS FOR CRAFT STICK FARM ANIMALS
Instructions:
STEP ONE
Gather all supplies. Base coat one jumbo craft stick with pink acrylic craft paint, one with brown acrylic craft paint, one with white acrylic craft paint, and one with yellow acrylic craft paint. Let dry, and apply a second coat, if necessary.
STEP TWO
Paint random, freeform spots on the white craft stick with black acrylic craft paint. Let dry, and apply a second coat, if necessary.
STEP THREE
Download and print the FARM ANIMAL PATTERNS. Cut out patterns with scissors. Using a black marker, trace the pig ears on pink felt, the cow ears on black felt, the horse ears and mane on brown felt, the chicken beak on orange felt, and the chicken comb on red felt. Cut out all patterns with scissors. Fringe the horse mane with scissors.
STEP FOUR
Use a glue gun and glue sticks for the assembly of all four animals.
For the pig, attach pink felt ears to the back, two wiggle eyes, and a pink button snout to the front.
With the horse, you want to attach the brown felt ears and mane to the back, two wiggle eyes and a brown button muzzle to the front.
For the cow, attach the black felt ears to the back, two wiggle eyes and a peach button muzzle to the front.
And finally, with the chicken, attach the red felt comb to the back, two wiggle eyes and the orange felt beak to the front.
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