Easy Farm Animal Crafts for Kids: Paper Plate, Popsicle Stick and Handprint Ideas
Planning a farm theme? Here are easy farm animal crafts for kids, sorted by what you have on hand: paper plates, popsicle sticks, or just paper and a traced hand. Every one links to full step-by-step photos, and most have a printable template if you want to skip the tracing.
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Paper Plate Farm Animal Crafts
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1Paper Plate Cow Craft
Kids draw their own spots before they paint them, so every cow comes out a little different. The ears and pink muzzle are traced on cardstock and glued on.
2Paper Plate Pig Craft
A pink plate with a cardstock snout, ears and sponge-stamped cheeks. The finishing touch is a pipe cleaner twisted into a curly tail.
3Paper Plate Horse Craft
The mane and forelock are strips of cardstock fringed with scissors, so this one doubles as cutting practice. The face and muzzle are layered in two shades of brown.
4Paper Plate Chicken Craft
No paint needed. Kids trim the plate, then layer cardstock tail feathers and a wing for a full, fluffy chicken.
5Paper Plate Goat Craft
Two plates painted in different colors give this goat a muzzle that stands out from its face. The horns, tufts and folded ears are cut from cardstock.
6Paper Plate Mouse Craft
A small, detailed face with a dotted muzzle, white teeth and pipe cleaner whiskers. It is a good pick for older preschoolers who like the little details.
7Paper Plate Sheep Craft
A paper plate sheep that kids paint, cut and put together themselves. Let them choose the details, like black spots or pink ears.
8Paper Plate Chick Craft
A yellow painted plate with cardstock wings and feet, finished with a few orange feathers. It works for a farm unit or for spring and Easter.
9Paper Plate Chicks in a Nest Craft
A brown painted plate becomes a nest lined with paper shred, with cardstock chicks peeking out over the edge.
10Paper Plate Duck Craft
A sunny yellow duck made from a painted paper plate, with an orange beak and feet cut from construction paper.
11Paper Plate Donkey Craft
A paper plate donkey that kids color, cut out and glue together. A fun change from the usual cows and pigs.
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Popsicle Stick Farm Animal Crafts
12Cow Popsicle Stick Craft
Four craft sticks glued side by side make the body. Cardstock spots, ears and a pink muzzle finish it off, with no paint required.
13Pig Popsicle Stick Craft
Paint the craft sticks pink, tape them together into a panel, then add paper ears and a snout.
14Horse Popsicle Stick Craft
Brown painted craft sticks with a paper muzzle, ears, mane and tail. Every piece is a simple shape, so the cutting is easy for small hands.
15Chicken Popsicle Stick Craft
White painted sticks with felt pieces for the comb, beak and wattle, plus rosy cheeks dabbed on with a paint dauber.
16Chick Popsicle Stick Craft
Five yellow craft sticks with cardstock wings, feet and a beak. Bright, simple and quick to put together.
17Duck Popsicle Stick Craft
Yellow painted sticks with paper wings, a beak and feet. It fits a pond unit, too.
18Goat Popsicle Stick Craft
Brown painted sticks with a black and tan paper face. Kids draw the mouth on themselves.
19Sheep Popsicle Stick Craft
Jumbo craft sticks covered in white paper wool, with brown ears and pink hooves.
20Popsicle Stick Tractor Craft
Not an animal, but every farm needs one. Six red jumbo craft sticks make the frame, and the wheels are cut from yellow and black paper.
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Handprint Farm Animal Crafts
No paint for these two. Kids trace their hand on paper, cut it out and build the animal on top.
21Cow Handprint Craft
A traced paper handprint becomes the cow, with brown horns, a muzzle and black spots added on top.
22Handprint Chick Craft
A yellow paper handprint with an orange beak and feet. It is one of the simplest crafts on this list, so it is a good one for the youngest kids.
