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April 9, 2009 | 7 Comments

Peacock Craft

easy peacock craft for kids

This art project was inspired by a simple request “Make that?” . We were reading Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? by Eric Carle when my son took quite the liking to the page with the peacock on it. We had so much fun making it, I love it when projects are spontaneous .

  1. Gather your materials. You will need one large piece of construction paper, lots of different color construction paper ( we raided our scrap paper bin) , glue, scissors , and 2 googley eyes.
  2. Start by cutting the colored construction paper into feathers, and by feathers I mean kinda sorta ovals. No need to be exact!
  3. Next grab the glue, I put an X on the paper where the bottom of the feathers would go, told my son to add the glue there first. He loved covering the x and it was so easy!
  4. Start adding the feathers randomly. I started the pattern for my son then once the first few were on he was set.
  5. Add more glue
  6. Add more feathers.
  7. While your child is gluing cut a peacock body and beak out – I used the scrap of our scrap for this.
  8. When they are done with the feathers add the body.
  9. Add the glue for the eyes and beak.
  10. Add the beak and googly eyes.
  11. Let dry.


Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?by Eric Carle is an asset to any home or school library. Children love this book for good reason! The same way that the author’s Brown Bear Brown Bear supports learning about colors. This book is a fun way to introduce some more exotic animals to your toddler, and is a great add on to a 5 senses unit when you are learning about sound. The collage pictures will inspire you as they did my son.
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Filed Under: Age Preschool, Age: Toddlers, Peacock, Polar Bear Polar Bear What Do You Hear ?, Preschool Crafts | 7 Comments

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7 Comments

  1. Emily says

    April 9, 2009 at 5:43 am

    We have those jammies! I love the peacock, too!
    http://ayearofbalance.blogspot.com/

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  2. Annette says

    April 9, 2009 at 6:15 am

    AAWWWW! Make that? I dream of that day when my dd can ask for a project!

    Do your googly eyes stay on with glue? Ours don’t. Any recommendations?

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  3. Courtney says

    April 9, 2009 at 7:40 am

    LOVE this book! What a fun project to do with it!

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  4. frillsfluffandtrucks says

    April 9, 2009 at 9:39 am

    He’s so cute and he did a great job on the peacock.

    We had a craft day yesterday and one of the projects we did (I just blogged it!) was the marshmallow rainbow. My 3 year old had such a good time and at the end of the day he asked me “more projects, Mama?”

    I guess we’ll be having another craft day today! 🙂 Thanks for all the great ideas you give us.

    ~ Sarah

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  5. thesixkents says

    April 9, 2009 at 9:50 am

    adorable!
    I have GOT to find more time for crafts at home!!

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  6. Lacey says

    April 9, 2009 at 10:03 am

    Very cute peacock! My DD’s class did this, but for the feathers they traced their feet and cut them out. Looks the exact same as your feathers, but I guess the kids loved having there feet prints on a wall. lol

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  7. Preschool Playbook says

    April 9, 2009 at 7:19 pm

    Great peacock.

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