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January 20, 2010 | 20 Comments

Penguin Craft !

penguin craft for kids Who doesn’t like penguins? This penguin place mat craft could easily be turned into a plain old paper craft with white paper instead of a paper towel. You can find contact paper almost anywhere these days, both Walmart and Target carry it in my neck of the woods and, of course, the big craft stores do too! We use these place mats for play dough, crafts and yes dinner time too. Putting out the place mats for dinner is my son’s job so making something new and fun is a great way to keep it fresh!

  1. Gather your materials you will need 1 sheet of black construction paper, a sheet of paper towel ( paper will work too),contact paper,  some glue, silver and blue sequins, 2 googly eyes, an orange marker, scissors and some white construction paper. Kids Penguin Place Mat
  2. Start by drawing an outline of a penguin with the marker on the black paper. Penguin Template
  3. Cut out and glue onto the paper towel.Kids Penguin Place Mat
  4. Add glue for the sequins.  Penguin Place Mat Craft
  5. Add the snow – the sequins! This is awesome for fine tuning those fine motor skills. Those sequins are tricky.Penguin Place Mat
  6. We had no orange paper so instead I had my son color this white piece to use for the beak and feet.Penguin Place Mat
  7. Next cut out the beak and feet from the colored paper. Penguin Place Mat
  8. Add the eyes.Penguin Place Mat
  9. Add the beak and feet.Penguin Place Mat
  10. Let dry –  I didn’t because daylight and my ability for ok photos was fading fast in my cloudy sky town! But you will want to to avoid globs of glue stuck under contact paper.
  11. Measure your contact paper to fit – you will want to sandwich the place mat between 2 sides of a long rectangular  piece. Peel back only half the backing , place the place mat face down on the sticky side.  Doing it this way will prevent big bubbles and wrinkles on the front.Penguin Place Mat
  12. Peel the rest of the backing off the contact paper and press to sandwich the place mat. Press firmly to seal. Kids Penguin Place Mat
  13. Trim the edges and voila!

Books !

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Tacky the Penguin by Helen Lester is such a cute and funny story, your kids will love it! Tacky is an odd bird but when hunters come to get some pretty penguins is funny odd ways of doing things turn off the hunters and saves Tacky and his perfectly not odd companions. This is a sweet look at being different and being happy as pie about being different.  My son loves this book and will often point out that Tacky is proud to sing just the way he wants. I love that it can preach to kids without preaching at all.

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Penguin Dreams by Vivian Walsh is a crazy trip of a book. Both my son and I loved it, but it wasn’t at all what I expected. I am not sure what I expected, but I’ll summarize. The story is simply one penguin’s dream.  He dreams he can fly,  and readers follow along as he flies through his clever and offbeat dream.  I loved thinking about whether or not penguins even dream and that thought had my son and I talking for quite some time before he himself drifted off to sleep. It’s fun, it’s weird and it’s perfect for creative imagination driven kids!

Filed Under: Age Preschool, Age: Kindergarten, Penguin, Place Mats, Preschool Crafts, Winter, Winter Crafts | 20 Comments

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20 Comments

  1. Lori says

    January 20, 2010 at 8:50 am

    This looks fun and easy. My daughter loves Penguins, especially the ones from Madagascar! We will do this one, thanks for sharing!

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  2. Natalie says

    January 20, 2010 at 9:26 am

    One good recent book about penguins that we read is Where Is Home, Little Pip by Karma Wilson. It’s such a cute story and perfect for Valentine Day too.

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  3. Karen says

    January 20, 2010 at 10:13 am

    Great ideas, love the craft. We just did a unit on the arctic and I would love for you to take a look.

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  4. Teri says

    January 20, 2010 at 10:46 am

    So cute! Another great idea for the penguin is to trace your foot (shoe-on) for the big black part & trace the little-guy’s foot (shoe-on) for the white inside part. Trace his hands (without fingers spread) for the wings & use wiggly eyes or white reinforcements for the eyes 🙂

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  5. Teri says

    January 20, 2010 at 10:46 am

    Oh and another great penguin story is Flip and Flop – great story about friendship & siblings! We’re doing Pp and penguins in both of my classes next week!

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  6. Ann W. says

    January 20, 2010 at 12:03 pm

    Can I come and live at your house? Too sweet!

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  7. Amber says

    January 20, 2010 at 12:58 pm

    I love this. That penguin is super-cute, he (she?) is making me smile. 🙂

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  8. Deborah Stewart says

    January 20, 2010 at 4:17 pm

    I like how he colored the legs and feet!

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  9. nopinkhere says

    January 20, 2010 at 7:09 pm

    Cute!
    Another fun penguin book: Sergio Makes a Splash.
    It’s about a penguin who loves water but is nervous about swimming in the ocean.

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  10. Ashley says

    January 21, 2010 at 11:03 am

    I love how you have a list of books (and a brief summary) to go along with each craft! Your site is a wonderful resource for homeschooling moms with young kids!

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  11. Michelle says

    January 21, 2010 at 4:19 pm

    This is so cute, we did a penguin and book project this week too :0)
    .-= Michelle´s last blog ..stART ~ If You Were a Penguin =-.

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  12. Kim says

    January 23, 2010 at 11:43 am

    Personal Penguin by Sandra Boynton is also great. And it includes a link to the song (sung by Davy Jones.)
    There’s also the fantastic book about gay penguins in the New York zoo… can’t remember what it’s called, but my daughter loved it to bit when we got it from the library.
    .-= Kim´s last blog ..See Ya Later, Alligators! =-.

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  13. Zoe @ Playing by the book says

    February 25, 2010 at 4:59 am

    Another lovely project from you guys – and I’ve linked to it from my own Penguin post today – http://www.playingbythebook.net/2010/02/25/penguin-multiplication/. And your FAQs on today’s post are great by the way!
    .-= Zoe @ Playing by the book´s last blog ..Penguin multiplication =-.

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  14. kittypunkz says

    January 7, 2012 at 6:21 pm

    Thanks for share how to make penguin craft. My son love it! 🙂

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  15. Amanda says

    January 25, 2014 at 5:02 pm

    I just adore penguins and learning about them. This week I posted 101+ activities and crafts to do with a penguin theme and included a link back to this post. It was sooo cute. I hope our readers stop by and visit your site! Thank you for inspiring others to craft, learn, and connect with their children.

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