10 Fantastic Giraffe Crafts For Preschoolers And Kids

Giraffes are popularly known as the world’s tallest mammals, thanks to their long necks and never-ending legs. And this unique and majestic mammal is favorite amongst kids who love wildlife. So, you may find your little animal lover asking to have a giraffe in your backyard to play. You can fulfill your kid’s wish to have a giraffe at home by teaching them some creative, engaging giraffe crafts. If you are looking for simple, attractive giraffe crafts for children, then look no further. MomJunction offers you a list of ten fantastic giraffe crafts to delight your kids. Scroll on to learn more:

10 Fantastic Giraffe Crafts For Your Kids:

1. Card Paper Giraffe:

You Will Need:

• White drawing sheet
• Yellow and brown card papers
• Pencil
• Scissors
• Glue

How To:

• Help your child to draw an image of a giraffe on the yellow card paper using a pencil and cut it out using the scissors.

• Paste the yellow giraffe image on the white drawing sheet with the help of glue.

• Cut out small brown spots out of the brown card paper and stick them on the giraffe’s body completing the card paper giraffe. It can be one of the best giraffe crafts for preschoolers.

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2. Giraffe Silhouette:

You Will Need:

• White drawing sheet
• Giraffe template
• Pencil
• Black food color
• Paint brush

How To:

• Place the giraffe’s template on the white drawing sheet and help your kid to trace an image of a giraffe on the paper using a pencil.

• Now, color the outlined giraffe’s picture using the black water color and paint brush.

3. Balloon Giraffe:

You Will Need:

• One elongated yellow balloon
• Seven medium-sized long and two small yellow balloons
• Threads

How To:

• Tell your child to blow up one long yellow balloon and tie its end using a thread such that it represents the neck of the giraffe.

• Blow up seven medium-sized balloons and tie them in such a manner that they form the head, body, legs, and tail of the animal as you see in the image.

• Blow two small yellow balloons and tie them up on the top of the animal’s head as its ossicones.

4. Clay Giraffe:

You Will Need:

• Clay of many colors, namely yellow, black, and white
• Wiggle eyes

How To:

• Provide your child a lot of yellow clay and guide her to shape an image of the giraffe such that it comprises body, legs, neck, tail, head, and ossicones of the animal.

• Now, make small balls out of the black clay and stick them on the giraffe’s yellow body as black spots. Place one small black ball over the mouth of the animal as its nose.

• Make ears of the animal out of the white clay and put them at the top of its head.

• Press and place wiggle eyes on the head completing the clay giraffe.

5. Felt Giraffe:

You Will Need:

• Fabrics of different colors, namely yellow, pink, and red
• Toy stuffing
• Pencil
• Scissors
• Needle
• Thread
• Two black beads

How To:

• Guide your kid to draw two identical shapes of a giraffe on two sheets of yellow fabric with the help of a pencil.

• Stitch two, similar shapes of fabric giraffe using the needle and thread leaving a small gap.

• Push some toy stuffing through the yellow fabric and sew the hole.

• Now, draw a pair of giraffe’s ears on the yellow fabric, and cut them out using the scissors. Stitch the ears in place of the ears.

• Draw ossicones and spots on the red fabric, and cut them out. Stitch the ossicones on the top of the head of the giraffe and spots on the yellow body.

• Draw the animal’s mouth on the pink fabric and cut it out. Stitch the mouth in the proper place.

• Stitch two black beads as a pair of eyes in place of eyes.

6. Colorful Giraffe Painting:

You Will Need:

• White drawing sheet
• Pencil
• Yellow and black crayons

How To:

• Help your child to draw an image of a giraffe comprising the long neck, body, eyes, mouth, ears, legs, and tail on the white drawing sheet using a pencil.

• Color the entire image leaving out the eyes using a yellow crayon.

• Create spots on the body of the animal using a black color.

• Also, highlight the legs, tail, nose, and ossicones of the animal with the black color.

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7. Handmade Cotton Giraffe:

You Will Need:

• A big ball of cotton
• Blue ribbon
• Two black buttons
• Small colorful threads of yellow, blue, and white colors
• Glue

How To:

• Provide your child a big ball of cotton and help her shape an adorable giraffe out of it as you see in the image.

• Glue on two black buttons in the place of eyes on the cotton figure.

• Glue on small yellow, blue, and white threads on the back of giraffe as its fur.

• Tie a blue ribbon around the neck and your homemade cotton giraffe is ready.

8. Banana And Kiwi Fruits Giraffe:

You Will Need:

• Bananas
• Kiwis
• Sweet lime
• Oranges
• Small red berries
• Knife

How To:

• Peel off one of the bananas and create the long neck of a giraffe.

• Place an entire sweet-lime below the banana as the body of the animal.

• Cut out five vertical slices out of bananas and kiwis, and use four of them as the legs of the animal and one as its tail.

• Create the mouth and face by arranging the semi-circular slices of kiwis and sweet lime as you see in the image.

• Form ears and ossicones using the slices of oranges. Create mouth and eyes with the help of sliced bananas. Mark eyeballs using two small round red cherries. This is the best giraffe craft for preschoolers.

9. Candy Giraffe:

You Will Need:

• Red fruit candies long in size
• One very long stripped cream candy
• Two semi-circular cream candies

How To:

• Place a lengthy cream candy vertically as the long neck of the animal on a dish.

• Place one semi-circular cream candy on the top of the neck as the head and one below the neck as the body.

• Place four red fruit candies as the legs of the animal and one candy as its tail.

• Create the mouth, ossicone, and eye of the animal using small pieces of the red candy.

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10. Measuring Scale Giraffe:

You Will Need:

• One measuring scale
• Yellow sheet of card paper
• Brown and black sketch pens
• Pencil
• Scissors
• Glue

How To:

• Paste the measuring ruler on a yellow card paper vertically, and guide your kid to consider it as the long neck of a giraffe and draw the head, body, and legs of the animal around it.

• Cut the rest of the card paper off using the scissors highlighting the craft.

• Mark spots on the body of giraffe using a brown sketch pen.

• Create eyes of the animal using the black sketch pen. Make this easy giraffe craft for kids. You can definitely see smile in his face.

Did you teach your kid any fun giraffe arts and crafts? Which giraffe crafts your child liked the most? Fellow moms would like to hear your giraffe craft ideas. So, go ahead and share your experience in the comment section.

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