Clothespin Farm Animals
Craft these cute clothespin farm animals and build a box corral for them to sleep in.
Materials Needed
Safety Guidelines
- Always let your child use child-safe scissors.
- Keep the stapler out of children's reach.
- Watch out for this sign
. It means you need an adult's help for the particular step.
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Steps
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Trim off the top panel off a tissue box or similar-sized box. Staple the side flaps if necessary. | |
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2. | Paint the outer sides of the box with any dark-colored acrylic paint. | |
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3. | Print out the clothespin farm animals template on white card stock or draw your own animals. Notice the animals come in mirror-image pairs. | |
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4. | Color and cut out the animals. | |
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5. | Glue the animal pairs back-to-back. | |
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6. | Clip on wooden clothespins to make the animal's legs: one clothespin for two-legged animals and two for four-legged animals. If you want to build a box corral for your farm animals, continue with the steps below. |
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7. | Cut 3 in. x 1 in. rectangular strips from construction paper. You'll need around 14 to 16 of these to build a fence around your box. | |
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8. | Glue the paper strips around the box. | |
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9. | Use colored tape or glue on a very long strip of paper around the entire middle section of the box to complete your fence. | |
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10. | Cut green paper with a pair of craft zigzag scissors to make some grass. | |
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11. | Glue the grass around the base of the box. | |
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12. | Decorate the grass with flowers. Make small flower shapes with craft punches or use ready-made flower sequins or stickers. | |
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13. | Put your animals inside the corral. | |














