DLTK's Crafts for Kids
Hamster Paper Craft

This hamster is a simple cut and paste paper craft that is fun for young children to make.  It makes a great project for preschool and kindergarten kids and works well for an animals, pets or letter H theme.

There is a small (single page) and larger (two templates) version to choose from.
 

Materials:

• something to colour with if using the B&W version,
• scissors,
• glue,
• paper,
   
• You can use brass tacks ("brads") instead of glue to attach the head, tail or arms if you want them to be moveable.
   

Instructions:

• Print out the template of choice.
   
• Colour (where appropriate).
   
• Cut out the template pieces -- parents can help cut out some of the more difficult pieces like the sunflower seed while children work on the easier pieces like the body and legs.
   
• Glue the hamster together in the following order:
  • glue the feet behind the body
  • glue the arms onto the body
  • glue the seed into one of the hands
  • glue the head onto the body
  • glue the ears onto the head
  • glue the tail onto the back of the body
     
  • See picture on the template for further help
     

Templates:

• Close the template window after printing to return to this screen.
   
• Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers).
   

Small Template (only 1 template needed)

Template:       (color)   or   (B&W)

 

Large Template (2 templates needed)

Template 1    (color)   or   (B&W)

Template 2    (color)   or   (B&W)

 

 

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