Children love penguins, especially my little one who loves watching Happy Feet over and over again.

If penguins are one of your child’s favorite animals too, they will definitely enjoy this simple penguin outline template.

These free printable penguin crafts for toddlers, preschools and kindergartens are perfect for entertaining on a cold winter afternoon.

Making this easy penguin craft preschool template will give your child the chance to work on fine motor skills.

While my daughter would love to have penguin pets, we live in Texas and snowflakes rarely fall here, so for now we just visit the zoos and make some extra fun winter crafts like this one!

What’s amazing about this free printable penguin cut out template is, you can combine them together with classic materials like paper plate, toilet paper roll, cotton balls or paper lunch bag to form a variety of craft penguin projects.

To help you along the way, scroll down to see the easy peasy instructions with images and the step-by-step tutorial video to guide your little one while making these cute penguin crafts.

You will also find the best ideas to really have a crafty morning with your own penguin! I really do heart crafty things. Don’t you?

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Easy and Printable Cut Out Penguin Craft For Kids

Ideas for Easy Preschool Paper Penguin Craft

Below are the few lists of great ideas on how to incorporate this free printable cut out penguin template in your daily life with your children. Who needs a penguin toy when you can make on yourself?! This is a perfect craft for any artsy craftsy mom and her artsy craftsy kids.

I am an artsy momma, but I have a messy little monster in my house so I have to think of simple ways to keep things fun, engaging, but as little of mess as possible.

I hope this list helps you too!

1. Let’s Learn About Penguins

If you need a simple craft project to add to your polar animals’ lesson plan, this adorable penguin arts for kids will help you out! Most penguins live in the Southern Hemisphere, which is the bottom half of the Earth.

Did you know that the Emperor Penguins is the tallest of all penguin species? Then, the second largest penguin are the king penguins.

Did you know penguins eat seafood? Their diet includes krill, squids and fishes. Penguins are birds that can’t fly, but they are definitely skilled swimmers!

2. Must Have Penguin Books for Kids

Help your child develop early literacy and language skills by reading books to them as often as possible. The more your preschooler is interested in a topic, the more they will be excited to read.

Once your little is done working on this easy penguin template, make sure to give them one of these awesome penguin books.

• Penguins! (Step into Reading)
• Safari Readers: Penguins (Safari Readers – Wildlife Books for Kids)
• Spike, The Penguin With Rainbow Hair
• If You Were a Penguin

 3. P is for Penguin

We already made a few cuts and paste winter themed crafts such as the cut out build a snowman printable and free printable yeti craft, but this simple penguin craft template can be part of your preschool lesson plans.

Make sure to include this cute penguin template if you’re teaching your kids to learn the ABC’s, especially the letter P.

Print out a traceable upper and lowercase letter P worksheet to encourage your child to work on their writing skills.

Next is to recognize the P sound. Teach them the correct pronunciation of the word Penguin and so on.

Make sure to do it in a fun way so they can easily remember it! We also have a peacock, polar bear and puffin craft too to really make this week of letter P a blast!

4. DIY Paper Plate Penguin Crafts

Making easy penguin art and craft will keep our kids productive even during the winter break.

Gather all the inexpensive supplies and let’s start crafting!

Have your little one colored this penguin template printable, cut it out and instead of gluing them together, first glue them to a paper plate. 

After that, attach a large popsicle stick at the back of the penguin craft. You have not turned a simple paper plate into a paper plate penguin!

Another option is, you can glue the printable penguin craft onto a small paper lunch bag and now you have a fun paper bag penguin puppet too!

See how simple that was?

Now, you can hold a mini puppet show in your home and motivate your preschooler to use their imagination to come up with a short story while playing with it.

Use this cute free printable penguin cut out template to spend quality time with your kids. We are confident they will ask for more fun cut-and-paste crafts.

Penguin Craft Instructions

Let your children choose which version of a simple penguin outline they want to make first.

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Yield: One Adorable Penguin Friend

Build-a-Penguin Tutorial Instructions

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Get ready for a flipper-tastic free build-a-penguin craft that’ll unleash your kids’ creativity like a snowstorm in Antarctica! With our free printable penguin templates, little ones can design their very own penguin pals, complete with adorable flippers, feet, and a beak that’ll make them waddle with joy! Just download, print, and let the coloring chaos begin!

Gather up some crafty supplies—think crayons, markers, scissors, and glue—and let those mini Picassos go wild with colors and patterns! It’s the perfect chance to dive into a chat about penguins and their chilly habitats, sprinkling in some fun penguin trivia for extra giggles!

Once the penguin masterpieces are ready to waddle into the world, hang them on the wall or string them up for a delightful garland! This craft is the ultimate rainy day rescue, a classroom caper, or just a splash of creativity at home. Watch your child’s imagination take flight as they breathe life into their unique, feathered friends!

Materials

• Printable Build-A-Penguin Template
• Colored Cardstock or Construction Paper
• White Cardstock Paper
• Scissors
• Glue
• Colored Pencils
• Markers
• Crayons

Instructions

Start by printing the free penguin template and gather the supplies needed.



Next, cut out all of the body parts of your new penguin.



Then, glue the penguin's head to his little body.



After that, glue the flippers behind the body.



Then, add his little feet.



Finally, add his tiny beak.



More Options to Choose:

• You can print the blank version and trace the cut outs on card stock paper for a sturdier penguin your younger kids will love,
• Print the color version for a simple and easy rainy day craft or,
  Print the blank version and use it as a fun coloring sheet activity and then glue the pieces together.

Notes

This works better with cardstock paper, but any type of paper will do.

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*HERE’S WHERE TO FIND THE PENGUIN TEMPLATE*

This free printable penguin craft template for kids is far from boring and so simple to do! In fact, this cute penguin template has two different versions to keep your little one busy during the weekend or rainy day.

We got the basic black and white penguin printable so your child can fill it with the most amazing colors. However, if they want to directly cut and paste the penguin body parts, we have the colored penguin template printable.

When they have finished their penguin activity, be sure to share their creation on Simple Mom Project’s Facebook Page and follow me on Pinterest for more awesome and fun crafts!

Kaitlen D.

Simple Mom Project

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