🐿️ Free Printable Woodland Squirrel Craft for Kids
Looking for a fun and educational way to teach the letter S this week?
This build-a-squirrel craft is the perfect hands-on activity for preschoolers, toddlers, and kindergarten classrooms!
Parents and teachers love this woodland squirrel printable because it’s easy to prep, mess-free, and helps kids strengthen fine motor skills while exploring their creativity.
Whether you’re setting up a fall craft station, a woodland animals unit, or just need a rainy-day activity, this free cut-and-paste squirrel craft fits perfectly.
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Why You’ll Love This Squirrel Craft
This preschool toilet paper roll squirrel template is simple to incorporate at home or in the classroom. It’s a great way to:
- Encourage letter recognition for the letter S
- Develop scissor skills and hand-eye coordination
- Add a cute forest animal craft to your fall or autumn activity plans
- Inspire imaginative play and storytelling with woodland creatures
This printable squirrel craft is one of many adorable woodland animal activities that make learning fun for your little ones all year long.
Ideas for Using the Build-a-Squirrel Printable
Below you’ll find several creative and teacher-approved ideas for how to use this woodland squirrel craft template in your preschool or homeschool lessons.
1. Glue to a Toilet Paper Roll
Recycle and craft at the same time! Have your preschoolers cut, color, and glue their squirrel pieces onto an empty toilet paper roll to make a fun autumn decoration.
You can use the traceable squirrel pattern to let kids design their own gray or red squirrel and proudly display their creations around the classroom or playroom.
2. Squirrel Tracing Activity
Use this printable as a traceable template to strengthen fine motor and pre-writing skills.
Tracing helps children learn to hold a pencil correctly, follow lines, and improve focus while creating their own woodland friend.
For extra practice, write both an uppercase S and a lowercase s on the page for your preschoolers to trace and color.
3. Teach Woodland Animals in Autumn
Add this activity to your woodland animals lesson plan!
Pair it with books or videos about forest animals, and encourage kids to decorate their squirrel craft using pine cones, acorns, or construction paper leaves.
It’s a wonderful way to connect arts and crafts with early science learning about animal habitats and nature.
4. Learn the Letter S
This letter S craft helps toddlers and preschoolers practice recognizing and writing the letter S while having fun!
Print the free squirrel craft template, trace the letter S, and say “S is for Squirrel” together for an interactive and memorable learning experience.
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🧺 Supplies You’ll Need
- White Card Stock Paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- Colored Pencils, Markers or Crayons
- Printable Fox Template (download below)
✂️ How to Make Your Squirrel Craft
1) Print off your desired template. Either black and white or full colored.
2) Cut out all of the pieces from your squirrel template.
3) Glue on the ears.
4) Glue the arms to the body.
5) Glue the head to the body.
6) Attach the tail.
Get Your Free Squirrel Craft Template
Click below to download and print your free cut-and-paste squirrel craft.
Use it for your next woodland animals theme, fall craft day, or alphabet learning activity!
If your younger kids want to join the fun, check out our woodland animal coloring pages — perfect for little hands that love to color while older kids work on their cut-and-paste projects.
🌳 Build your own forest with our Woodland Animal Crafts Collection!
Includes all your favorite printable forest friends — mouse, deer, bear, fox, owl, and more!
Don’t forget to share your forest woodland plans in the comments.
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Kaitlen D.
More Woodland Animal Crafts
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