DLTK's Holiday Crafts for Kids
Autumn Squirrel Wreath
This is a fun construction paper ring wreath to do by yourself or with a group. Chose autumn colors to make a great decoration for your house this fall.
Materials:
- Ring of cardboard (empty cereal boxes work wonderfully).
- construction paper (yellow and orange).
- scissors,
- glue
Instructions:
- Trace a small plate and a large plate onto a piece of old cardboard.
- Empty cereal boxes or frozen dinner boxes work well.
- It doesn't matter if you go over the folds of the cardboard.
Cut a small strip of
cardboard and glue it onto the back of the ring over any folds in the cardboard.- This will reinforce the ring.
- Cut strips of construction paper (about 1 1/2 inches by 4 inches).
- Glue the strips into rolls (like making a paper chain).
- Glue the rolls of construction paper onto the wreath. We made a yellow and orange pattern, but you can do it however you wish.
- Print out the craft template of choice.
- Color the template pieces and cut out.
- Glue the head, acorn and two paws on top of the wreath.
- Glue the body, tail and two paws on the back of the wreath (so it looks like the squirrel is peeking over the top.
Templates:
- After printing, close the template window to return to the main page.
- If the template doesn’t fit on one page, adjust your printer margins:
• In most browsers: Print → More settings → Margins → Minimum
• Or use Page Setup / Printer Setup in your printer dialog
Template (color) or (B&W)
Printable version of these instructions
