Free Printable Preschool Paper Crafts

• 1 paper plate per child
• Precut 1 small fish 1.5" by 2.5" {3 3/4 cm. by 6 1/4 cm} from another paper plate or lightweight Cardboard
• Crayons
• Dental floss 
• Tape
• Pair of Scissors

• Adults draw the fish's mouth onto the plate and the child cuts it out.

• Teach the child how to cut inward from the outside rim of the paper plate.

• The child draws the fish's eye, scales. Do the same on the little fish.

• Adults tape the tail to the big fish.

• Adults tape the dental floss to the small fish and the big fish so that the small fish is in the big fish's mouth.

• The two templates, feet/beak and head/wings, printed out.
• Crayons
• One paper plate per project
• Black construction paper
• Glue
• Tape, regular and double-sided
• Brads (optional)

• Download the template of the feet and beak 

• Download the template of the head and wings 

• Color the penguins' tummy black, his feet orange, and his eyes and beak.

• Cut them out. Adults may need to help with this.

• Cut out his head.

• Glue the beak and eyes on the head.

• Glue the tummy onto the paper plate, at the bottom.

• Tape on his feet.

• Cut two wings out of black construction paper, using the  template as a pattern.

• Tape and/or glue the wings to the body.

• You can use brads instead of glue to attach the wings if you want them to be moveable.

• You can use 2 hand prints on each side, cut out of black construction paper for wings if you wish.