This adorable Paper Plate Llama is so cute and easy! Make it to go with a Llama-themed story or to support kids learning about South American animals.
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Llamas are the cutest, especially when they’re kid-made.
This paper plate llama craft involves basic cutting and pasting so it’s great fine motor skill practice for little hands.
The pom poms and specialty paper used for the the llama’s hair are optional. You can switch these out for screwballs of tissue paper, coloured buttons, or dot stickers.
Or use whatever you have on hand!
Age suggestion: 6+
How to make a paper plate Llama
You will need
- Coloured construction paper in your choice of three colours
- Cardstock in white or cream
- Textured specialty paper in white for hair (optional)
- Paper plate (side plate size works best)
- Pom poms (optional, alternatively use screwballs of coloured tissue paper)
- Yarn
- Pencil
- A pair of scissors
- Craft glue
- Sharpies
- The Paper Plate Llama craft template
How to
Print the template out to white or cream card stock.
Cut the shapes out.
Trace the semi-circle saddle shapes onto your choice of construction paper colours.
Trace the inner ear shapes over pink, or colour them pink with a felt tip marker.
Trace the mouth shape onto a shade darker than the head and the hair onto textured white paper if you have it. Alternatively, use screwballs of white tissue paper to create this texture (or even newspaper).
Attach the inner ear cutouts on the ear parts of the head.
Attach the hair cutout between the ears, on the top side of the head.
Attach the mouth cutout on the head, near the bottom side.
Use a sharpie to draw the face of the paper llama.
Attach the head to the neck.
Cut out a piece of yarn and wrap it around the neck 3 or 4 times.
Cut your paper plate in half.
Attach the leg cutouts to the reverse side of the plate.
Make the saddle by glueing the coloured semi-circle shapes on top of each other.
Attach the saddle to the paper plate.
Glue the head in place on the back of the plate. Glue pom poms or screwballs of tissue paper around the saddle.
So cute!
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- Paper plate possum, based on the Australian Ringtail Possum
- Paper Plate Cassowary
- Paper plate Ocean Animal Collection
- Paper Plate Australian Animal Collection
- Paper Plate Dinosaur Collection
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