Preschool Lion Craft (Free Template)

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Download the Free Lion Craft Template and make this Easy Animal craft for kids. Find Easy Crafts for kids on CraftingJeannie.com!

Check out this simple and cute paper lion craft! Kids will love making it. This is a fun craft to pair with a zoo animal lesson plan or a field trip to the zoo! The best part is the awesome mane!

Get the Free Lion Craft Template below and you will be able to make enough supplies for a group of 20 kids (or more!) with about 10 minutes of cutting.

Do you want more Zoo Animal fun? My Zoo Animal Activity Packet will entertain kids for hours. It includes 12 printable activities and 2 craft templates!

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Did you know that cave paintings of lions were found in France dated to 17,000 years ago? Read more Lion Facts on Wikipedia.

Here’s What You Need for this Lion Craft for Preschool

Here’s your Lion Craft supply list (This post contains affiliate links to the products mentioned. Read my disclosure policy for more information):

Free Lion Craft Template <— Get it Here!
colored copy paper, colored cardstock, or construction paper
scissors
stapler
glue sticks (click to see my favorite glue sticks!)
marker (for face)

Make this easy Lion craft while reading these Fun Books:

How to be a Lion

Library Lion

Watch this Preschool Lion Craft Video for Step-by-Step Instructions:

Step 1: Download and Print the Lion Craft Template

Download the Free Lion Craft Printable. You will be stapling the templates to sheets of colored paper and cutting out shapes up to 10 at a time.

lion craft template pages — Use the Lion Craft Template to quickly cut out as many shapes as you need.

Step 2: Staple and Cut Out the Lion Craft Shapes

lion craft template ready to cut — Staple the lion craft PDF template to sheets of colored paper to cut out multiple shapes at a time.

Once you have the lion template printed out, staple it to up to 10 sheets of copy paper, 5 sheets of cardstock or 6-10 sheets of construction paper. This way you can cut out multiple shapes at one time.

The face and the nose will need to be separated because they are two different colors.

So, did you know, you can staple together 10 pieces of copy paper and cut out 10 shapes at a time?! That’s my SECRET to fast & easy crafting.

Stapling the paper is very important because it makes sure it doesn’t move as you cut. The more staples the better. Cardstock is the thickest so you may only be able to cut 5 sheets at a time.

Tip: While you’re cutting, if you’ve cut off all parts of the pages that have staples, make sure to re-staple the sheets that are left. Whenever you’re cutting multiple sheets at a time, make sure they are always stapled together!

Step 3: How to Assemble

The kids will have so much fun making their paper lion! Watch my quick youtube video to see how to assemble the lion:

I recommend having a lion that is already put together so the children can see what the final version will look like.

start with the yellow body
glue the brown mane onto the yellow body
glue the yellow face on top of the mane
glue on the nose
draw on the face
don’t forget to write your name on the back

And you’re finished!

This is a great animal craft for preschoolers or a craft to make just for fun. And, it’s the perfect Lion Craft for Preschoolers, Kindergarteners, Toddlers, Daycare, or just a fun craft at home idea.

It took me about 10 minutes to have the supplies for 20 kids. How amazing is that?! Now you’re ready to take your Paper Lion craft to your event. This would be a great craft for a zoo lesson, Preschool, Scouts or just a fun school party idea.

More Animal Activities for Preschoolers

If you liked this craft, check out some of my other animal crafts:

Paper Giraffe from Crafting Jeannie — Cool Giraffe – Free Printable!

As always, I try to make the classroom and party crafts: Fast, Easy & Inexpensive. Enjoy!

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