63 Fun Farm Animal Crafts For Kids [With Free Templates]

BySamUpdated: September 15, 202546 Comments

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Visiting a farm and exploring all the animals that live there is a fabulous learning activity for young children! There’s so much to discover, and children readily soak it all in.

Take that enthusiasm and keep the fun at home with these cute farm animal crafts for kids! These projects are simple, fun, and great for creativity. They’ll also help kids work on fine motor skills, cutting, and using the proper amount of glue.

Browse through these ideas and save the ones you like for later! They’re great for preschool, kindergarten, and elementary children. Parents and teachers will love the easy-to-follow tutorials and free resources!

Easy Farm Crafts For Kids

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Chicken & Rooster Crafts

From baby chicks to full grown chickens, you’re sure to find some adorable activities for your future farmers to engage in as they learn and play this year. The best part is that these farm DIYs are easy to make and tons of fun!

Collage of yellow chick-themed crafts, including paper chick cutouts, a chick headband, a chick hand puppet, a chick popping out of an egg, chick greeting cards with names, a craft stick chick, and textured chick cards with red crests.

Cow Crafts For Kids

If you’re planning a field trip to a local dairy or enjoying a cold glass of milk, it’s the perfect afternoon to engage in any of these creative cow ideas with your little ones!

Collage of cow-themed crafts, including a standing paper cow, two paper cow headbands (one black and white, one brown and white), a cow hand puppet, two standing cow cutouts with different colors, and a cow face made from a painted paper plate with large eyes and pink snout.

Duck Crafts

We love feeding baby ducks at the pond almost as much as we love these farm animal ideas! Pair them up with the headband activity and handprint keepsake below for a special lesson your little learners won’t forget.

Collage of duck-themed crafts including a green duck headband with large eyes and an orange beak, a green and brown duck paper bag puppet, and two handprint duck crafts—one green and brown, the other yellow and orange—laid on a white surface with colored fabric backgrounds.

Horse Craft Ideas

Whether you’re searching for a paper bag or plate craft or an adorable handprint keepsake, you’ll find just what you’re looking for with these equine activities!

Collage of horse-themed crafts featuring a brown horse headband with large eyes and a black mane, two paper bag horse puppets, a hand holding a brown handprint horse cutout, and two paper plate horses with brown and beige faces and black or light brown manes.

Mouse Crafts

There are so many nursery rhymes and storybooks about mice. Now you can bring the books to life with sweet little projects using cardboard tubes, brown bags, and construction paper!

Collage of mouse-themed crafts including handprint mice with large ears and pipe cleaner whiskers, a mouse headband with big pink ears, a hand holding a toilet paper roll mouse, and two flat paper mice with oversized eyes and pink or blue ears.

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Pet Animals Project Ideas

Excited about a new puppy or kitten? Continue the fun with these hands-on pet projects featuring cute cats and delightful dogs.

Collage of cat and dog crafts including paper bag puppets, handprint animals, headbands, and paper plate faces. The crafts feature cartoon-like faces with large eyes and simple shapes, using brown, orange, black, white, and gray colors.

Pig Crafts

Have more fun than a pig in mud with these ideas for preschool, kindergarten, and first grade learners. The piggy paper plate craft is one of our favorites!

Collage of pig-themed crafts including two pig headbands with smiling faces, a pink paper plate pig face, a rectangular paper bag pig puppet, and two handprint pig cutouts with brown spots. All crafts use shades of pink and simple cartoon-style features.

Sheep Crafts

Any unit study about farm animals wouldn’t be complete without crafts involving your favorite barnyard buddies. Check out these sheep crafts to get ideas for your upcoming lesson plans:

Collage of sheep-themed crafts featuring a cotton ball sheep on blue background, a handprint sheep with scalloped wool, a paper tube sheep, a cup-based sheep craft, and three standing paper sheep in white, cream, and gray. All crafts have cartoon-like faces and simple, kid-friendly designs.

More Farm Crafts For Kids

Want more? Grab a goat craft, donkey project, or llama paper activity to do with your little ones. They’re the perfect indoor activity for a rainy day:

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Collage of farm animal crafts including a brown donkey and a gray donkey headband, a brown goat paper bag puppet with large horns, and two brown alpaca or llama headbands with cartoon faces and fluffy textures. All crafts feature simple, kid-friendly designs.

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46 Comments

These projects are very good for children—I love them!

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Thanks, Ruth!

Hi i am searching for the free brown paper bag template please? Thank you in advance.

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Hi! We have lots of paper bag templates. Which specific one are you looking for?

Soy maestra de escuela biblica me gustaría poder imprimir la diadema de vaca, gracias anticipadas

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