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Frog Paper Cup Craft For Kids [Free Template]

Looking for a fun activity to do with the kids? Let’s jump right in with this frog paper cup craft!   

Kids can learn all about amphibians or the life cycle of a frog while they’re having fun making this cool craft.

Keep the fun going with more cool spring crafts! There are lots of fun and educational crafts to choose from so kids will always have a fun project to look forward to this spring.

Frog Craft Idea

frog paper cup finished craft cover image

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These amazing little amphibians can live just about anywhere from deserts to frozen tundras to right outside in your backyard.

To make this easy and “ribbiting” craft, you’ll just need a few supplies like a leftover party cup, colored paper, scissors, and glue.

With our free template, you’ll have little frogs hopping around in no time! They’re fun for kids to create and play with. 

Supplies

  • Green paper cup
  • Colored cardstock or construction paper
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • Frog template (enter your email in the form at the end of this post to have the link sent to you)

Directions

Download the frog template, print, and cut out the pieces you need.

printed frog paper cup craft with "download the template on the blog" overlay

Start by gluing the eyes to the circular parts of the frog’s head.

hand gluing eye onto frog face

Position the paper cup upside down and glue the belly to the lip portion of the paper cup.

hands gluing frog body onto cup

Place the inner legs almost to the edge of the belly and glue them to the cup.

hands gluing parts of frog legs onto body

Next, fold along the dashed line on the outer legs. Place glue or a glue dot on the folded section and glue them to the cup, just outside the belly.

hands gluing rear frog legs onto cup

Finish up by gluing the head to the top and middle of the cup, above the frog’s inner legs and belly.

hands gluing frog head onto cup

Be sure to check our our other paper cup crafts while you’re here. Your kids will love crafting them as much as they did this frog!

single example of finished frog paper cup craft

Spring Ideas For Kids

Now that the end of the school year is coming up, you may be looking for some fresh ideas for the kids to do. Look no further – we’ve got you covered! From butterflies to birds, we have all sorts of fun spring crafts and activities to get you started.

They’ll not only keep your kids entertained, but they’re engaging and educational as well. Read on below for kid-friendly project ideas that’ll put some spring in their step.

Spring Books For Kids

Kids who are read to at a young age are more likely to develop strong reading skills themselves, which is a crucial foundation for success later in life. In addition, reading together helps to build vocabulary, boost imagination and creativity, and foster empathy and emotional intelligence.

Introducing your children to the world of reading is a gift that will keep on giving for years to come!

Below are some of our favorite spring books for kids.

Ten Little Ladybugs – This cute book is not only fun to read, but also fun to touch! Kids will want to read this book day after day and it helps them learn to count.

Planting a Rainbow – Kids will have a blast learning about colors and flowers in this colorful and engaging book!

Bee – This peek-through picture book is a fun bedtime book for kids! It’s short and keeps the kids’ attention span.

two examples of frog paper cup craft

Spring Crafts For Kids

Craft time is more than a fun activity, it’s a beneficial way for kids to develop skills. Crafting helps children gain coordination using both their hands at the same time, which will help them in the future with things like tying shoes or playing an instrument.

Add some of the crafts below to your kid’s craft time!

Bee Toilet Paper Roll Craft – Keep your kids busy as a bee with this fun craft that uses up toilet paper rolls. With a handful of supplies and a recycled item, your kids will have bees buzzing around your hive!

Paper Plate Butterfly Craft – Kids can spread their wings with this fun craft! Their creativity can flow as they customize their butterfly with stickers, jewels, or other embellishments. Grab the free template to see some fluttering butterflies soon!

spring craft ideas for kids image collage

Bird Paper Bag Puppet – Visit our nest to find your next craft! This puppet craft is a great accompaniment to any study on birds. Kids will work on important skills while they craft, then get to let their imaginations fly as they act out stories with their new bird puppet.

Paper Plate Sun – Check out another fun paper plate craft! A paper plate makes the perfect canvas for this cheerful sun. This is a simple and fun craft your little kiddos will enjoy!

Spring Activities For Kids

Get the kids working on mastering scissors with our ladybug cutting practice worksheets! These lucky little ladybugs will keep kids engaged as they practice cutting, counting, and matching on each worksheet.

Kids will not only work on important skills but also stay entertained with each challenge!

These bee activity sheets will take your busy bees through different tasks like matching, navigating a maze, and basic math skills.

They’ll be buzzing with excitement as they learn right along with the different bee illustrations. These worksheets would be great to incorporate with any bee or insect-themed study.

hand holding finished example of frog paper cup craft with another in background

Looking for something fun and educational for the kids to do this spring? Check out these spring color by number printables. Seven different spring illustrations are revealed as kids match up colors with its coordinating number and fill in the spaces.

Coloring helps kids practice fine motor skills as they grasp the crayons and carefully color within the lines.

Get your detective on the case to spy with their little eye some fun spring I Spy printables! These worksheets filled with cute spring illustrations will improve your child’s observation, counting, focus, and memory.

The 3 easy versions have larger images where kids count 1-5 and the 3 harder versions have smaller images where they count 6-10.

two examples of frog paper cup craft

Spring Fun

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For a chance to have your child’s craft featured, simply snap a picture of the completed project and post it to our Facebook page, email it to us directly by clicking here, or use #simpleeverydaymom on your social media!

More Spring Activities

hand holding finished example of frog paper cup craft with another in background

Frog Paper Cup Craft For Kids

Prep Time: 8 minutes
Active Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 23 minutes
Difficulty: Easy

Looking for a fun activity to do with the kids? Let's jump right in with this frog paper cup craft!

Materials

  • Green paper cup
  • Colored cardstock or construction paper
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • Frog template

Instructions

  1. Download the frog template, print, and cut out the pieces you need.
  2. Start by gluing the eyes to the circular parts of the frog's head. hand gluing eye onto frog face
  3. Position the paper cup upside down and glue the belly to the lip portion of the paper cup.
  4. Place the inner legs almost to the edge of the belly and glue them to the cup. hands gluing parts of frog legs onto body
  5. Next, fold along the dashed line on the outer legs. Place glue or a glue dot on the folded section and glue them to the cup, just outside the belly.
  6. Finish up by gluing the head to the top and middle of the cup, above the frog's inner legs and belly. hands gluing frog head onto cup

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Frog Paper Cup Craft Template

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Gayathri

Tuesday 27th of February 2024

I am a preschool educator. This is simple and beautiful activity I can do with my children. They will love it for sure.

Sam

Tuesday 27th of February 2024

Oh, perfect! So happy to hear that!

Christine

Thursday 4th of January 2024

Having my sons 1st birthday frog theme this would be amazing to have

Sam

Friday 5th of January 2024

Perfect! All you need to do is enter your email in the form at the end of this post to have the link sent to you. Once you've been confirmed as an email subscriber (by clicking the link in the first email), you simply enter your email in any of the forms and it'll automatically redirect you to the download page.

Evelyn

Wednesday 30th of August 2023

my kids will love it.

Sam

Friday 1st of September 2023

Woohoo!

miriam

Thursday 18th of May 2023

Thanks! I hope they like it!

cindy

Thursday 27th of April 2023

Thanks

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