Winter is finally here! If your children love the winter season, they’ll love this paper plate walrus.
This adorable animal craft is a fun activity to do at home or at school.
Your little ones will not only enjoy the experience but can also learn about this interesting arctic animal!
Today, we’re showing you how to create this step by step. We’re also sharing a free printable template to make it even easier!
If you need more activities, you can browse through our favorite winter animal crafts and find the one that’s perfect for your little ones!
Be sure to watch our quick video tutorial below to see exactly how to make this fun craft!
Easy Walrus Craft
Supplies
- Paper plates
- Brown paint
- Paintbrush
- Colored cardstock
- Glue stick
- Pencil
- Black marker
- Scissors
- Walrus template (enter your email in the form at the end of this post to have the link sent to you)
Directions
Download the walrus template, print, and cut out the pieces you need.
Paint the paper plate in 1-2 thin coats of paint and let dry completely.
Trace the walrus head template onto the paper plate and cut off the top section only.
Position the eyes towards the top of the head and glue in place.
Glue the nose to the middle of the mouth, then glue the tusks behind and on the bottom of the mouth. Use the marker to draw on whisker holes.
Take this completed piece and glue it slightly overtop the bottom of the eyes.
That’s it! Isn’t this a fun craft to do with the kids this winter?!
Winter Unit For Kids
Need some more ideas to pull together a winter unit study for preschoolers? We’re sharing some more simple ideas below!
To bring out even more creativity and keep learning, try out these winter do a dot printables. They are super simple to get started with. Just download, print, grab your dot markers, and go!
They’ll help kids with:
- fine motor skills
- letter recognition
- counting
- patterns
- visual discrimination
These winter I Spy printables are another quick activity that will help your children stay engaged and learning.
Besides printables, we’ve got loads more winter crafts to keep the kids busy all season long!
If you need more winter animal crafts, try out this handprint walrus craft or this printable reindeer craft.
For non-animal winter crafts, try out this snowman paper plate craft, this paper bag snowman craft, or this snow globe Frozen craft.
Spend more time on the winter theme by reading some winter books for kids! These are great for home or the classroom.
The Biggest Snowman Ever – When the mayor of Mouseville announces the town snowman contest, Clayton and Desmond claim that they will each make the biggest snowman ever.
The Snowy Day – This story shows a child’s wonder at a new world and the hope of capturing and keeping that wonder forever.
Sneezy The Snowman– Sneezy is COLD! And he’s trying to warm up without success. But, the kids know exactly how to help him!
These winter activity coins will kick boredom to the curb! They’re cute and a fun way to discover new ideas.
Pull out this winter play dough kit to give the kids some fun hands-on sensory play!
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Paper Plate Walrus Craft
See how easy it is to make this paper plate walrus craft with the kids this winter! It's a fun arctic animal craft that has a printable template!
Materials
- Paper plates
- Brown paint
- Paintbrush
- Colored cardstock
- Glue stick
- Pencil
- Black marker
- Scissors
- Walrus template (enter your email in the form at the end of this post to have the link sent to you)
Instructions
- Download the walrus template, print, and cut out the pieces you need.
- Paint the paper plate in 1-2 thin coats of paint and let dry completely.
- Trace the walrus head template onto the paper plate and cut off the top section only.
- This paper plate walrus is the best way to spend time together with your children during the winter season!
- Position the eyes towards the top of the head and glue in place.
- Glue the nose to the middle of the mouth, then glue the tusks behind and on the bottom of the mouth. Use the marker to draw on whisker holes.
- Take this completed piece and glue it slightly overtop the bottom of the eyes.
Novie
Sunday 26th of March 2023
I love this! I am going to have this activity for my class. Thank you so much for sharing this.
Mary
Thursday 9th of March 2023
would love paper plate walrus template
Sam
Friday 10th of March 2023
Since you’re already an email subscriber, all you need to do is enter your email in the form at the end of any post and it’ll automatically redirect you to the download page 🙂
Mary
Monday 20th of February 2023
Would love to have the template for the paper plate walrus. So cute!
Sam
Monday 20th of February 2023
Thanks! 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 🙂
carolina
Wednesday 18th of January 2023
can i please have the paper plate walrus craft
Sam
Wednesday 18th of January 2023
Since you’re already an email subscriber, all you need to do is enter your email in the form at the end of any post and it’ll automatically redirect you to the download page ?
Josephine
Wednesday 14th of December 2022
Hopeful to get your free paper plate walrus template. Thanks, your crafts are adorable.
Sam
Wednesday 14th of December 2022
Thanks! Since you’re already an email subscriber, all you need to do is enter your email in the form at the end of any post and it’ll automatically redirect you to the download page ?