If you’re looking for a fun animal craft for the kids to make, then we have a fun one in store for you!

Kids will enjoy seeing their little hands transform into this cute quail handprint! This is a fun craft to incorporate into learning about the letter Q, birds, or animals in general.

If your kids loved making a quail out of their handprint, be sure to check out more handprint crafts to discover what else they can create!

Quail Paper Craft Idea

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While the kids are busy making this sweet keepsake, they can learn more about these foraging birds or name as many Q words as they can think of!

They’ll get to work on their scissor skills and fine motor skills as they trace and glue each piece in place to bring the quail to life!

To make this cute paper craft, you’ll just need a few basic supplies like colored paper, scissors, glue, and a marker.

You probably already have everything on hand to get started! It’s easy to make and comes with a free printable template. This makes the activity handy to make at home, in the classroom, or in daycare.

Supplies

• Colored cardstock or construction paper
• Scissors
• Glue
• Pencil
• Markers or crayons
• Quail template (enter your email in the form at the end of this post to get the template)

Directions

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

Trace your child’s handprint onto a piece of brown paper and cut it out.

Place the handprint with the fingers pointed up and glue the belly to the bottom of the handprint. Trim off the paper that hangs off the bottom.

Glue the head to the top of the thumb, then glue the eye just below the eyebrow.

Next, glue the beak to the right of the eye so that it’s hanging off the right side.

Take the plume and glue it to the top and back of the quail’s head.

Position the wing to the middle of the belly and glue it in place.

Use different colored brown markers to draw lines along the wing and spots on the belly.

Finish up by gluing the feet to the back and bottom of the quail’s belly.

Make sure to check out our other animal crafts for kids while you’re here. We have lots of them to choose from that your kids will love!

Animal Ideas For Kids

Add in some of our animal themed crafts and activities to keep your kids engaged and learning. These activities are a great addition when learning about all kinds of animals.

We’ll get you started with some ideas, so you can spend less time planning, and more time creating! Inspire your kids to learn more and “go wild” by creating our favorite animal crafts and activities below.

Animal Books For Kids

Reading books to your kids is one of the best things you can do for their development.

When you read to your child, you’re not just teaching them new words and phrases, you’re also setting them up for a lifetime of learning and exploration.

Children who are read to at a young age tend to have better developed language skills, improved attention spans, and even a greater capacity for empathy.

See below for some of our top animal book recommendations.

The Fascinating Animal Book For Kids is a great book for curious kiddos! Find facts on almost any animal your child is learning about. This is a great resource to have in your home library collection.

The View At The Zoo is a silly book about all the animals at the zoo. When the people come to take a look at the animals, they see all sorts of sights! But, there’s a twist to this book that you have to read for yourself and laugh about!

Giraffes Can’t Dance is a sweet and fun book about Gerald the Giraffe. He can’t dance, but doesn’t stop trying! He finally finds his own rhythm when he meets an unlikely friend.

Animal Crafts For Kids

Crafting not only is a fun activity, but great for a child’s development. They’re creating as well as exploring new mediums, subjects, and techniques to help them grow and learn.

Crafting will have kids developing their fine motor skills, problem-solving skills, and scissor skills all while having fun. Try some fun animal crafts to get the kids crafting!

Easy Raccoon Craft – These masked bandits will be a hit with the kids. Kids will love to create their own raccoons out of just a few basic craft supplies. Grab the free template to start the mischief!

Fox Paper Bag Craft for Kids – Turn a simple brown paper bag into a fun fox puppet! With the help of our template, kids can make a boring bag into something fun! Kids will love to pretend to be these clever and playful animals once they’ve finished creating their puppets!

Squirrel Craft – Squirrels collect nuts like we collect fun crafts! These cute little guys come together easily with our free template! It’s a fun paper craft that will be a hit with the kids, so grab the supplies and the template for a fun time!

Paper Plate Skunk Craft – This paper plate craft will have your kids busy painting, cutting, and gluing a cute little skunk! This is a great way for kids to learn about these little animals while staying safely away from their warning scent.

Animal Activities For Kids

Cover a host of subjects with these zoo animal worksheets for preschool kids. These worksheets are filled with letter mazes, flashcards, puzzles, matching and so much more.

This set of 24 pages will keep kids engaged and excited to learn about zoo animals while strengthening important skills.

Need a fun activity that your little ones will love? Then you’ll definitely want to download these animal do a dot printables.

These worksheets are a fun way for kids to use their dot markers and practice counting, letters, colors, and more. Make these pages reusable by laminating them!

Let the search begin with these forest animal I Spy printables! Kids will find different animals that live in the forest with these 6 pages.

There’s an easy version and a hard version to choose from depending on your child’s skill level. The easy version is more suited to younger children that can count up to 5. The older children will enjoy the smaller images where they count up to 10.

For a fun, no-prep activity, grab these free printable fox coloring pages. Kids will love the fox pictures and enjoy coloring them in. There are 5 different illustrations included with a simple sentence on each page for kids to practice reading.

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Animal Ideas For Kids

Quail Handprint Craft Template