We love creating headband crafts for kids to make, because they’re so simple and kids look adorable in them!
With Easter rapidly approaching we’re sharing this sheep headband craft! It’s an easy headband craft for kids that is great for a wide variety of ages.
Since it’s so simple to create it makes a great activity to do at home, at school, daycare, or even the library.
Read the short directions below or watch our quick video tutorial to see how to make this sheep with your kids or students!
Easy Sheep Craft
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Supplies
- Colored cardstock
- Scissors
- Glue
- Tape or stapler
- Markers or crayons (if using the color in version)
- Sheep template (enter your email in the form at the end of this post to have the link sent to you)
Directions
Download the sheep template, print, and cut out the pieces you need.
Begin to create the sheep’s face by gluing the eyes just above the nose.
Place the inner ears on both ears and glue them down.
Position the sheep fluff at the top of the head, so it’s slightly overlapping the top of the sheep’s eyes.
Glue the cheeks on both sides of the face, right below the eyes.
Take the completed sheep’s head and glue it to one of the headband extenders. Flip the headband over and tape the seam where the extender and head meet.
Attach an extender on both sides of the headband with tape or a stapler.
That’s it! That’s all it takes to make your own cute sheep headband!
More Easter Activities For Kids
Easter is a special time of year for children, with lots of fun activities to enjoy! From sharing a good book to lots of fun crafting, there are plenty of ways to keep little ones entertained.
Keep reading to discover some of our favorite Easter ideas for kids below!
Easter Children’s Books
Reading is a great activity for adults and kids to do together. Not only does it help your child’s literacy, but it’s the perfect way to share quality time. Together you’ll dive into stories and explore characters, settings, and plot points.
Reading also gives you the opportunity to snuggle up together and create an environment of comfort and safety! Here are some of our favorite Easter children’s books for the whole family to enjoy this spring
There are so many great Easter books for kids, but these are some of our favorites. Grab them from the library or buy them to add to your child’s collection! They’re great for helping your child develop a larger vocabulary, focus, and more!
Happy Easter Mouse – Everyone knows Mouse from the classic If You Give A Mouse A Cookie book, but now he’s back and ready to celebrate Easter! Kids will love watching him as he goes on an Easter egg hunt!
Pete the Cat: Big Easter Adventure – Join Pete as he races to help the Easter bunny just in time for Easter! This is another new classic kids rate as a must-have!
It’s Not Easy Being A Bunny – Follow PJ the bunny as he tries to discover what kind of animal he’d rather be instead of a bunny! It’s a silly story with a great lesson.
Kids’ Easter Crafts
Crafting offers so many benefits for kids, both mentally and physically. Not only does it help with fine motor skills, but it also improves problem-solving, creativity, and imagination. It is also an excellent way to encourage independent thinking and develop self-esteem.
With endless possibilities, crafting can spark their imagination and give kids hours of entertainment and joy! Pick from our range of Easter crafts below and get creative with your little ones this holiday.
Paper Plate Chick Craft – Your little chicks will love this cute and crafty project! With our free chick template, you can pull together this fun craft in no time.
All you need is a paper plate, paint, and a few other materials – that’s it! Kids will have a cracking good time with this craft, which doubles as a great Easter decoration!
Handprint Bunny Craft For Kids – Hop to it with this adorable handprint bunny! This easy-to-make craft is perfect for little hands. Kids will enjoy tracing around their fingers to create their Easter bunny’s ears.
It’s the perfect activity to work on fine motor skills, and with a few creative accessories, kids can make this bunny as unique as they want!
Happy Easter Mouse Craft – If your little ones love the book ‘Happy Easter Mouse,’ they’ll squeak with excitement at this craft. Kids can choose to color in their sweet mouse or use our free template to cut it out from colored paper. Whichever method they choose, this craft will bring smiles all around!
Bunny Gnome Craft – Gnome-body will be able to resist this fun craft! Once your kids have put their gnomes together, they can even write a message on the back and give it to someone special! Complete with a little carrot, these gnomes are a sweet addition to your Easter crafting session.
Kids’ Easter Activities
Your little bunnies will love to dot their way around these activity pages! Our Easter bunny dot to dot printables are perfect for working on concentration and hand-eye coordination.
Kids can follow the numbers to reveal the Easter bunny; then, they can use their imagination to color it with their favorite colors!
Our Sheep coloring pages are a fun activity for kids of all ages. With a new sheep illustration on each page, this adorable activity will definitely cause a few baa-rilliant laughs! Coloring pages are always a good choice for busy days, and these delightful sheep will provide hours of entertainment!
Whether you’re at home or in the classroom, kids will love working through these Easter color by number pages! Watch as your kids put all their concentration into this fun activity.
Not only is color by number a great way to learn the basics of coloring, but it’s also an educational tool. Kids will learn to recognize numbers, practice math skills, and more!
Kids will have a blast as they fill in our Easter do a dot printables! Dot markers are a super fun alternative to regular coloring.
With these cute Easter-time images, kids can practice their fine motor skills as they go dotty for Easter! These worksheets are the perfect activity to have on hand for entertaining the kids this holiday.
Easter Fun
Share With Us
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For a chance to have your child’s project 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!
Sheep Headband Craft For Kids
See how easy it is to make this cute sheep headband craft with the kids! It's a simple activity that's great for farm animal themes or Easter!
Materials
- Colored cardstock
- Scissors
- Glue
- Tape or stapler
- Markers or crayons (if using the color in version)
- Sheep template
Instructions
- Download the sheep template, print, and cut out the pieces you need.
- Begin to create the sheep's face by gluing the eyes just above the nose.
- Place the inner ears on both ears and glue them down.
- Position the sheep fluff at the top of the head, so it's slightly overlapping the top of the sheep's eyes.
- Glue the cheeks on both sides of the face, right below the eyes.
- Take the completed sheep's head and glue it to one of the headband extenders. Flip the headband over and tape the seam where the extender and head meet.
- Attach an extender on both sides of the headband with tape or a stapler.
Free Sheep Template
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Mandy
Tuesday 27th of August 2024
Need for a kindy school project. Perfect solution and Helpful!
Sam
Wednesday 28th of August 2024
Of course! 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.
Wendy
Thursday 27th of June 2024
We will be using this for our Sunday School.
Sam
Thursday 27th of June 2024
Perfect! Glad to hear that!
al
Tuesday 26th of March 2024
please email sheep headband template
Sam
Tuesday 26th of March 2024
Of course! 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.
Debs
Friday 8th of March 2024
Hiya, This sheep template is amazing. I’d love to use this at Sunday school please. Thanks
Sam
Friday 8th of March 2024
Thanks! I checked my email system and it shows that you received the confirmation email and opened it, but didn't click the link. If you click the link, it'll bring you to the download page ◡̈
Divya
Monday 4th of December 2023
I would like to have the sheep template.
Sam
Monday 4th of December 2023
Of course! 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.