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A completed craft of a green grasshopper paper craft with striped body and simple cartoon face for a fun and easy kids insect craft activity

Grasshopper Craft

Prep Time: 8 minutes
Active Time: 17 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
This DIY grasshopper project has kids transform simple materials into a bright green insect.
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Author: Sam
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Materials

  • Colored cardstock or construction paper
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • Marker
  • Ruler (optional)
  • Grasshopper Template

Instructions

  • Print the template and gather the materials for this fun activity.
  • Begin by gluing the eye pieces onto the head, above the smile.
  • Next, glue the antenna pieces by attaching one end of each strip behind the head.
  • Use a marker and draw darker green stripes on the abdomen (the main body piece).
  • Glue the thorax (the smaller, round part) to the top left side of the abdomen.
  • Take the grasshopper’s head and glue it to the top of the thorax.
  • Gather the back legs. Glue the bent back leg in the middle of the abdomen.
  • Next, glue the straight back leg behind the abdomen, placing it slightly to the left of the curved leg.
  • Finally, glue one front leg behind the bottom left of the thorax. Then glue the second front leg to the bottom center of the thorax.