Grasshopper Craft
This DIY grasshopper project has kids transform simple materials into a bright green insect.
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This simple paper grasshopper takes about 15–20 minutes, so it’s a great choice for getting creative at home or in the classroom. Children will use our printable template and basic supplies to create an insect friend to strengthen their fine motor skills and practice carefully cutting to improve their scissor skills." player-type="default" override-embed="default"]
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.