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Two completed sandcastle paper crafts on a blue background with white clouds, one with a green flag and one with a red flag, surrounded by scissors, glue sticks, and colorful construction paper.

Paper Sandcastle Craft

Prep Time: 8 minutes
Active Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 18 minutes
Kids can capture the fun of a beach day without the sandy cleanup when they make this creative paper sandcastle craft!
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Author: Sam
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Materials

  • Colored cardstock or construction paper
  • Scissors
  • Glue stick
  • Sandcastle template

Instructions

  • Download the sandcastle template, print, and cut out the pieces.
  • Begin by gluing the triangle roof pieces onto the top of the side towers.
  • Glue the door in the center of the sandcastle base.
  • Next, glue the window to the tall central tower.
  • Place the small windows on the side towers and glue them down.
  • Position the flagpole at the top of the center tower and glue it to the back.
  • Now, glue the red flag onto the flagpole.
  • Next, glue the wavy sand strip to the bottom of a blue background.
  • Glue the clouds to the top portion of the blue background to complete the sky scene.
  • Finish off by gluing the completed sandcastle to the background.

Notes

If you don't want to cut out all the pieces, your child can draw the doors and windows on with a brown marker.