Unleash the inner artist in your little ones with this fun and easy leopard craft idea! All you need are popsicle sticks, a bit of paint, and lots of creativity.
Yellow Leopard Made From Popsicle Sticks
Our wood craft stick leopard craft tutorial is a quick and easy art project idea that requires very few supplies & steps, all while making a great pretend puppet piece to play with afterwards!
Keep scrolling for ALL the details and free printable from us, so you can recreate your own with your child today!
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Popsicle sticks and leopard spots make for the perfect craft project! Kids will love creating their own animals with this easy tutorial.
Craft Supplies:
- Jumbo Popsicle Sticks
- Mini Popsicle Sticks
- Low Temp Glue Gun
- Yellow Craft Paint
- Black Craft Paint
- Small Paint Brush
- Foam Paint Brush
- Small Paper Plate
- Scissors
- White Cardstock Paper
- Leopard Printable – on our landing page
- Crayons, Coloring Pencils or Markers
Directions:
- First get the glue gun hot and ready.
- Assemble the base of your leopard friend by gluing THREE jumbo popsicle sticks and TWO mini popsicle sticks together to look like a fence door {3 next to each other and the mini popsicle sticks across to secure in place.}
- Allow it to dry completely. Repeat for each leopard you want to make today.
- Now grab your two colors of craft paint, paper plate and form brush.
- Squirt both colors of paint on the paper plate.
- Using the foam paint brush, first paint the flat side of your popsicle stick shape completely yellow.
- Follow that up by making black polka dots all over.
- Set it aside to let it dry completely.
- While that is drying, go ahead and grab the printed printable, your choice of coloring material and scissors.
- Go ahead and color in one of the head shapes & trim it out afterwards.
- To finish off the Popsicle Stick Leopard craft, glue the head piece to the painted wood shape.
- Add any other embellishments you see fit.
- Then let it dry completely before displaying proudly!!!
- Don’t forget to snap a few pictures of your finished popsicle stick yellow leopard creations to share with us! #gluedtomycrafts
Pair This Idea With:
- Paper Plate Koala
- Paper Plate Leopard
- Crinkle Paper Apple
- Paper Bag Leopard
- Paper Plate Sleeping Bear
- Popsicle Stick Penguins
- Paper Plate Alien
- Washi Tape Bear In Sweater
- Popsicle Stick Bears