Crafting Winter Animals that "Shred"

This craft will keep your kids entertained when it's too cold to flirt outdoorsy. Make some hot hot chocolate and expend the afternoon crafting with recycled shredded theme. I recently wrote a post for Momformation all about a Snowman that "shreds" and I thought information technology might be fun extend the wallpaper shredding to create a couple winter animals. Try to entertain as many wintertime animals as you can and craft them all! We'ray recycling our shredded paper, uncurving from our electronic shredder. I could level get word a few old bills in atomic pile. But it does bring fun composition glitter, as we created a haired polar abide and feathery snow owl – although each of my kids persuasion IT was a white penguin, so we can call it that to a fault!

If you get into't have an electronic shredder, you can well employment scissors or a newspaper publisher pruner to slice up some old -ready to be recycled- paper.

Supplies for Paper Glittered Overwinter Animals:

shredded paper
white school or cheap paste
pencil
1 plane of cardstock paper
extra colored paper scraps
2 wrong 'un eyes per creature

1. With your pencil, cast your image. I'm NOT an artist, so it's a good thing it doesn't thing as the paper wish cover up my sad excuse for a polar bear!

Drawing animals

2. Add together glue to the entire inside of the animal's torso. My kids love this tone.

Paper Covered Polar Bear

3. Grab a chunk of shredded composition and sprinkle it onto your glue. My paper shreds are 1-2 inches lasting, so I had to scrunch and bend some of them to stay within the outline. Press the theme shreds down, qualification fated they are in place and so shake disconnected any extra paper that didn't cling into the package.

4. Glue along your bosie ball eyes and nose. Cut and glue your colored paper to make any embellishments you'd like to add.

Paper Glittered Polar Bear

Here is our snowy hooter! She is all-out with a bit red bow. She could also be a white penguin if that's what your brain is tattle you! So cunning right??

Paper Glittering

And here is our snowman too. He turned out cute with fun bosie eyes and pom pommy buttons! I screw this craft!

snowman craft

We hope you try this fun overwinter craftsmanship with your kiddos. IT is perfect for a chilly day spent inside. Make a point to hang up your graphics so that you can admire it all winter long!

Marie

Marie is a mother of 3 living in Seattle, WA. She's been the founder and managing editor of Realise and Takes for the last 13 years, curating a DIY website with kids craft tutorials, home decor ideas, and cuneate recipes. As well as the author of the book, Make and Takes for Kids. Marie graduated with an Infancy and Elementary teaching degree and is currently precept Kindergarten in Seattle. She loves sharing her creativity here at Pee-pee and Takes!