Penguin Craft and Activities

Here is a simple stand up penguin.  For this craft it is best to use black and orange construction paper for the body, beak and feet, and card stock for the white belly.  The card stock below the belly is bent forward and the feet are glue to it.   I cut out cardboard shapes and use them as templates to cut out the construction paper parts as well as the card stock for the belly.

You can download the craft template file here 

 As show above, the eyes are simply made from a piece of white paper cut in the shape of the silhouette of a capital B letter on its side, with the eye pupils cut out using a one hole punch.

This side view shows how the tail section is used as the base at the back, while the feet form the base at the front.

 

ACTIVITY

For the penguin activity, the kids must find the penguin chicks and match them up with the right parent (who has the same letter)

You can download penguins and chicks here 

Here is a little penguin song to introduce the activity:

You can download the song from here 

Books to Read Aloud

Nanu, Penguin Chick

This book is available for online borrowing at the Internet Archives:

Nanu, Penguin Chick at Internet Archives

The Fireflies and Mudpies website provides a list of...

Penguin Books for Kids