Recycled Rhinoceros

A jar and several dixie cups are painted grey, glued together and given googly eyes and a paper horn and tail to make a rhino with we know stuff.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.weknowstuff.us.com/2015/09/recycled-rhino-craft-for-kids.html

Plastic Animal Trinket Box

A regular cardboard box is decorated simply by gluing on a plastic animal. Kids will love to make these and fill with their favorite goodies.  Engineer mommy shares the details.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://engineermommy.com/2014/diy-plastic-animal-trinket-box/

Felt Animal Pencil Toppers

Felt is cut into an oval to make an animal face and given glued on ears and a drawn on face with deshilachado.  She sews the felt together but glue would work as well.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.deshilachado.com/2013/01/tutorial-adornos-de-fieltro-para.html

Wine Cork Animals

Wine corks are painted and decorated with pompom fur and given a construction paper drawn on face to make these wine cork animals from the little monster blog.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.thelittlemonsterblog.com/2015/05/repurposed-wine-cork-animal-puppets.html

Paper Finger Puppets

Paper is rolled up to make animal arms and legs with flat paper tummies and faces.  Spoonful shares the details.

Good for ages 10 and up.

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Cut and Fold Paper Animals

Colorful origami paper is cut into various animal shapes and folded to make three-dimensional paper toys with meyamo.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the template here:
https://meyamo.wordpress.com/2010/05/18/diy-paper-fold-up-animals/

Paper Animal Toys

Cut and fold a koala, kangaroo, windmill and clinic with small for big for fun Australian pretend play.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the template here:
https://childhoodwonder.wordpress.com/2015/03/26/easter-clay-decorations/

Cardboard Zoo

The top of a cardboard box is turned into a nifty zoo with the quirky parent.  She divides the box up by taping down strips of cardboard to make fences for the habitats and then colors each habitat green for grass or blue for water.  She then adds plastic animals to each section and some tree branches too.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://thequirkyparent.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/thinking-inside-box-make-cardboard-zoo.html

Yarn Egg Animals

Eggs are wrapped in yarn, given googly eyes, ears, wings, feet and a face with everyday dishes to make cute little animals.

Good for ages 9 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://everydaydishes.com/holiday/easter-egg-place-cards/

Paper Bag Animals

White paper bags are decorated to look like polar bears, penguins and snowman and given scarfs to make cute gift bags with fiskars.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www2.fiskars.com/Crafting/Projects/Holiday/Christmas/Animal-Holiday-Gift-Bags

Paper Animal Lanterns

Paper animals light up the night with this step-by-step lantern tutorial from bkids.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://bkids.typepad.com/bookhoucraftprojects/2014/07/project-162-diy-animal-laterns.html

Cardboard Circle Animal Magnets

Cutout cardboard circles are colored and given a cute face and ears with meri cherry.  She then adds magnets to the back so kids can have fun with pretend play.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.mericherry.com/2014/06/13/cardboard-cutout-animal-magnets-diy-magnet-board/

Bead Caterpillars

Colorful beads and string turn into cute caterpillars with pasandolo pipa.

Good for ages 9 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.pasandolopipa.blogspot.com.es/2013/10/gusanitos-de-madera.html

Printable Animal Bookmarks

These adorable woodland creature bookmarks are a free downloadable from elli.  They include a squirrel, owl, rabbit, bear, fox and bird.  She also shares a special font to include each child's name on the bookmarks. All they need to do is cut them out. 

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the template here:
http://www.elli.com/blog/printable-woodland-friends-bookmarks/

Meteor mermaid shares a free fox printable bookmark.

Get the download here:
http://www.meteormermaid.com/freebie-book-club-woodland-bookmarks/#more-336

Fox Envelopes

Envelopes turn into cute foxes with some markers and color paper with minted.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.minted.com/julep/2014/01/22/diy-animal-envelopes/

Paper Bag Whale Craft

 

Paper bags are so versatile and make an easy idea for a simple craft.  Brooks child care shares this simple paper bag whale, decorated with blue paint, and a cute spout. 

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.brookschildcare.com/2012/04/stuffed-paper-bag-whale-craft/

All kids network has a similar craft but cuts a mouth out for the whale, adds a pipe cleaner spout and uses crayons instead of paint.

Get the instructions here:

http://www.allkidsnetwork.com/crafts/animals/ocean/paper-bag-whale.asp

Make Your Own Hobby Horse

Mrs. king rocks shares a fantastic way to create a horse using a pool noodle, googly eyes, rope and felt for the mane.  You could draw on the eyes as well.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://mrskingrocks.blogspot.com/2012/07/making-swimming-noodle-ponies.html

Animal Lacing Cards

Moms best network shares free templates to create various cardboard animal lacing cards.  Templates include a butterfly, elephant, duck and bear.

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://momsbestnetwork.com/sewing-cards-a-toddler-craft/

Busy little bugs shares a free whale lacing card printable.

Get the template here:
 http://www.busylittlebugs.com.au/freebie-friday-whale-lacing-cards/

3D Fabric Animals

Ct Pub Blog shows how to take fabric, card board and glue and turn them into cute three dimensional animals.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.ctpubblog.com/2009/12/17/mary-links-no-sew-fabric-animals-project/

Origami Foxes

Bloomize hosts the directions for making a cute family of foxes out of folding paper.  She draws on some cute faces.  These are also great for imaginative play, you could even take them outdoors.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:

http://www.bloomize.com/in-a-company-of-cute-foxes/