Sheep Crafts and Activities for Kids

How to Make Crafts and Activities Relating to Sheep

Sheep Learning Activities

Sheep Writing Activity Sheet (Available to Members) Have your children use this sheet to write facts about sheep, make a list of books they have read about sheep, or write a descriptive sentence about sheep.	Sheep Word List Printout (Available to Members)

 

Number 1 - 10 Bulletin Board Display Printouts

Counting Sheep Numbers One - Ten Bulletin Board Display Printouts The patterns for the sheep are available to members only.   Read Russell the Sheep by Rob Scotton - The comic illustrations of Russell the Sheep and other animals along with the humorous story line will compel your children to read this book over and over. Russell the Sheep can't sleep so he tries everything he can think of to help him sleep from using a frog pillow to looking for a better place, but he has no luck until he has the brilliant idea to count things. Check out Rob Scotton's web site for pictures from this book and others.

 

Sheep Bulletin Board Boarder

The pattern for the sheep are available to members only.

 

Sheep Book Learning Activity

1. Write the text for a picture book Read "Where is the Green Sheep?" book and then have your children make up their own stories using the same technique as Mem Fox. Printable Book Pages for this activity are members on the members only section of this site. 2. Make a "Where is the _____ Sheep" Book as a Class As a class decide what the title of your book should be finishing the sentence "Where is the ______ sheep?" Then have each student write and illustrate two pages of the book using the same format as "Where is the Green Sheep". Pick one child to illustrate the last two pages so that they match the title. Staple all the pages together to make a complete book and read it to your class. To find out more about this author and how she wrote the book go to her web site at http://www.memfox.net/welcome.html.

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Craft Foam and Yarn Sheep Craft for Kids

What you will need: Black craft foam, White or off-white yarn, and scissors.

How to make:

1. Cut out a sheep shape from black craft foam as shown in the picture. The sheep pictured is about 2" wide by 2" high. (A pattern for this craft is available to members on the Last Sheep Sunday School Lesson.)

2. Cut about 3 yards of yarn and warp it around the sheep's legs, body, neck, and head. Stuff the end of the yarn under the layers of wound yarn.

3. To finish glue on small googly eye or use a small drop of white paint for the eye.

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Foam Marshmallow Sheep Crafts for Kids

How to Make the Marshmallow Sheep:

What you will need: Five Foam Marshmallows, glue, Fun foam or felt, magic markers, cotton balls, black paint, and a sharp knife.

How to make:

1. Glue two foam marshmallows together (flat sides together) for the body. Glue another marshmallow on one end for the head as shown in the diagram.

2. To make the legs cut one marshmallow in half lengthwise and then cut both half pieces in half again the same way.

3. Cut a wedge-shaped piece off of the end of each piece so they fit on the body as shown in the diagram. Glue them to the body as shown with the rounded sides out.

4. To make the sheep's hooves cut another marshmallow in half long ways and then cut one of the halves in half again long ways. Cut the two quarters in half crosswise to make four hooves. Glue them to the legs as shown in the diagram. Paint the hooves black.

5. Cut ears from fun foam or felt and glue them to the back of the head as shown in the picture. Draw on the eyes, nose, and mouth with a permanent marker.

6. Smear tacky glue all over the sheep's body where you want cotton. Pull small pieces of cotton from cotton balls and stick them to the sheep.

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Popcorn Sheep Picture

What you will need: Card stock (heavy paper), white glue, popped popcorn and crayons or colored pencils.

What to do:

1. Print out a sheep picture with clouds or draw a picture. (A pattern for this craft is available on the free sample lesson "The Lost Sheep".)

2. Pop the popcorn and cruch it up a little.

3. Color the picture and then spread glue on the sheep and clouds so they can stick the popcorn to the glue,

 

How to Make Noodles

What you will need: Five Foam Marshmallows, glue, fun foam or felt, magic markers, small macaroni noodles, black and white paint, and a sharp knife.

How to make:

1. Glue two foam marshmallows together (flat sides together) for the body.

2. To make the legs cut one marshmallow in half lengthwise and then cut both half pieces in half again the same way.

Cut a wedge-shaped piece off of the end of each back leg so they fit on the body as shown in the diagram.

Glue the legs to the body as shown with the rounded sides out as shown in the picture.

3. To make the sheep's hooves cut another marshmallow in half long ways and then cut one of the halves in half again long ways. Cut the two quarters in half crosswise to make four hooves. Glue them to the legs as shown in the diagram. Paint the hooves black.

4. To make the head cut a slit down the middle of a marshmallow on the flat side about 1 cm deep. Make another slit from the round side meeting the cut in the center as shown in the picture to the right. Glue the head onto the body as shown in the diagram.

5. Cut ears from fun foam or felt and glue them to the back of the head as shown in the picture. Draw on the eyes, nose, and mouth with a permanent marker.

6. Smear tacky glue all over the sheep's body where you want fur. Place the noodles on the body as shown. When the glue is dry paint the noodles white. (Instead of painting the noodles while they are on the body. You can spray paint the noodle white and then glue them on the body. Just spread out the noodles on a piece of newspaper. Spray paint them from every angle and then when they are dry, turn them over, and spray them again.)

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I shall Not Want Psalm 23:1"I Shall Not Want" Sheep Picture

This craft goes along with the series of lessons on the Twenty-Third Psalm on The Resource Room

What you will need: White paper and different colors of paper for the frame (optional), crayons, glue, and silk flowers. (You can find silk flowers at your local thrift store. Be sure to remove all the plastic parts leaving on the silk part. Wal-Mart also sells flower parts and pieces that have fallen off of their silk flowers in bags for a discounted price. Look were they sell remnants of fabric. If you don't want to use silk flowers, you can use fun foam flowers from Oriental Trading Company. Type in 48/13380 in the search box at the left to find them. They also sell Iridescent Fabric Flowers (type in 48/2126 or 34/927 in the search box) for $3.95 for 300.

How to make:

1. Before class print out the sheep pattern and make copies. (Pattern available to members only.) If you would like to use another color for the frame, use one picture to make a frame pattern. Cut the sheep picture out of the middle and use the left over to trace the frame onto colored sheets of paper. If you don't want to do this, you can just have the children color the frame before they start gluing on flowers.

2. Glue the frame over the sheep picture.

3. In class have you children color the sheep picture and then glue the silk flowers on.

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Sheep Paper Bag Puppet Craft for Kids

This craft goes along with the series of lessons on the Twenty-Third Psalm on The Resource Room

What you will need - White paper lunch bags, Oriental Trading Company has white paper bags (Type in 3/173 in the search box on the left to find them.), fiberfill or cotton balls, ribbon for bows, and glue.

1. Print out the sheep head pattern and the feet patterns or draw your own. (Patterns for this craft is available to members only.) There are six feet per sheet so you won't need to print out as many feet patterns.

2. If you have young children cut out the patterns before class. To make cutting faster staple several sheets together so that they match up and cut them out all together. When cutting out the feet don't worry about cutting around each bump and indent, just cut them straight.

3. Fold in the two corners of the bottom of the bag that will be the bottom of the sheep's head and glue them down.

4. In class have the children glue the head on the bottom of the bag and the feet on the inside fold of the bag. Also have them glue on some fiberfill or cotton ball and a bow on the head.

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"The Lord is My Shepherd" Display

What you will need: Card stock (Heavy paper), highlighter markers (I like these because they are very easy to color with and no matter where they color you can still see the picture), glue, one inch white pompom balls, green felt, and brown or white pipe cleaners

How to make:

1. Make a box out of heavy card stock or use the pattern (Available to members only). You could also use a small box used to hole jewelry and glue a piece of card stock to the side of the box. Draw a picture with trees, flowers, butterflies, and the sun on the backdrop.

2. Cut a green piece of felt to fit in the bottom of the box for grass and glue it down.

3. To make the sheep cut pipe cleaners into one inch pieces and fold them in half. Glue them onto the pompom with the pointy ends of the pipe cleaners sticking into the body. Draw a sheep head on a piece of paper, cut it out, and glue it to the pompom. (A pattern for the sheep head is available to members.)

This craft comes from the 23rd Psalm lesson on The Resource Room.

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Cotton Ball Sheep Craft for Kids

Easy  even for young children. Just glue on  cotton balls.  See  the Bible Lessons Page for scripture  references and suggested books.

What you will need: Cotton balls, (or you can use popcorn, or those recyclable packaging peanuts.  You can tell if they are  recyclable by placing one under water.  If it melts you can use it.  The other ones smell awful and I would be afraid a child could choke on them) cardboard (such as card board from cereal boxes),  tan felt for ears, markers or crayons, glue, movable eyes (optional), piece of ribbon and a small bell (optional)

How to make:

1. Print out the pattern and cut out the sheep from poster board. (The dotted line on the sheep pattern  means to place on a fold. So you really need to trace this pattern  back to back then fold it over at the dotted line).  You may want to  put a line of hot melt glue on the inside fold to keep the sheep's  leg from spreading out to far.

2. Color the  face and legs.

3.Glue on eyes, ears,  and cotton balls.

4.Tie a small bell onto some ribbon and place over the sheep's neck. 

Here's a tip from Bethany that might help you with this project:
Here's an easy way to find cardboard for the cutouts.   Use a Priority or Express mail cardboard letter envelope from the  post office.   Open it completely so it lays flat - you'll have to cut the edges open but leave the folded bottom portion intact.  Trace the sheep template against the fold and cut out.  Instant double sided sheep.  Turn inside out and attach small strip of cardboard from the rest of the envelope at the very bottom of the sheep on the inside between the cutout  legs to keep it standing up.

We did the lost sheep lesson last week in Sunday School with our 9 year olds and made cotton ball sheep. For legs, thought, we used clothespins, which let the sheep stand up easily. We also let the children make a flock of sheep, one for each member of their family and gave the sheep collars with family members' names on them. The kids loved the idea of having their own flock at home!

I used the Cotton Ball Sheep Craft.  I added a third "leg" to the pattern between the other two.  When you cut out the sheep the extra legs can be bent to the center and pasted together.  It makes a perfect brace to keep the sheep standing.  I also added a small bell to the neck of the sheep, which delighted the children. Jean Kemp

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The Lost Sheep Craft for Kids

Free Bible Lesson from The Resource Room - Your children will love this lesson. They get to help a shepherd (a person dressed as a shepherd) find his lost sheep. The shepherd interrupts the lessons as he comes into the rooms calling for his lost sheep, Woolie. He asks the children to help him find him. When they find the sheep. The shepherd sits down and tells the story of the lost sheep from the Bible.

Included in this lesson is a noodle sheep picture craft. Children will have fun playing a concentration card game to find the lost sheep. They can also play a game in which they try to gather their "balloon" sheep together like a real shepherd.

This lesson also comes with a bulletin board display.

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The Good Shepherd Sunday School Lesson

In this lesson children learn that God is like a goodshepherd: He knows us, leads us, protects us, and keeps us from harm. Children play a simple board game in which they are sheep and experience many of the things sheep may experience. They learn how helpless they are without a shepherd.

Other Sheep Crafts

Craft Stick Yarn Sheep	Cotton Ball Sheep	Egg Carton Sheep Craft
Sheep Paper Plate Craft	3D Stand-up Sheep and Nativity Scene	Lamb and Lion "Our Savior is Born" Birth Announcement

No-sew Sheep Puppet

This puppet is not a craft for young children to make, but they will love playing with it. It is really cheap and easy to make. All you need is a white sock, felt for the ears and tongue, googly eyes, and a hot melt glue gun.

Go to the Materials Craft Page for directions.