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Fun Farm Animal Crafts for Toddlers and Preschoolers

If you’re anything like me, you find any excuse to bundle up the kiddos and head to the farm, especially during spring with all those adorable baby animals. If you are heading to the farm and want to continue the fun afterwards or just looking to let your little ones learn a little more about farms and the cute animals on the farms, then check out these toddler and preschool farm crafts you can do together.

Collage of some fun farm animal crafts for toddlers including clothes peg animals, sheet mask and a coffee filter pig.

Farm Animal Crafts for Toddlers and Preschoolers

The farm animal craft ideas are great and trust me, it’s all about having fun together (and maybe a bit of controlled chaos). From fluffy sheep to muddy pigs, we’ve got something for every little farmer in your house.

So grab your glue, construction paper, scissors and of course googly eyes and let’s get creative with your tots.

Pinterest Collage of 10+ Farm Animal Crafts for Toddlers

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Lamb and Sheep Crafts for Toddlers and Preschoolers

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This is one craft to work on together – you will need to cut out the template for this Sheep Mask from Danya Banya but you and your little ones will have a lot of fun finishing it off and then they can act like a little lamb or sheep.

Mary had a little lamb craft

This little lamb craft was fun to make with my two kids when they were toddlers and my preschool nephew. It was so easy the eldest of them was able to cut out the cloud shape and snip off some paper for the tail and legs, however, I did cut out the head for all 3 of them to make it easier.

I love making pom poms with kids and this Pom Pom Sheep Garland from Coffee with Us 3 is great to make with kids – in the tutorial they use handmade pom pom makers but after many years I bought a set of pom pom makers and have been using them ever since.

Cute little egg box lamb or sheep craft made by kids.

Egg boxes are great crafting materials and so much fun (and a little messy) to decorate. These ever so simple and cute Egg Box Lambs and Sheep are great for little hands to make.

One of the other things that we have daily in our recycling box is yoghurt pots and they make a great craft to model with. We never made Yoghurt Pot Sheep when mine were little but I remember seeing this from Crafts on Sea and thinking what a great idea it would be.

How do you get the effect of wool on the sheep – well over on Buggy and Buddy they have a fantastic way of stamping the wool that makes these Spring Lambs the perfect craft for your tots.

If you have any doilies laying around the cupboards then bring them out and make these Doily Sheep so easy to do.

Pig Crafts for Toddlers and Preschoolers

collage of a craft stick building to create a stick home for the 3 little pigs.

One of our favourite animals on the farm are the pigs and the cute little piglets, they feature in our favourite storybook The Three Little Pigs we’ve been inspired by that to create our own Storybook Houses for the 3 little pigs to live in.

Whenever we head to the farm you can guarantee that we will see some extremely muddy pigs and this fantastic Muddy Pig Sensory Art from Teacher 2 and 3-year-olds is perfect to get creative and not that messy with once you return from the farm.

Coffee Filters make a great resource to craft with and this cute little piggy from Look! We’re Learning is a great simple craft that the kids will enjoy to make.

We just love this paper plate pig craft for it’s simplicity and a great book recommendation to go along with it as well.

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Other Farm Animal Crafts for Toddlers and Preschoolers

10 simple farm animal crafts ideal for spring to do with toddlers and preschoolers. These fun crafts are easy to do and set up and come with step-by-step instructions on getting creative with the little ones. Ideal for making at home or in your classroom.

Growing up our nearest farm was a dairy farm I remember waking up and hearing the cows first thing in the morning and going to bed hearing them too, this Paper Cow Craft from Buggy and Buddy is perfect for making with toddlers and preschoolers.

Another cute idea is this simple paper plate cow craft. We love how simple it is to make and you could create it in the colours of the cows that you see on your farm visit.

Cardboard Tubes and Toilet Paper Rolls are great for crafting with and this Goat Cardboard Tube Craft from Sight and Sound Reading is perfect for kids. I love the little extra cutting practice that your toddlers and preschoolers can get as they make the beard.

Have you tried handprint art with your little ones – this horse craft is ideal and makes a fantastic keepsake as well.

Every farm we’ve ever visited has chickens and this paper plates chicken craft is great for your little ones to make and looks so good.

How about some ducks for the pond in the farm, this drinking cup duck craft is great for your toddler, preschooler and kindergarten kids to try.

Old MacDonald Had a Farm Inspired Crafts for Toddlers and Preschoolers

10 simple farm animal crafts ideal for spring to do with toddlers and preschoolers. These fun crafts are easy to do and set up and come with step-by-step instructions on getting creative with the little ones. Ideal for making at home or in your classroom.

Even if you can’t get to the farm this Spring or Autumn to see the animals, dig out the song words and start by singing this favourite Farm Nursery Rhyme and then get creative here’s just a few ideas to inspire you and your little ones.

As you sing Old MacDonald had a Farm why not use these DIY Farm Animal Finger Puppets as a prop to show your little ones the different animals as you say them.

Create some Farm Animal Paper Bag Puppets like these from Look! We Are Learning. I love how you can use them to be the characters in the song.

We love puppets they are great for adding as props for circle time, songs and storytelling these Old MacDonald Spoon Puppets from Teach me Mommy are fun for the kids to create but great to use afterwards as well.

Your toddlers and preschoolers will love painting and sticking on the extras to these Simple Peg Farm Animals from Danya Banya.

Want to bring all the animals together that your little ones saw on the farm then these Farm Animal Windsocks are a simple and easy craft to do with your little ones.

Farm Animal Books to Share with your Toddlers and Preschoolers

Once we have got creative it was time to quieten down with the hope that my kids would have a nap (unlikely but I did dream) and one of the best ways I found to do that was by reading aloud to them. Here’s just 3 of our favourite Farm Animal Books.

Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown

Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle

Click Clack Moo, Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin

More Farm Activities for Little Kids

Why not combine these crafts with these fun farm activity ideas?

A Pinterest collage of some of the feature farm animal crafts including paper plate pigs, finger print sheep and paper bag farm animals. Text on the image reads 10+ Farm Animal Crafts for Todders.
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Cerys Parker

Cerys is a marine biologist, environmental educator, teacher, mum, and home educator from the UK. She loves getting creative, whether it is with simple and easy crafts and ideas, activities to make learning fun, or delicious recipes that you and your kids can cook together you'll find them all shared here on Rainy Day Mum.

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