With the white and black craft foam cut out eyes for your lion ahead of time and glue them together.
Lion Toddler Craft
Add some red and yellow finger paints to the centre of a paper plate.
Let your toddler mix and paint the paper plates. Handy Tip: provide them with more than one but be warned you could end up with a whole pride of lions.
Once they have painted set aside to dry and get busy tearing up the paper. You don't have to be accurate and it doesn't matter on the size just go for it.
With the paper plate dry spread some glue around the outside and let your toddler stick the mane in place.
Add some glue and place the eyes.
Now let them draw a mouth. You will find this easier if you show them what a mouth of a lion will look like.