This crafty garden critter craft is great to make with your kids and be should be on everyone’s “to do” list this summer. This garden craft is great for kids of all ages: toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergarten kids. I think this garden craft is great whether you’re at home or in the classroom.

Crafty Garden Critters to make with the Kids - foam and felt rainbow critter monster with eye stalks, googly eyes, and sharp teeth — How cute is this garden craft?

Cute Critter Craft For Kids

How adorable is this garden craft? Kids of all ages will love making these cute little critters and I think it’ll make any garden even more bright, colorful, and look more vibrant.

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Supplies Needed To Make This cute Garden Craft

Supplies needed to make this garden craft- match box, felt, googly eyes, pipe cleaners, beads, sticky tape, glue - kids activities blog — Supplies needed to make this garden craft.

How to make this Cute Garden Craft To Make Sweet Little Garden Critters

Step 1

The larger rectangle of orange felt is cut so it will wrap snugly around the matchbox. The two smaller rectangles of orange felt are to cover the ends of the drawer of the box.

Notes:

I stuck the felt on with a little glue. I use a low temperature glue gun because it’s easy to apply small blobs of glue, it dries quickly and sticks well, but any good craft glue will work.

Step 2

Poke two holes in the matchbox.

Step 3

Cut out some teeth from white felt and glue into place in the matchbox drawer.

Step 4

I’ve cut out four three-toed feet from orange felt and glued each foot to two foam beads.

Notes:

I found the foam beads at the dollar shop and loved their bright colours but you can make the legs from anything you like or find. Discovering new uses for all sorts of bits and pieces can be a lot of fun for kids.

Step 5

Cut out a circle of coloured felt and glue one of the pipe cleaners onto it.

Step 6

Then glue a googly eye on top of the pipe cleaner as shown above.

Notes:

If you want, you can put a coin onto your felt, draw around it with a soft 2B pencil and then cut around the line to make the circles.

Step 7

Poke each of the pipe cleaner eye stalks through a hole in the matchbox.

Step 8

Bend back the bit of pipe cleaner that is in the box so it lies flat against the inside surface of the top of the box.

Step 9

Use a piece of sticky tape to hold it in place.

Step 10

Glue the feet you made onto your matchbox.

Step 11

Slide the drawer with the teeth back into the box give your new crafty garden critter a name and go outside and play or stay awhile and create a little group of intimate companions to keep each other company. Here’s my little group planning some mischief:

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Cute Garden Craft For Kids To Make Garden Critters

This garden craft is great for kids of all ages and is not only easy, but budget-friendly.

Materials

Matchbox
Felt
Googly eyes
Pipe cleaners
Beads
Sticky tape
Glue

Instructions

The larger rectangle of orange felt is cut so it will wrap snugly around the matchbox. The two smaller rectangles of orange felt are to cover the ends of the drawer of the box.
Poke two holes in the matchbox.
Cut out some teeth from white felt and glue into place in the matchbox drawer.
I’ve cut out four three-toed feet from orange felt and glued each foot to two foam beads.
Cut out a circle of coloured felt and glue one of the pipe cleaners onto it.
Then glue a googly eye on top of the pipe cleaner as shown above.
Poke each of the pipe cleaner eye stalks through a hole in the matchbox.
Bend back the bit of pipe cleaner that is in the box so it lies flat against the inside surface of the top of the box.
Use a piece of sticky tape to hold it in place.
Glue the feet you made onto your matchbox.
Slide the drawer with the teeth back into the box give your new crafty garden critter a name and go outside and play or stay awhile and create a little group of intimate companions to keep each other company.