Engaging Farm Crafts for Preschoolers – Kids LOVE These barnyard Animals

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Imagine spending a fun-filled afternoon creating adorable farm animals. From the gentle cow to the fluffy sheep and the oink-tastic pig, let me show you the perfect printable cut-and-paste crafts that will bring these barnyard favorites to life.

The fun farm crafts are the perfect addition to your farm unit or lesson plans.  These will also be a fun activity to go along with the Old MacDonald song or book or a field trip to a local farm.

farm crafts for preschoolers - a cow, sheep and pig printable cut and paste craft activity

It’s no secret that crafting is so much fun fo kids, but there’s more to it than just having fun. There are some great benefits to crafts. In fact, these farm crafts for preschoolers are secretly disguised as a sneaky and fun way to work on those essential fine motor skills!

The fun farm animal crafts are fabulous fine motor activities. They provide a great way to help young children get a workout for their little hands and fingers and build hand-eye coordination. They can get cutting practice as they cut out shapes on the bold dark lines. Each printable fine motor craft includes opportunities for pre-writing practice, as there are dotted lines for tracing. But, I think their favorite part will be that they can use a hole punch as they create each cute animal. You haven’t tried hole punching activities yet? Well, they are a SUPER MOTIVATING way to build hand strength.

So, making these adorable farm animal crafts is a fantastic opportunity for them to hone their fine motor skills while having an absolute blast. Trust me; they won’t even realize they’re learning and growing while creating these simple farm crafts for preschoolers.

farm animal crafts and fine motor activities
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It’s really easy to adapt these crafts for learners at different levels.  Need some help?  Check out this article about differentiating craft activities.

All of these printable fine motor craft activities are included in my Farm Fine Motor Craft set. Let’s take a look at all the animals included in the set.

Cow Craft

Moo-ve over because this adorable cow craft that will have your little ones udderly delighted! The cute printable cow craft template is perfect and simple cutting and pasting activity for preschoolers who love farm animals.

 I love that the easy cow craft  is made from relatively simple shapes.

A black and white cute cow craft  printable template made of paper with a scissors, hole punch, and glue stick as an example of farm crafts for preschoolers.

Your little farmer can color the cow, or you can print it on colored paper. Take a look at the opportunities for tracing and hole punching.

I made a Jersey cow by printing its face and ears on brown construction paper that I cut down to fit into my printer. I thought that her pink nose is cute, but afterward, I met a beautiful real-life Jersey cow at an educational event and realized that I should have made the nose brown.

 I grew up on a farm, but I still have a lot to learn about farm life.

a cow craft printed on brown paper with a hole punch and scissor - an example of easy farm crafts for preschoolers.

No matter what color, these cows look like they are ready to hang out in the big red barn.

Sheep Craft

Ewe won’t believe the cuteness of this sheep craft! I couldn’t resist that…sorry. Kids of all ages will have a blast cutting out the head, face, and ears.

If you want to take this easy sheep craft template to the next level, your kids can paste cotton balls to the fleece to make it extra fluffy.  Feel free to have a little fun and add googly eyes too.

A sheep cut and paste fine motor craft on bright pink paper with a hole punch and scissors - this is an example of easy farm crafts for preschool

In addition to Old McDonald, I think this would be a great activity to go along with. Mary Had a Little Lamb.

Pig Craft for you kids

The final craft in the set brings me back to my childhood growing up on a pig farm. The baby pigs were always soooo cute. I cannot say the same thing about them when they grew up.  Use the craft for your farm themed unit or with a study of The Three Little Pigs.

The printable pig craft will have your kids squealling with delight. Kids can cut out the head, snout and ears and paste them together.  Want to add a bit of fun?  Provide some brown paint and kids can add some mud to the pigs.  I can tell you for a fact that they LOVE the mud!

printable pink pig craft with a hole punch and scissors - an example of easy farm crafts for prescholers.

How to Use the Farm Crafts

So how can you use these cut farm crafts for preschoolers? Obviously, you can make crafts for craft sake in your arts and crafts center or as a fine motor activity. Here are some additional great ideas:

  • Farm animal headbands – Young kids LOVE headbands and these animals are the perfect activity to add to a headband.. You can help your kids attach the farm animal heads to a headband made from a sentence strip or a few long strips of construction paper.
  • Use the farm-theme activities for classroom door decor
  • Farm-theme bulletin board
  • Add a popsicle stick to the bottom of the animal’s head to make a simple puppet
  • Attach the fun crafts to a DIY windsock to make farm animal windsocks.

Get the Printable Farm Crafts for Preschoolers

I hope that you love these easy farm animal crafts as much as I do. Studying farm animals is one of my favorite preschool themes. I showed you the different animals in the set.  Which is your favorite?

Are you ready to get your kids crafting and building fine motor skills with these farm theme activities? You can purchase the farm animal craft set in my store today. Click on the image below to check it out.

I know you and your kids will have a great time making these cute animals.

farm animal crafts and fine motor activities

Purchase The Farm Crafts on TPT

Do you prefer to shop at Teachers Pay Teachers? You can also purchase the Farm Fine Motor Crafts in my TPT Store.

Additional Farm Crafts for Preschoolers

Here are some additional farm animal craft ideas from across the web.

Fingerprint sheep craft by Crafty Morning

Egg carton chickens by Red Ted Art

Craft stick barn craft by Glued to My Crafts

Wine cork pig craft and duck handprint craft by Crafty Morning

Tractor made from craft sticks by Hunny I’m Home

Make chick crafts from paper platest by Chirping Moms

More Craft Ideas for Your Kids

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