Penguins are cute. Penguins waddle. Penguins cuddle. There is no getting around it, kids simply LOVE penguins! Here are 15 adorable penguin crafts, penguin inspired foods and penguin games, books and activities that you and your children will enjoy. Tell us which ones you like the best!

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Penguin Crafts

Cute Penguin Toilet Paper Roll Craft for Preschoolers – Ducks ‘n a Row

Cotton Balls Penguin Craft – Easy Peasy and Fun

Plastic Spoon Penguin Craft – I Heart Crafty Things

Paper Plate Yarn Weaving Penguin Craft – Non-Toy Gifts

Handprint Penguin Craft – Learn Create Love

Popsicle Stick Bow-Tie Penguin Craft For Kids – Crafty Morning

Penguin Inspired Food

Penguin Cracker Snacks – Apple and Eve

Frozen Banana Penguin Snack – Goodiy

Penguin and Polar Bear Oreos – The Monday Box

Make Penguin Cupcakes – Hobbycraft

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Penguin Games – Books – Activities

Penguin Story Stones – Adventures and Play

Penguin Goldfish Cracker Counting – Crafty Morning

Tacky The Penguin – book

If You Were A Penguin – book

Super Cute Baby Penguins – book

Enjoy!

Letter P is for Penguin is a wonderful preschool theme and there are many cute penguin crafts for preschoolers. I particularly love this toilet paper roll penguin craft.

We studied penguins in my class last week and they just loved it. Penguins are so fascinating, it was easy to engage my students in our lesson from start to finish. We learned some fun facts about penguins, watched a short video and made a great craft.

This toilet paper roll craft is a project that children are so proud to display when they bring it home. Older children can easily cut out every piece. We were dealing with time constraints so I prepared most of the pieces in advance. That way everyone would be able to get theirs done. Wait till you see some of my childrens’ creations (below.) Don’t you just love the one with the beak on its forhead? Adorable!

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How To Make A Toilet Paper Roll Penguin Craft

Penguin Body Parts

Body [black]

Tummy [white]

Eyes (1 inch googly eyes)

Beak [orange]

Wings [black]

Feet [orange]

Supplies

Empty toilet paper rolls

Construction paper: black, white and orange

Googly eyes

White school glue

Clear tape …to attach the feet

Scissors

how to cover a toilet paper roll for penguin craft

Directions

Draw a template for cut outs ⇒ tummy, feet and wings
Cut a rectangular piece of black construction paper to fit the empty toilet paper roll.
Glue it around the toilet paper roll using white school glue.
Cut out a tummy using white paper.
Glue the white tummy on one side of the toilet paper roll.

Step by step preparation for making penguin craft

Cut out two feet from orange paper.
Use tape to attach them to the bottom of the interior of the toilet paper roll.
Fold the feet to be a “stand” for your penguin.
Cut out a diamond shape for the beak, also using orange paper.
Fold the diamond in half.
Glue the bottom part of the diamond to the penguin leaving the top free to be the top of the beak.
Glue two googly eyes above the beak.
Cut two curved strips out of black paper, for the wings.
Glue them to the sides of the penguin.
Done!

Penguin craft made by a 3 year old child

Nattional Geographic Reader for Kids about Penguins

Enhance your lesson with fun facts about penguins! A few that preschoolers will love are:

Penguins only live in Antarctica and other places in the southern hemisphere -South Pole- not the North Pole.
Penguins cannot fly. Their wings serve as flippers for swimming.
Penguins are fast swimmers and spend half of their day in the water.
Penguin parents both raise their babies, called “chicks.”
The Emperor Penguin is the tallest – up to 47 inches (3.91 feet)
The daddy Emperor Penguin protects the egg of its chick by resting it on his feet, to keep the egg warm.