• Crafts & Activities
    • DIY Toys
    • Holiday Crafts
    • General Crafts
    • Art ideas
    • Gift ideas
    • Learning and science
    • Play
    • Recipes
    • Nature
  • Printables
  • About
  • Contact
  • Privacy / Disclosure
  • Shop
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • Twitter

The Craft Train

Crafty ideas for kids and parents

You are here: Home / Printables / Frog on a Lily Pad paper craft

Frog on a Lily Pad paper craft

January 26, 2023 By Kate 6 Comments

This post may contain affiliate links. I may receive commissions for purchases made through links in this post at no cost to you.

FacebookPin

Here’s an easy frog paper craft for kids – make a fun, bouncy frog on a lily pad using our printable template.

This idea is perfect for spring crafting or for a unit on minibeasts or life cycles.

Get the frog template here

frog on a lilypad paper craft for kids

I’ve always had a fascination with frogs and how they change from tiny, vegetarian tadpoles into hopping, meat-eating amphibians. We’ve set up a tadpole observation tank in the house a number of times, supposedly for the kids but I never get tired of seeing this happen myself.

This frog paper craft is made from a template I created for the girls when they were pre-schoolers, but it’s suitable for kids of all ages. If you’re crafting with preschoolers you will probably need to cut the shapes out for them to glue and decorate (the frog shape is quite intricate).

Decorate your frog on a lily pad any way you like. I’ve used coloured construction paper and spot stickers to decorate mine.

When my girls made them they opted for glitter (of course!), markers, buttons, plastic gems and googly eyes. 

How to make the frog paper craft

You will need:

  • This printable template, also available in our TPT store
  • Coloured construction paper
  • Glue stick
  • Spot stickers
  • Scissors

How to

Print the template directly onto your coloured construction paper. It’s a good idea to print out two so that the frog is a different colour to the lily pad. Then you can make two frogs on lily pads!

frog paper craft steps 1

Cut out the shapes.

frog paper craft steps 2

Decorate the lily pad and frog. I’ve cut leaf details from a different coloured piece of construction paper.

frog paper craft steps 3

decorated frog

Make a bouncy paper spring by sticking two paper strips at right angles to each other and folding over each other until it becomes a spring.

Stick the paper spring to the lily pad and stick the frog to the spring.

Optionally, cut a thin strip of red paper and curl it around a pencil to make a tongue.

Voila! You now have a bouncy paper frog.

frog on a lilypad craft

Here are some kid-made ones…

kid with frog paper craft

frog craft for kids

kid made frog craft

 

 

More animal crafts you might like:

  • Our paper plate chick craft is so cute and easy to make – perfect for preschoolers and kindergarteners
  • This printable paper frog is based on the Green Tree Frog from Tropical North Queensland
  • Kids will love making a paper chain snake based on two real species of Pythons (don’t worry, they can’t bite!)
  • Check out our paper plate Ocean Animal ebook – 14 species of marine animals are included
  • This geometric mother hen has three baby chicks tucked under her wing

printable frog craft for kids

 

 

FacebookPin
Paper heart people
Printable valentine puzzle cards

Comments

  1. 1

    Angela Milnes says

    March 7, 2018 at 11:48 pm

    I really love this idea. It’s just fantastic and super fun. We are making frog crafts so it’s good to see your fantastic ideas.

    Reply
    • 2

      Kate says

      March 8, 2018 at 12:53 am

      That’s fantastic to hear! Thanks for your positive feedback Angela

      Reply
  2. 3

    Becks Mundy says

    June 18, 2018 at 3:25 pm

    Hi! Just wanted to check with you that its okay for me to use your frog and lily pad template for an event we are holding at work for some environmental education? Great idea! 🙂
    Many thanks, Becks Mundy

    Reply
  3. 4

    farzana says

    June 24, 2018 at 5:26 pm

    kate super super ideas thanks.

    Reply
  4. 5

    Pina says

    June 5, 2019 at 11:08 am

    Great craft!!! Would love to do it with my grade 2 class!!

    Reply
  5. 6

    Moe says

    August 4, 2019 at 7:26 pm

    Thank teacher
    I like frog picture

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Spring animal bundle

Spring animal paper crafts for kids

Dinosaur crafts ebook

12 paper plate dinosaur crafts for kids

Australian animal crafts

Australian paper plate animals – easy craft templates for kids
  • Kate GronoKate GronoCrazy Craft Fanatic

    I’m basically a big kid who never grew up and still loves to muck around with paint, glitter, glue and toilet rolls. With the crafts shared here on this website I’m hoping to give other parents and carers inspiration to get crafty with their kids at home – make our projects, or use them as a source of inspiration to spark ideas of your own. When it comes to crafting no rules apply!

NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTION

Copyright © 2023 · Pretty Creative On Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in