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woodland animal paper play set

August 24, 2022 By Kate Leave a Comment

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Make a woodland animal paper playset with our latest printable template, based on animals from the North American woodlands.

This is a fun Fall or Autumn themed craft for kids which is very simple to cut out and glue together. The finished project becomes a DIY paper toy to inspire imaginary play or a pretty Fall-themed decoration for your mantlepiece.

Get the template here

woodland animal paper craft set – make a set of paper woodland animal toys

How cute are these paper woodland animals? I especially love the hedgehog – but don’t tell him he’s my favourite!

Of course, the bear and deer are lovely too…

paper bear and deer with printable templates

Lately on the blog we’ve been sharing Australian animal crafts. These are great (Australian animals are awesome!), but I also want to share things which are relevant to our Northern Hemisphere readers too, so this month I’ve decided to focus on woodland animals, beginning with this printable play set.

The finished craft becomes an Autumn-themed small world. My own girls are too big for this kind of thing now but I know they would have absolutely loved this printable when they were younger. It’d be almost as good as mini plastic ponies to them.

Of course, any self-respecting woodland animal needs a forest to call home, right? We’ve included a forest with Fall coloured leaves for the animals to live in.

Fall trees made from paper with printable template

I found three trees was enough for our Autumn scene, but you can print and create as many as you’d like. Here is how to make the set.

How to make a woodland animal paper play set

animal craft templates for woodland animals

You will need:

  • The paper play set template printed onto card stock
  • Glue stick
  • Scissors
  • Scoring tool or blunt butter knife
  • Ruler
  • Pencils or felt tip markers if making the colour-your-own version

How to make the animals:

  1. Score the fold lines along the feet, neck and tail (but not the body join – this one does not get folded). Scoring makes it REALLY easy to fold, and when using card stock it helps a lot.
  2. Cut out the shapes
  3. Fold the neck tab down and the feet forward (note: the deer has hoofs instead of folded feet).
  4. Bend into a cylinder shape and glue the tab to hold in place
  5. Glue on the head, as well as the tail for the animals which have one

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paper animals viewed from top

How to make the trees:

  1. Print out three copies of the tree in the color you wish to make
  2. Score along all of the fold lines
  3. Cut out the trees and fold along all the lines
  4. Fold the bottom section along the horizontal line up, then fold the line at an angle back down so it lines up with the horizontal fold. Fold the tree down the center and glue the tab over the back
  5. Repeat with the other two sections of tree, then glue each folded section on top of
    each other
  6. Place glue on the side on top of the stack, then glue into a tree shape. Once it’s been glued into a tree shape it will no longer fold flat

printable fall tree craft

score the fold lines along the fall tree

fold the tree and glue together

fall tree craft in progress

Fall tree made from paper

The printable includes a full copy of these instructions plus the step-by-step photos. It also includes a black and white line art version so kids can colour their own if they prefer.

template sample

 

 

More Fall themed crafts for kids

  • Create a fox or hedgehog hat with our free printable template
  • This paper roll fox is fun to make
  • Create a clay leaf mobile using air dry clay
  • Make art from cardboard scraps and pressed leaves
  • Use our printable template to create a paper leaf mosaic or Autumn doodle art

woodland animal paper craft set – make a set of paper woodland animal toys

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  • 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!

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