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I love colorful crafts so this pretty peacock craft for kids is right up my street. It is super easy to make using colored craft papers and my free printable instructions to guide you!!
Paper Peacock Craft for Kids
World Peacock Day is celebrated on November 15th and there is no better way to celebrate this glorious bird than making a paper peacock! National Peacock Day is celebrate on March 25th so that’s another opportunity to do this activity.
Bird crafts are hugely popular amongst children of all ages. I know lots of little ones love my handprint parrot craft and my fancy paper plate flamingo craft. My easy owl crafts are perfect for those looking some Autumn crafting. Why not add this cute peacock craft to your bird craft collection?!
This peacock can be made is around 20 minutes and is ideal for children aged 6 years and above. I have included easy to follow instructions and images to guide even the youngest of children.
Select colored craft papers for the peacock craft. Print and prepare the provided template
patterns.
Use pencil to trace the template patterns on the selected craft papers and use scissors to
cut them out nicely.
The template includes patterns for the head, lower body, beak, wings, tail feather base and tail feathers.
Step 2:
Glue the beak cut-out to the head cut-out and the wing cut-outs on both sides of the lower body
cut-out.
Step 3:
Glue the head to the top side and glue the leg cut-outs to the bottom side of the lower body part.
Step 4:
Take the teardrop shape cut-outs and glue the small cut-outs on the big cut-outs.
Step 5:
Take the tail feather strips and attach the teardrop patterns on them as shown in the picture of this step.
Step 6:
Carefully join both open ends of the tail feather strips and join them without making any folding
line in the middle. Prepare all the tail feather strips similarly.
Step 7:
Apply glue on the tail feather base.
Step 8:
Attach the glued ends of the tail feather on the glued base.
Step 9:
Glue the tail feathers on the base neatly and evenly. Make loops with the thin strips and glue
them between the main tail feather patterns, on the base.
Step 10:
Prepare a small piece of paper (1cm x 4cm) and make accordion folds along the longer side.
Attach it to the middle of the tail feather base.
Step 11:
Attach the peacock body pattern on the top part of the accordion folded paper, covering the tail
feather base. Allow the glue to dry.
What will you do with your finished creation? You could use it as a pretty windowsill decoration or even as a gift to a friend. Why not make lots and use them for pretend play!
What colors did you use for your Pretty Peacock craft?
Hi there, I’m Laura an avid kids crafter with two little ones of my own to keep entertained! I have been doing kids crafts since 2018! Here at Easy Crafts for Kids you can find seasonal crafts for all age groups, as well as drawing tutorials, coloring pages and some other fun printables!
