Add some bite to your reading with this fun alligator bookmark papercraft! Easy to make with just colored craft paper and basic craft supplies!

Show and Tell programs are common at schools and are a great opportunity for kids to get creative while also learning about a specific topic. However, what if one of your classmates decides to get a little too creative and brings an alligator to class? Well, to find out more, you’ll have to read the book!

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Fun Books about Alligators for Children

If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, Don’t! by Elise Parsley
There’s an Alligator Under My Bed by Mercer Mayer
See You Later, Alligator by Sally Hopgood
Chomp Goes the Alligator by Matthew Van Fleet
Zack’s Alligator Goes to School by Shirley Mozelle

Kids’ books often feature dogs, cats, bunnies or bears; alligators aren’t a popular choice! However, when you check out the books mentioned here, you’ll find that alligator books can be quite entertaining – not to mention hilarious!

With National Alligator Day coming up next month on 29th May, we’re getting ready to celebrate with a fun project – an alligator bookmark papercraft!

Amazing Alligator Bookmark Papercraft for Kids

Supplies required:

Craft paper
Pencil
Scissors
Craft glue
Sharpies

How to Make the Alligator Bookmark Papercraft:

1. Download and print the alligator bookmark papercraft template. The template includes parts of the alligator, like the body, tail, belly, limbs and scales.

2. Trace the parts of the alligator bookmark papercraft on craft paper of the appropriate colors. Well, alligators can be brown, gray or green, and we’re going with green in this craft. Choose a lighter green for the alligator’s body and limbs and a darker green for the scales. A light cream is ideal for the tail and belly, and you can get a plain white for the eyes.

3. Attach the thin tail cutout along the outer edge of the tail part of the body base.

4. Stick the belly cutout on the front of the body, aligning the bottom edges.

5. Time to give our alligator bookmark papercraft some forelimbs! Apply glue on the straight edges of the forelimbs. Stick the first one on the outer edge of the body base.

6. Attach the other limb to the belly side of the body base. Make sure that the curved edges of both arms are free from glue.

7. Trim off any extra part of the forelimbs that are jutting out of the body base. Take the eyes and draw pupils on them with a black Sharpie.

8. Attach the eyes to the alligator’s head. The alligator bookmark papercraft is now taking shape!

9. Time to give our alligator some scales! Apply glue on the straight edges of the scales as shown below.

10. Attach three scales to the alligator’s tail. Cut off any excess that is sticking out.

11. Attach the remaining scales along the outside edge of the alligator’s body.

12. Use a black Sharpie to draw a smile and nostrils on the alligator’s face. Cut out two small white paper triangles and attach them to the alligator’s smile.

There you go – the alligator bookmark papercraft is ready! Alligators may sound like vicious creatures, but this little guy is adorable! He’ll be a great choice to mark your place in the book you’re reading now. And when you’re done with that book, check out the ones we mentioned at the beginning, to get a new appreciation for alligators!

If you’d like to check out more alligator crafts, here you go: