Crumpling paper is fun, & this crumpled paper sheep craft is a great way to use up all those crumpled bits! Easy fine motor exercise for young kids.

Have you heard of a children’s show that has won 5 International Emmy Awards and a British Academy Children’s Award? It’s a show that’s centered around a certain farm animal who has hilarious adventures as he tries to have fun with his friends on the farm.

Yes, we’re talking about Shaun the Sheep!

I remember watching the show with my daughter when she was little, and I admit I was probably more amused by it than she was! It’s one of those shows that is light but funny without insulting your intelligence. And I love that the protagonist is a well-intentioned sheep!

Shaun doesn’t really want to create trouble – he wants to make life more interesting for his friends on the farm, and that just leads to some unexpected (and hilarious) consequences. So today we celebrate Shaun’s spirit of doing good with a cute and easy crumpled paper sheep craft!

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Easy Crumpled Paper Sheep Craft for Kids

Supplies required:

Colored craft papers
White craft tissue paper
Pencil
A pair of scissors
Craft glue
Sharpies

How to make the Crumpled Paper Sheep Craft:

1. Download and print the Crumpled Paper Sheep Craft template. The template contains parts of the sheep, like body, head, legs, and ears. The template includes parts for two sheep, so you can use both or one.

2. Trace the parts of the template on craft paper of the appropriate colors and cut them out. Choose thick craft paper or cardstock for this project since you need some weight to hold the crumpled paper bits. You can choose a light brown or grey for the sheep’s body and head, along with pink for the ears. As for the tissue paper, let’s stick to white – unless you want to go the ‘Baa Baa Black Sheep’ route!

3. Stick the pink inner ears on either side of the sheep’s head.

4. Attach the legs to the bottom of the body cutout, applying glue on the back.

5. Let’s put aside the head and body and move on to the fun part of our crumpled paper sheep craft – the sheep’s wool! Cut the white tissue paper into squares of side 2″. You’ll need at least 30 squares to cover up your sheep’s body.

6. Now comes the fun part! Crumple all the tissue paper squares into little balls. If you think the balls won’t be enough to cover the sheep’s body, go ahead and cut out some more squares.

7. Once you have enough crumpled paper balls, bring back the sheep’s body. Apply glue all over the surface of the body, leaving out a small portion at the top.

8. Start sticking the crumpled paper balls on the glue. Stick them close together so there aren’t any gaps.

9. Continue sticking the crumpled paper balls till the body is covered, except for the small area on top. The first phase of your crumpled paper sheep craft is done!

10. Apply some glue on the space uncovered by the crumpled paper balls and stick the sheep’s head here.

11. Cut out more squares from the tissue paper and crumple them. Apply glue on the top of the sheep’s head, between the ears. Stick the crumpled paper balls here, making sure there are no gaps.

12. Finally, take out your black Sharpie or marker and draw eyes, nose and a mouth on the sheep’s face.

There you go, your crumpled paper sheep craft is all done!

If you’d like to make this crumpled paper sheep craft look a little more like Shaun the Sheep, you can do so by making a few changes. Use black cardstock for the body, head and legs. Draw the nose and mouth using a marker, but instead of drawing on the eyes, stick on googly eyes. Now you have your very own version of Shaun the Sheep!

If you’re looking for more crafts based on farm animals, check these out: