Caroline
Have you ever seen a moose in the wild? They are incredible creatures! My oldest son recently had an experience seeing a bull moose chasing a cow moose down the mountainside with her calf and it inspired this darling moose craft we are sharing today. In this post learn how to make this cute Christmas moose craft with our helpful template, step-by-step tutorial and video.
You’ll notice our moose craft is made Christmasy and festive with Christmas lights tangled around it’s antlers. Not only does this add a fun Christmas element to the craft but the yarn wrapping is great for little ones to work on fine motor skills.
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Supplies you will need:
- moose craft template <— Get the template HERE
- tan cardstock
- cream cardstock
- googly eyes
- small poms
- black yarn
- black marker
- pencil
- scissors
- glue stick
- small Glue Dots
Tutorial:
1. Download template
Begin by downloading the moose craft template. Print the first page of the template on brown cardstock and the second page of the template on cream colored cardstock.
2. Cut out your template
Cut out all of the pieces of the template.
3. Attach all pieces together
Use your glue stick to glue the moose muzzle at the bottom of the the moose face. Then glue the antlers on the sides of the moose head.
4. Wrap yarn around antlers
Cut off a piece of black yarn about 18-24 inches long. Tape the end of the black yarn at the base of one of the antlers on the back side of the moose. Wrap the yarn around the antlers several times until you reach the opposite end of the antler. Tape the yarn down on the back of the antler and cut off any excess yarn. Repeat step 4 again with another piece of black yarn for the second moose antler.
5. Glue on colorful poms
Attach a small Glue Dot to the back of several small colorful poms. (You could also use a glue gun.) Glue the small poms on the black yarn to look like colorful Christmas lights.
6. Attach ears to the moose & glue eyes
Glue the ears on your moose craft. Then glue two googly eyes on your moose.
7. Draw a nostrils
Use a pencil to draw the outline of two nostrils at the bottom of your moose craft. Use your black marker to color in the two nostrils.
Your adorable Christmas Moose Craft is complete!
This fun moose craft would look darling hung up on display on a classroom bulletin board or at home on an arts and crafts wall.
Not Christmas time? No worries. This cute moose craft can made any time of the year without the Christmas lights attached to the antlers. Simply print out the template and cut and paste the moose pieces together.
