Caroline
Get ready for some fun with our Panda Craft made from cereal! In this hand-on activity, we’ll be using simple, everyday materials like cereal pieces to create a cute panda. With a little creativity, you’ll bring this playful panda to life, combining art and snacks in a fun and creative way. Let’s get started and craft some cuddly pandas together!
Some of my favorite afternoons spent with my kids are when we combine snack time with craft time. It’s a great opportunity to bring the family all together for laughs and giggles and to create precious memories.
We love getting inventive and coming up with unique ways to combine cereal into craft time. Since we have a variety of different cereal flavours at home, we made an adorable Panda craft with our box and cereal. It’s a simple and fun craft that kids of all ages can enjoy.
Supplies needed:
- Kung Fu Panda Po Power Crunch cereal
- 2 1/2-inch circle hole punch (optional)
- white tissue paper
- black cardstock paper
- googly eyes
- pencil
- scissors
- school glue
- 2 small bowls
Instructions:
1. Prepare cereals
Start by pouring your favourite cereals into a small bowl to enjoy as a snack while you craft.
2. Cut shapes out of cereal box
Disassemble cereal box so it lays flat. You can make two panda crafts with each box. Use your pencil to draw a circle on the inside of the box for the panda face and cut it out. We found it easiest to use a bowl to trace a circle. You will also need to cut out two 2 1/2-inch circles for your panda ears.
3. Draw face and glue ears
Glue your ears onto the back of the face. Use your pencil to draw two ovals on the face for the dark eye patches on the panda.
4. Prepare tissue paper & cereal
Cut up your white tissue paper into small squares and place them into a small bowl. Also, pour some cereal into a small bowl.
5. Glue cereal to the eye shapes
Add school glue onto the ovals on the face. Place the cereal pieces onto the school glue. Whenever my daughter reached in the bowl and pulled out a marshmallow piece she simply ate it instead of placing it on the panda. If you prefer, you can sort the cereal beforehand.
6. Now do the same to the ears
Add school glue onto the panda ears and then cereal onto the ears.
7. Glue tissue paper to the rest of the face
Add school glue all over the rest of the panda face. Crinkle your white tissue paper squares and add them all over the panda face, covering it completely.
8. Make and glue face details
Cut a nose, smile and little whiskers dots out of your black cardstock paper and then glue them onto your panda. Finish your panda by gluing on your googly eyes.
Let the glue dry completely and then you can display your adorable panda craft in your home.
