Paper Lion – Construct one or both of the following paper lions to use with the paper lion activity. 
Paper Plate Lion Mask
Materials: paper plates (not foam or plastic), yellow and orange construction paper, crayons, nontoxic glue, scissors Preparation: Cut the paper plates in half. Cut two eye holes and a nose hole on the flat side of the plate. Cut the construction paper into strips. Instructions: Give each preschooler a precut paper black. Allow the children to color the front sides of their plates. Help the students glue strips of construction paper around the back of the plate to form the lion mane. Allow the glue to dry completely before holding the mask up to the face.
Paper Bag Lion Puppets
Materials: small paper bags, orange and yellow construction paper, white construction paper, crayons, nontoxic glue, safety scissors Preparation: Cut the orange and yellow construction paper into strips. Cut the white construction paper into triangles. Instructions: Give each student a paper bag. Help the preschoolers glue the orange and yellow paper strips around the bottom of the paper bag to form a lion mane. Glue two white triangles to the bottom of the bag to form two teeth. Allow the preschoolers to color a lion face on the bottom and side of the paper bag. When dried, insert a hand into the paper bag to use the puppet,
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How do you make a Paper Lion with paper plates?
Paper Lion – Construct one or both of the following paper lions to use with the paper lion activity. 
Paper Plate Lion Mask
Materials: paper plates (not foam or plastic), yellow and orange construction paper, crayons, nontoxic glue, scissors Preparation: Cut the paper plates in half. Cut two eye holes and a nose hole on the flat side of the plate. Cut the construction paper into strips. Instructions: Give each preschooler a precut paper black. Allow the children to color the front sides of their plates. Help the students glue strips of construction paper around the back of the plate to form the lion mane. Allow the glue to dry completely before holding the mask up to the face.
Paper Bag Lion Puppets
Materials: small paper bags, orange and yellow construction paper, white construction paper, crayons, nontoxic glue, safety scissors Preparation: Cut the orange and yellow construction paper into strips. Cut the white construction paper into triangles. Instructions: Give each student a paper bag. Help the preschoolers glue the orange and yellow paper strips around the bottom of the paper bag to form a lion mane. Glue two white triangles to the bottom of the bag to form two teeth. Allow the preschoolers to color a lion face on the bottom and side of the paper bag. When dried, insert a hand into the paper bag to use the puppet,
How do you make a Lion Mane out of construction paper?
Paper Lion – Construct one or both of the following paper lions to use with the paper lion activity. Paper Plate Lion Mask
Materials: paper plates (not foam or plastic), yellow and orange construction paper, crayons, nontoxic glue, scissors Preparation: Cut the paper plates in half. Cut two eye holes and a nose hole on the flat side of the plate. Cut the construction paper into strips. Instructions: Give each preschooler a precut paper black. Allow the children to color the front sides of their plates. Help the students glue strips of construction paper around the back of the plate to form the lion mane. Allow the glue to dry completely before holding the mask up to the face.
Paper Bag Lion Puppets
Materials: small paper bags, orange and yellow construction paper, white construction paper, crayons, nontoxic glue, safety scissors Preparation: Cut the orange and yellow construction paper into strips. Cut the white construction paper into triangles. Instructions: Give each student a paper bag. Help the preschoolers glue the orange and yellow paper strips around the bottom of the paper bag to form a lion mane. Glue two white triangles to the bottom of the bag to form two teeth. Allow the preschoolers to color a lion face on the bottom and side of the paper bag. When dried, insert a hand into the paper bag to use the puppet,
What is the Lion craft made out of?
Lion Paper Plate Craft For Kids – This is a ferocious but so adorable lion paper plate craft for kids! Such a great idea for even young kids! RARRR! The majestic lion is the king of the beasts. Lions are from Africa but most kids see their first lion at the local zoo.
I remember one of the first times we visited our local zoo and got to hear the lion ROAR! Wow that is not something you would ever forget. Lions are powerful and you will not be surprised that lions make great craft ideas for kids! They are such a cute and fun idea for a kid’s craft and there are so many fun ways to make a lion craft for kids.
We made this paper plate lion when our daughter was a toddler. And these zoo animal toilet paper roll crafts are totally fun too! This idea for a lion paper plate craft is fantastic. It was inspired by this craft and it couldn’t be easier for young hands. 
How can I teach preschoolers to read alouds to the Lions?
Lion Activity – After making one or both paper lion crafts, select a lion-themed book to read aloud to the preschool class. Suggested titles are: 
The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney The Happy Lion by Louise Fatio The Happy Lion Roars by Louise Fatio Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen Randy’s Dandy Lions by Bill Peet
While reading the book aloud, have the preschool students act out the story. Have the children use their masks and puppets as props. After reading and acting out the story, have the students sit down for circle time and discuss the book. The lion is a large meat-eating cat that is known as the king of all animals.
African Lions, African Lion Pictures, African Lion Facts – National Geographic: Lion (Panthera Leo) – Lion Information – Lion Facts, Pictures, Photos – WildAnimalsOnline.com:
How do you make a lion head out of paper?
Or Follow These Simple Step by Step Instructions – Cut a whole bunch of strips out of orange consturction paper. We cut strips across the width of a legal/A4 sized paper. The strips were roughly as wide as a thumb. Younger kids will handle wider strips easier while older kids can work with strips that are even thinner.
- Make loops by gluing the ends of the paper strips together.
- Loots of loops.
- Use a paper punch to make a circle out of yellow construction paper.
- Alternatively you can just cut a circle out with scissors (you can use round objects – glasses, lids, containers to make the circle outline to cut.
- Decorate the lion head.
Glue on wiggle eye stickers (or draw the eyes) and draw the snout and other facial features. Time to do some gluing. Start gluing loops of orange paper on the back of the lion head. First make a cross – gluing 4 loops at a 90° angle and then continue by gluing other between them (and then between those).
Continue until you are happy with how the lion mane looks.Once you are happy with your mane it’s time to add the drinking straw.We found it works best if you apply a generous amount of glue on the straw (or on the back of the lion), press the straw to the lion craft and then secure with clear tape or duct tape.Your paper lion craft puppet is all done and ready to get some dramatic play action!
What is the Lion craft made out of?
Lion Paper Plate Craft For Kids – This is a ferocious but so adorable lion paper plate craft for kids! Such a great idea for even young kids! RARRR! The majestic lion is the king of the beasts. Lions are from Africa but most kids see their first lion at the local zoo.
- I remember one of the first times we visited our local zoo and got to hear the lion ROAR! Wow that is not something you would ever forget.
- Lions are powerful and you will not be surprised that lions make great craft ideas for kids! They are such a cute and fun idea for a kid’s craft and there are so many fun ways to make a lion craft for kids.
We made this paper plate lion when our daughter was a toddler. And these zoo animal toilet paper roll crafts are totally fun too! This idea for a lion paper plate craft is fantastic. It was inspired by this craft and it couldn’t be easier for young hands.
Is it hard to make a Lion Mane out of paper?
Paper Lion Craft Need an idea for a not so fierce looking lion craft? We are sharing simple paper lion craft with you this time, and this one can also double up as a DIY lion puppet. This one is perfect for kids in kindergarten and older, but with some help preschoolers can manage to do their own to (you might want to modify it a little bit though).
*this post contains affiliate links* We love it when a craft goes beyond being just a craft! This one is perfect for fine motor skills as lots of cutting is involved (especially if you go with scissors), making paper loops also being great for fine motor skills, and once the craft is completed this can be used as a puppet.
While making the loops out of paper is good for fine motor skills, younger kids (pre-K) might find it to be a bit to difficult. We suggest you skip the looping part and just use “un-looped” strips of paper to make the lion mane. Paper straws are great for making these puppet crafts, as they are long, but craft sticks work out nice as well (as would markers and coloring pencils if there is no other alternative.) We hope this little lion craft idea will spark your imagination for more projects like this one (we have a few more coming your way in the near future too).
orange construction paper yellow construction paper round paper punch (or just cut a circle with scissors) scissors or paper trimmer glue marker wiggle eye stickers paper straws clear tape or duct tape
We made both video instructions for this idea and photo tutorial.
How do you make a paper plate out of construction paper?
Steps: –
Paint
Paint paper plate yellow.
Cut the Lion’s Mane
Cut yellow and orange and brown strips out of construction paper. 3 different lengths brown – large orange – med yellow – small
Glue the Lion’s Mane
Rim the back edge of the plate with glue stick where the strips will be applied. Stick on alternating yellow and orange strips around the back of the plate Then glue a second layer of large brown strips layering on top and in between the yellow and orange coloured strips.
Cut the ears and nose
Cut out 2 larger yellow circular and 2 brown smaller shapes with rounded edges Tip: shapes of the same size can be cut together by layering your pieces of construction paper Cut a brown triangle shape with rounded edges out of construction paper for the nose.
Glue ears nose and eyes
Glue inside and outside ear shapes together then attach ears at top of the plate. Glue the nose at the centre of the plate then add the eyes.
Draw the mouth starting at the base of the nose and add dots and whiskers Glue the popsicle stick handle on with craft glue behind the plate and tape in place while it dries. Be sure to line it up with the front.
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