Autumn craft
The little squirrel’s hug
Color the body and the pieces, cut them out, roll the strip into a tube and glue on the face, the arms and the tail. Slide a forearm through the arches: the squirrel gives a hug!
The two sheets to print
The squirrel’s body to roll into a tube, with its glue circles, then its face, its arms holding an acorn and its tail to cut out.
Step by step
Ages 4+30 minutes
Supplies
- The two sheets, printed at actual size
- Colored pencils
- Round-tipped scissors
- A glue stick
Steps
- Color both sheets: the squirrel’s body, face, arms and tail.
- Cut out the body and the three pieces, with an adult’s help for the arches.
- Put glue on the tab, roll the body into a tube and glue the tab under the other end.
- Glue the face on the circle at the top of the head, the tail on the circle at the back, and the arms by the tips of the shoulders on the two side circles: the middle of the arms stays free, in front of the tummy.
- Slide a forearm through the arches: the squirrel gives a hug!
Print both sheets without scaling: the tube then fits a child’s forearm, up to 14 cm around.