If you have kids who love penguins, there’s no better way to get them excited than introducing activities that feature these wonderful flightless aquatic birds.
In this blog post, I’ve incorporated activities with penguins as the central figure that will keep your kids engaged while also being fun.
Penguin Activities for Your Kids
I hope these penguin-related activities and crafts I have listed here will keep your kids engaged and also become a source of enjoyment.
Pop up Penguin Craft
The Pop up Penguin Craft is a delightful and fun activity that will engage kids in creating their own 3D penguin figures.
With just a few simple materials, such as black, white, and yellow paper, googly eyes, and some glue, children can fold and assemble their penguins to make them come to life.
This craft not only encourages creativity but also helps develop fine motor skills as kids cut, fold and glue the various pieces together.
Penguin Poppers
Penguin Poppers is an exciting and interactive craft activity for your kids!
Using simple materials like an empty tube or paper cup, paper, pom poms. kids can create their very own penguin and enjoy the added fun of launching pom poms out of the popper.
This activity not only sparks creativity but also enhances fine motor skills as children glue, fold, and aim their penguin poppers. The best part? They can have endless fun popping the pom poms across the room!
Egg Carton Penguins
Egg Carton Penguins is a fun and creative DIY craft project for kids!
By recycling an egg carton, kids can create adorable little penguins using basic supplies like paint, googly eyes, and colorful paper for the feet.
Not only is this a fantastic way to teach kids about recycling, but it also enhances their fine motor skills as they cut, glue and paint.
The best part is that the penguins can be customized with different colors and expressions, giving each one a unique personality.
Penguin Headband
The Penguin Headband craft is a delightful and simple activity for your kids, making it perfect for classroom projects or home fun.
By using basic materials like black and white paper, googly eyes, and a red strip for the scarf, children can easily create a cute penguin design to wear.
This hands on activity helps improve motor skills and creativity as kids cut, color, and assemble their headbands.
Paper Cup Penguin Craft
This Paper Cup Penguin Craft is a fun and easy DIY project for kids!
Using simple materials like a paper cup, colored paper, and a few decorative touches, children can create their own adorable penguin friends.
With a little bit of paint and glue, your child can bring this cute penguin to life, making it a great addition to any winter themed classroom or home craft collection.
It’s an enjoyable, hands on way to explore the world of penguins while having fun!
Paper Roll Penguin Craft
This Paper Roll Penguin Craft is a wonderful, eco friendly way to keep your kids engaged while creating their own adorable penguins!
Using just a few simple materials like paper rolls, construction paper and googly eyes, your children can bring these charming penguins to life. This activity helps develop their fine motor skills and creativity while they cut, glue and assemble each piece.
This craft is a perfect for winter or animal related activities at home or in the classroom.
Penguin Finger Puppet Craft
This Penguin Finger Puppet Craft is a delightful activity that brings creativity to life!
Using simple materials like paper, scissors, and markers, kids can design their own penguin puppets to wear on their fingers.
Not only does it encourage artistic expression, but it also enhances fine motor skills as they cut out the shapes and assemble the puppets.
Whether it’s for story time or a fun penguin-themed event, these finger puppets are perfect for imaginative play and a great bonding activity.
Woven Penguin
This Woven Penguin Craft is a fun and engaging way for kids to explore both creativity and fine motor skills!
By using yarn kids can create a woven design on a cut out penguin shape, they will practice hand eye coordination while adding colorful details like googly eyes and paper feet.
The process of weaving not only encourages focus but also helps in developing their dexterity.
Paper Plate Penguin
This Paper Plate Penguin craft is an excellent activity for young children to explore their creativity! Using simple materials like a paper plate, googly eyes, and some paint, kids can make their own adorable penguin.
This activity helps children develop their artistic skills, hand eye coordination and fine motor abilities as they paint and assemble the penguin’s features.
It’s a fun, easy and engaging way to introduce kids to penguins while fostering their love for crafting.
Penguin Shape Matching
I create this fantastic Penguin Shape Matching activity for children to learn about shapes in a fun and interactive way.
By matching the colored shapes to the corresponding penguins, kids can enhance their shape recognition skills and boost cognitive development.
It’s not only engaging but also helps improve their motor skills as they cut, match, and place the shapes. This craft is perfect for reinforcing basic geometry concepts in a playful, penguin themed activity.
Torn Paper Penguin
This Torn Paper Penguin craft is an awesome way to engage your kids in a tactile art activity.
It helps develop fine motor skills as children tear the paper into small pieces and glue them on to create the penguin’s fluffy belly.
The fun process of tearing paper make this a fantastic activity for young learners to work on their creativity, focus, and hand eye coordination. Plus, the end result is a cute, colorful penguin that’s perfect for display!
Penguin Missing Number
Behind this Penguin Missing Number activity my aim is give an enjoyable and engaging way to kids for practice their counting and number recognition skills.
In this activity, you can cut out the numbered penguins and ask your children to paste them in the correct order.
It’s a fun way to reinforce number sequence while also developing their fine motor skills and understanding of numeracy concepts.
Penguin Color Sorting
The Penguin Color Sorting activity is a fantastic way to enhance color recognition and sorting skills in young children.
In this fun and interactive task, children will match and place the colored penguin images into the correct columns based on their color.
This colour sorting activity is perfect for early learners looking to practice their sorting and color identification in a playful way.
Penguin Counting Cards
I designed this playful and engaging Penguin Counting Cards for children to practice counting from 1 to 10.
Each card features an adorable penguin rolling a snowball, helping young learners visualize numbers and associate them with groups of snowballs.
These cards not only improve number recognition but also introduce the concept of counting using tangible visuals.
This cards are perfect educational tool for preschoolers to develop early math skills in a fun theme.
Penguin Number Match Clip Card
Personaly i love this penguin number match clip cards because it’s an interactive and engaging way to help children practice number recognition and counting skills.
Each card features penguins in varying quantities, and children are encouraged to match the correct number using a clothespin.
The penguin theme adds a fun twist to this educational activity, making learning more enjoyable. This cards are Perfect for preschoolers and early learners because it’s reinforcing basic math concepts in a playful way!
Penguin Bookmark
The Penguin Bookmark is a delightful craft project that doubles as a useful and fun reading accessory.
This DIY bookmark features a cute penguin design, with its body shaped as the bookmark, and the head as a corner bookmark that fits neatly over the edge of a book.
It’s a creative way to encourage reading while adding a personalized touch to your child’s book collection.
Penguin Salt Painting
This Penguin Salt Painting activity is a creative and sensory fun project where your kids can make their own penguin artwork using salt.
This activity involves drawing or tracing a penguin on a piece of black paper, applying glue, and then sprinkling salt on the glue to create a textured effect.
The penguin’s body is highlighted with white salt, and the rest of the penguin is decorated with colored paper for a cute finish.
Footprint Penguin Craft
This Footprint Penguin Craft is an engaging and fun activity for kids to create adorable penguin characters using their footprints as the penguin’s body.
The penguins are decorated with colorful scarves, hats, and googly eyes.
This craft is a great way to get creative while incorporating a personal touch with the footprint shape. It encourages kids to practice their cutting and gluing skills while creating a festive winter themed craft.
Paper Penguin Craft
This delightful and simple Paper Penguin Craft create by my 4th grade students using colored paper,glue scissor and googly eyes.
The craft involves cutting out penguin shapes, adding colorful accessories like hats and bows, and gluing them together.
It’s a fun way to engage young crafters, helping them develop their fine motor skills while creating adorable penguin characters.
Feed the Penguin
The Feed the Penguin activity is a fun and interactive way for kids to learn through play.
In this craft, children can engage by feeding the penguin stickers shaped like colorful fish.
It’s an enjoyable exercise that not only keeps children entertained but also helps them develop fine motor skills as they carefully place the fish into the penguin’s mouth.
Perfect for a winter themed classroom or at home activity, this exercise fosters both learning and creativity.
Penguin Ice Skating
The Penguin Ice Skating activity is a cool hands on craft for children.
It involves placing penguin figures made from paper and popsicle sticks onto ice cubes, mimicking the fun of ice skating.
Children can slide the penguins around on the “ice” while exploring the physics of movement.
This engaging and playful activity is perfect for building fine motor skills, creativity, and understanding basic physical concepts, all while having fun with a winter themed craft.
Conclusion
I hope you enjoyed reading the list of penguin activities I’ve done with my kids.
Please let me know in the comments below if you liked the activities and would try any of these at home with your kids.
I’m a former teacher (and mother of Two Childs) with a background in child development. Here to help you with play-based learning activities for kids. ( Check my Next startup Cledemy.Com)