Panda fork painting

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Panda fork painting - make these funky fork print pandas with your preschoolers - a simple kids craft with panda bears

Fun Kids Craft

Panda Fork Painting

Make the cutest panda bears with your toddlers or preschoolers! All you need is paint and a fork to start the printing fun.

We’ve made panda bears but you can use the same method to make shaggy lions, prickly hedgehogs or furry monsters. Enjoy the fork painting fun.

Summary

Time: 10 minutes
Age: Toddlers to Little kids
Difficulty: Easy peasy

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You will need:

  • Fork
  • White paint
  • Black paint
  • Black felt
  • White felt
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • Paintbrush

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Panda fork painting - make these funky fork print pandas with your preschoolers - a simple kids craft with panda bears
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Step 1: Start making fork prints

Dip the back of a fork in white paint and press it down on your paper to make fork prints.

Start printing round in a circle to make your panda’s face.

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Panda fork painting - make these funky fork print pandas with your preschoolers - a simple kids craft with panda bears
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Step 2: Print the furry face

Keep printing with your fork until you have covered a whole circle for your panda’s face.

Then make a second, slightly larger circle below it for his body.

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Panda fork painting - make these funky fork print pandas with your preschoolers - a simple kids craft with panda bears
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Step 3: Add the black stripes

Once your white paint is dry dip your fork into black paint. Start printing all around the panda’s body.

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Panda fork painting - make these funky fork print pandas with your preschoolers - a simple kids craft with panda bears
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Step 4: Add some paws

Print two little circles at the bottom of the body (in black paint again) to make the panda’s paws.

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Panda fork painting - make these funky fork print pandas with your preschoolers - a simple kids craft with panda bears
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Step 5: Cut out shapes for the ears, eyes, nose and paws

Using black felt cut out shapes for your panda’s ears, eyes and nose.

Then cut two small circles from white felt for the pads of his paws.

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Panda fork painting - make these funky fork print pandas with your preschoolers - a simple kids craft with panda bears
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Step 6: Glue on the felt

Glue the felt shapes in place on your painting. Your panda is starting to come together now and is almost finished.

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Step 7: Add the finishing touches

Use a paint brush to draw on your panda bear’s smile. Add two tiny dots to the centre of his eyes.

He’s ready!

Your funky panda fork painting is ready!

Panda fork painting - make these funky fork print pandas with your preschoolers - a simple kids craft with panda bears

This craft was inspired by the easy Fork Print panda faces by Michelle on her amazing blog Crafty Morning.

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