The Inspiration for this lion craft came from the children’s book, Dandelion by Don Freeman, a book about a lion who nobody recognizes.
For this craft you will be using brown and yellow construction paper to make a lion puppet that is perfect for preschool and kindergarten. Download the lion puppet templates and print them on construction paper for a fun and easy craft!

To make this craft a little easier to prepare you can print the outlines on white copy paper and have the kids color the lion face themselves with markers or crayons.

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For this craft you will need:

• Yellow and light brown construction paper
• Scissors
• Glue sticks
• Straws
• Tape
• Printer
• Lion Face Template
• Lion Mane Template

Step One

Print the Lion Face Template onto light brown construction paper. Each page has two lion faces on it so you will only need half as many copies as you have students. Cut the paper down the middle so there is one lion face on each half.

Step Two

Print the Lion Mane Template onto yellow construction paper. There is only one mane per piece of construction paper and there will be some paper left over so you can save this scrap paper for future craft projects!

Step Three
Cut out the mane and snip carefully around the edge, towards the middle of the circle to make the fur on the mane. Cut out the lion face and glue the face onto the middle of the mane. Finally, tape a straw onto the back side to complete the puppet!