Simple Paper Plate Lion Weaving Craft for Kids

This super cute lion paper plate craft is simple to make, but helps children work on fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination too! This lion craft is perfect for toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, and 2nd graders too. Make this paper plate lion craft  by doing an easy weaving activity to make a super simple, but stuning mane. So whether you are doing an animal theme, working on L is for lion, or just like making animal crafts for kids, you will love this lion craft for kids.

Lion Craft

Fine motor skills are an important part of development for kids as they grow. What starts out as small tasks of picking up Cheerios and rattles turns into the ability to write, tie their own shoes, and even help their hand-eye coordination (plus so much more!). With how fun it can be to work these muscles, you definitely don’t want to miss out on giving your kids every chance they can get to practice their fine motor skills.

Weaving is a great way to develop fine motor skills for toddlers and preschoolers and definitely encourages hand-eye coordination. Lining up a piece of yarn with a small hole and pushing it through takes serious concentration! You could even work this lion craft preschool into an alphabet series for the letter L. This adorable paper plate lion craft is sure to be a hit with your toddlers, preschoolers, kindergartners, grade 1, and grade 2 students. Whether you are a parent, teacher, or homeschooler – you will love making this lion paper plate craft as part of a paper plate craft or just a lion craft for kids to go along with a zoo animals theme.

Looking more fun kid craft ideas or animal activities? We have lots to choose from! Take a peak at our free zoo scavenger hunt printables, free life cycle of a lion for kids worksheet pack, animal habitats for kids clip cards, and preschool animal worksheets.

lion paper plate crafts

To complete this craft, you only need a few quick items you probably already have!

• A paper plate
• Yellow paint
• Paint brush
• Orange yarn or string
• Hole puncher
• Black marker

lion paper plate craft preschool

Making this lion arts and crafts will be as easy as 1, 2, 3 for your child! First, let them simply paint the paper plate yellow all over. Once dry, you’ll want to hole punch all around the edge of the plate. If you want to put holes in further than your hole punch will allow, you may need to punch them through with a knitting needle or something similar.

lion art project

Cut off some orange yarn and tie it through one hole so that your kids don’t keep pulling it through. Then let them go crazy with weaving! You can encourage them to follow a general direction around the plate and not across to make it look more like a lion’s mane. But beyond that, they can weave the yarn in and out in any pattern they like!

easy lion paper plate craft

Once they are all done, simply draw a little lion face on and that’s it! Easy, adorable, and still getting some important skillwork in. For your older kids, such as kindergarteners or even first graders, they could also spend some more time decorating the lion’s face with more detail. This fun lion craft is sure to be a hit!