11 Alligator Craft For Kids

11 Alligator Craft For Kids

It’s summer, and your kids are probably going through a dinosaur phase. If they’re anything like mine, they’ve been asking to learn about alligators for weeks! 

This can be a fun opportunity to talk about one of nature’s scariest creatures. Alligator crafts for kids teach them about these ferocious creatures, as well as provide some hands-on learning that will help keep their attention during this important lesson.

Alligator Paper Plate Craft

This alligator craft is easy and fun to make. You’ll need.

• One paper plate
• Paint, crayons, or markers
• Googly eyes
• Pipe cleaner for the tail. We cut ours into 3 pieces and then bent them so that they looked like an alligator’s tail. It was also fun to twist each piece in different directions while they were sticking out of the bottom of our plate as well! (That’s optional.)

If you don’t have googly eyes, you can just draw on some black dots with a marker instead! If you want to give your alligator teeth, which would be pretty cool too.

use a hole punch to make holes around the edge of one side of your plate, and then cut out some strips from construction paper or other scrap paper color slightly larger than the holes in order to cover those areas up when done making him/her look fierce enough! Make sure that once finished cutting everything out using scissors don’t leave anything sharp sticking out anywhere else because accidents happen when trying new things 🙂

Handprint Alligators

• Cut out the handprint alligator shape from a paper plate.
• Use red and black paint to paint your child’s handprint as shown above. Use the sponge brush to add some texture to the skin of your alligator, then let dry!

Crocodile Feet Headband

Materials.

• Toilet paper roll
• Construction paper
• Crocodile feet template (or you can draw your own)

Glue, scissors, and headband for wearing the craft when it’s finished. The headband is optional, but this will make a great party favor for guests to take home with them. 

If it’s not part of the party activity, make sure you have plenty of glue on hand so kids can get started right away! Use whatever colors they want since they’re going to be covering up everything anyways. 

You could even cut out some fun shapes using other craft supplies like glitter or foam stickers if you wanted something different than stripes!

Paper Roll Crocodile

This alligator craft is an easy one to make and is great for a rainy day. It can easily be used as a puppet or mask, too.

To make this alligator craft, you will need:

• cardboard rolls (the size of the cardboard roll should be half the length of your child’s arm)
• scissors

The steps are simple: Unroll one side of the cardboard roll and cut four slits in it with your scissors so that they resemble teeth when you put them back together. Cut out some eyes from construction paper and glue them onto your cardboard roll with a playdough or glue stick. Let dry overnight before using!

Toilet Paper Roll Alligators

Take a toilet paper roll and cut it in half.

• Use some glue to attach the two halves together, forming an alligator’s body (see image 2 below).
• Cut two small pieces of pipe cleaner and use them as legs for your alligator (see image 3 below). You can also use buttons instead if you want!
• Cut four long strips from colored paper and crinkle them up like an alligator’s skin before gluing them on both sides of your alligator’s body (see image 4 below).

Paper Plate Alligator

Materials

• Paper plate
• Sticky tape or glue
• Paint and paintbrush
• Markers or crayons (optional)

Alligator Puppet

Print out the template and cut it out.

• Fold along all of the dotted lines, then glue or tape them together to make a puppet! (If you don’t have any glue, try a little bit of water.)
• Make up a silly story about your alligator puppet, or act out a scene from one of your favorite books or movies with him! You can even use him as an extra character in one of your favorite stories—the possibilities are endless!

Paper Plate Rolling Alligator

Materials

• A paper plate
• Paint, markers, and crayons
• Glue stick
• Hole punch or pencil sharpener (if you’re using a regular hole punch)

Instructions

Paint the paper plate in your choice of colors. Let dry completely before continuing. If you like, you can use crayons to color the edges of your alligator’s body as well!

Glue two paper plates together with a glue stick so that they make one big piece (we used red for our alligator). If you don’t have any extra paper plates lying around, don’t worry—just draw an outline for your alligator on white construction paper and cut it out.

Use a hole punch to make holes for eyes and a mouth at one end of the alligator head (or draw them), then attach pipe cleaners to each hole so that they stick out slightly from both sides (this will be its tail).

Cute Clay Pot Alligators

You can use a clay pot instead of a paper plate. You can paint the clay pot if you want. 

Add other decorations to the clay pot, like googly eyes and feathers! 

Then, make the alligator’s mouth open and close using a rubber band (which will be hidden under the bottom of your alligator).

Fingerprint Crocodiles

Place your index finger on a piece of white paper.

• Use a pencil to trace around the outside of your finger, making sure you don’t cut off any details or miss any of them.
• Cut out this shape from the paper, then use it as a stencil for tracing onto black construction paper using watercolors in green, blue, and yellow. Make sure that all of these colors overlap so that you get an ombre effect when you dry them!
• Now add more details like nostrils (use Q-tips), eyes (make two white dots) and mouth (a triangle inside another triangle).

Teach Your Kids About Alligators With These Fun Crafts!

Alligators are fascinating animals, and there’s nothing more exciting than learning about them. With this craft, 

you can teach your little ones all about the habitat of an alligator, such as where they live and what they eat. This craft is also a great way to teach your kids about the food chain and ecosystem.

Conclusion

I hope this list of alligator crafts has given you some ideas for how to teach your kids about these awesome reptiles. I remember being fascinated with them when I was young, and it’s so important for kids today to learn about the world around them. If you have any more ideas or questions about any of these projects, please let me know in the comments below!