Are you in love with all things sloth lately?
If so, you are going to adore our latest craft.
Our free template makes prep time for thissloth crafta breeze.
Keep in the hearts or switch them out for paper leaves for more of an evergreen end result.
Either way, this sloth craft is absolutely adorable!
Imagine how darling a wall full of these paper sloths would look up on a classroom display.
The thought makes me squeal with delight!
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Supplies:
Instructions:
1.
Print & cut out template
Begin by downloading and printing out thesloth craft template.
Cut out each of the pieces of the template.
Trace template pieces
Trace the pieces of the template on your colored cardstock paper.
On the kraft paper, trace the sloth body and the sloth leg four times.
Trace the face on cream cardstock, eye patches on brown cardstock and the nose on black cardstock.
Cut out pieces
Cut out each of the template pieces you traced.
Now make tree limb
Cut out a tree limb from brown cardstock.
Glue the body of the sloth in the middle of the top of the tree limb.
Glue face details on
Glue the sloth cream sloth face on your sloth craft.
Then glue the eye patches and nose on your sloth face.
Draw face details
Use a black marker to draw eyes and mouth on your sloth.
We drew the sloth with closed eyes to look like he was lounging taking a nap.
You could also use googly eyes for an alternative.
Next draw claw lines on the bottom of each of the sloth legs.
Time to put your sloth craft together
7.
Cut out more hearts
Fold a piece of purple paper in half and cut out several smarts from it.
We used two different shades of purple to add extra color to the sloth craft.
Add purple hearts
Glue your purple hearts all over your tree branches.