Spring is the season of new beginnings and fresh starts. It’s a time to shake off the winter blues and embrace the warmth and sunshine. And what better way to do that than with a fun and creative craft project for kids? Introducing the coffee filter frog craft – a delightful and easy-to-make activity that’s perfect for spring.
With this craft, kids can let their imaginations run wild as they transform simple coffee filters into cute and colorful frogs. The process is simple, and the results are sure to put a smile on everyone’s face. Whether you’re a parent, grandparent, teacher, or caregiver, this craft is a great way to engage kids in a fun and educational activity that promotes creativity, fine motor skills, and cognitive development.
So grab your coffee filters, glue, markers, and scissors, and let’s hop into this exciting coffee filter frog craft for kids. With just a few simple steps, you can create a whole army of adorable frogs that will brighten up any room and spread the joy of spring all around.
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Materials
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- Coffee filters
- Food coloring
- Water
- Muffin tins
- Tray
- Eye droppers
- Construction paper (green, black and red and white)
- Scissors
- Glue
- Pencil
How to Make A Coffee Filter Frog Craft
- Start by laying out your coffee filters on a flat surface such as tray to help contain the mess. You will need one coffee filter for each frog that you want to make.
- In a muffin tin, mix together some water and a few drops of food coloring. You can use any color that you like to make your frogs. We made green frogs.
- Using an eye dropper, drop a few drops of the colored water onto each coffee filter. Be sure to cover the entire filter with the colored water, as this will give your frog its unique coloring.
- Allow the coffee filters to dry completely. This may take a few hours, so be patient.
- Cut out a large heart from construction paper. Fold the heart in half and cut along the fold line. These will be the legs. Once the coffee filters are dry glue the legs to either side of the coffee filter This will be your frog’s body and legs.
- Cut out two webbed feet. Glue these to the bottom of the legs.
- Cut out large circle from colure construction paper (depends on the colour of your frog, we used green). Cut out two white circles and two smaller black ones for the eyes. Glue the eyes to the green circles. Glue these to the top of the frog body.
- Cut out a smile from black construction paper. Glue this to the frog head.
- Cut out a long, thin strip of red construction paper for the tongue. Curl the strip around a pencil to give it a curl.
- Glue the curled red tongue onto the underside of the frog’s mouth.
- Use a black sharpie or marker to make to small dots under the eyes for the nose!
- Your coffee filter frog is now complete! You can glue everything to a sheet of construction paper to display it! You can make as many as you like, experimenting with different colors and patterns. These adorable little creatures are perfect for decorating the home or classroom and are sure to bring a smile to everyone’s face.
Age Suitability
This craft is good for toddlers aged children 2 years old and up. My kids are 5, 5 and 8 years old.
Mess Level
The mess level for this craft.
Difficulty to Create
Low.
Skills Developed
Language development, shape recognition, color recognition, hand-eye coordination, fine motor skills, imaginative play, creativity.
Toddler and Preschooler Curriculums, Books & TV Show!
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Play2Learn Toddler & Preschool Programs for Curious Toddlers
There is no limit to your toddler’s energy and curiosity. That energy and curiosity although a joy can be challenging at times. Their interest in just about everything around them is what makes them great learners. One and two year olds can soak up so much just from their senses!
But as a teacher or parent that thirst for learning can be exhausting. That is why I created this toddler and preschooler program. To help you get the most out of this time with your curious toddler without having to come up with creative ways to play and interact with them.
Play2Learn for Toddlers includes 20 Units for toddlers. Each 2-week toddler unit has 20 super easy to set up and engaging activities for toddlers 18 months to 3 years.
Play2Learn Preschool which includes 20 Units for preschoolers. Each 2-week preschoolers unit has 20 unique and easy to set up and engaging activities for preschoolers 3 years to 5 years. That’s over 800 learning activities for your toddler and preschooler at your fingertips! So many ideas you and your child will never be bored again!
These toddler and preschool lesson plans and activities will definitely keep you and your toddler and preschooler busy playing and learning!
Click here for more information: Play2Learn
Designed for toddlers 18 months and up.
Book: Exciting Sensory Bins for Curious Kids
Did you know I wrote a book of sensory bins? Click here for more information Exciting Sensory Bin for Curious Kids. Or grab your copy at Amazon.
Boring afternoons are made exciting with awesome animal-based bins, like Salty Shark Bay or Yarn Farm. Pretend play bins like Birthday Cake Sensory Play or Bubble Tea Party encourage creativity and imagination. And your kids will have so much fun they won’t even know they’re getting smarter with STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) activities like Sink or Float Soup, Magnetic Letter Hunt or Ice Cream Scoop and Count.
Designed for toddlers 18 months and up.
Book: Super STEAM Activity Book for Kids
Learning all about science, technology, engineering, art, and math sets kids up for scholastic success―and it can be so much fun! Watch kids enjoy building STEAM skills as they color friendly fish, help water find its way to tree roots, solve math problems with mazes, and more.
Find out more and grab your copy here.
Designed for preschoolers 3 years old and up.
Book: Big Book of Riddles for Kids
Riddle me this: What’s an exciting way to practice critical thinking while having a blast? The Big Riddle Book for Kids, of course! From hilarious puns to tough brain teasers, kids can build problem-solving skills with hundreds of riddles that show them how to think outside the box.
- 350 riddles for kids—Have hours of fun with riddles, puns and jokes, and math and logic puzzles that’ll get their wheels turning!
- Level up their skills—Riddles get trickier as kids progress through the book, challenging them as they get better at solving puzzles!
- Double-check their work—Kids can check their answers in the back of the book with a handy answer key.
Help children expand their minds while having fun with this puzzle book for kids!
Designed for kids ages 6 years old and up.
TV Show: Curious Crafting
I’m so excited to share my crafting TV show Curious Crafting which launched in 2022 on TVOkids and TVOkids YouTube!
Set in the ultimate crafting space, Curious Crafting is a short form pre-school age series about the joy of making crafts. I lead a rotating cast of adorable little preschoolers (including my own) making magic out of common household objects.
In each episode we transform recycled items into magical crafts like a milk carton school bus, paper bag puppet or cotton pad turtle. The crafters learn and laugh their way through each activity while demonstrating what their young imaginations can create.
Curious Crafting shares the adventure and joy of making art with takeaway lessons for creating crafts at home.
This show designed for toddlers and preschoolers 2.5 years old and up.
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