Fun and Easy Strawberry Craft for Kids

I think strawberries are the funnest fruit. This adorable strawberry craft brings a strawberry to life. You’re going to want to create several of these cute strawberry crafts so that you can use them to put on a puppet show and tell a story. Pose the arms and legs any way you want. The pipe cleaner arms can even hold small objects.

If you like this fun Spring craft, you’re also going to want to make this popsicle stick strawberry and this watermelon craft. Don’t forget to grab your free printable fruit coloring pages too.

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Fun Facts About Strawberries

• The average strawberry has 200 seeds.
• Strawberries are the first fruit to ripen in the Spring.
• Americans eat 3.4 lbs of fresh strawberries a year and even more frozen strawberries.
• The perfect temperature for growing a strawberry plant is between 55 and 78 degrees.
• California produces 75% of strawberries in the US, averaging 21 tons per year.
• Strawberries are a member of the rose family.

To learn more about strawberries from this article by the Strawberry Shack.

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The only thing better than making crafts is combining creating with reading a good book on the same topic. It’s a great way to also encourage a love of reading.

How to make a Cute Strawberry Craft

This strawberry is perfect for spending a lazy rainy Spring day indoors. Create several, give them their own unique touches and personalities. Then put on a show! The only limit is your imagination.

SUPPLIES FROM THE BAG

• Paper plate (9-inch coated)
• Pipe cleaners
• Elmer’s glue
• Black or white pony beads
• Scissors
• Crayons (or markers)
• Googly eyes (or paper googly eyes)
• Green pipe cleaners
• Scotch tape
• Black sharpie marker
• Strawberry craft template

To make crafting with your kids actually do-able and fun (like it should be), we always stick to a list of basic supplies that fit into one bag for all of the crafts that you see on this site. We never stray from the master list so that once you fill your bag, you’re ready to craft along over and over again, even when time and money is tight. Now let’s craft some memories!

Check Out the Full Video Tutorial for This Cute Strawberry Craft…

Step-by-step Instructions:

Step 1: Color the Base of Your Easy Craft

• Cut the curved sides off of your paper plate.
• Then turn it over to the bottom (matte surface) and color the surface with your favorite strawberry color.

Step 2: Cut Out a Strawberry Shape

• Turn the plate over to the other side and draw on a strawberry shape, filling up the center of the plate.
• You can download the free strawberry craft template for this step to make it easier.
• Now cut out your strawberry shape.

Step 3: Give It Some Personality

• Go back to your crayons and markers and add details to your strawberry.
• Then add some googly eyes and draw on a mouth. A Sharpie works best for this if you’ve used crayons to color the strawberry.

Step 4: Add the Arms and Legs

• Turn your strawberry over to the back and place a pipe cleaner across the center.
• Tape it in place to form the arms of your strawberry puppet.
• Then take a second pipe cleaner and fold it in half.
• Tape that pipe cleaner to the bottom of your strawberry to form the legs.
• As a finishing touch, take a green pipe cleaner and fold it into 3 loops so that it looks like the leaves at the top of a strawberry.
• Tape it in place also.

Step 5: Create the Hands and Feet

• To form the hands of your strawberry puppet, just roll the ends of the pipe cleaner.
• Repeat this process for the feet, making the rolled part a little more oblong to imitate the look of feet.
• Then bend the arms and legs into whatever pose your would like.

Step 6 (optional): Add the Strawberry Seeds

• As a finishing touch, put little dots of school glue on your strawberry craft.
• Place black (or white) pony beads on each of the dots of glue to create the seeds of your strawberry.

We stuck with traditional colors for our strawberry, but feel free to think outside the box. Why not create a rainbow colors strawberry or a purple strawberry with orange seeds? This is only meant to be a starting place. Maybe you want to add an outfit created out of paper or give him some hair. There are no limits!

Keep the Crafty Fun Going!

Ditch the Paper Plate

Another approach to this craft is to simply print the free strawberry craft template onto some heave cardstock. Then just use that as the base for your project instead of a paper plate. Do not, however, use standard printer paper. It’s not heavy enough to support the arms and legs.

Here are even more Spring Crafts to make

Popsicle Stick Bug Crafts

Simple Frog Craft

Jumpy Bunny Craft

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