Easy Seal Craft for Kids
This harp seal craft is beyond adorable. And it goes together so quickly with the free printable. Some fluff is added with a DIY pompom. I’ll show you how to make it. There’s even a craft tutorial video that you can follow to make crafting even easier.
This adorable seal craft is even more fun when paired with other animal-themed projects! Create an entire arctic or ocean animal collection by adding a few more of our favorite animal crafts. Kids will love learning about different habitats while building their own handmade animal friends like these: arctic polar bear, penguin craft, walrus pouch craft, orca whale craft, diving dolphin and baby sea turtle craft
Skills This Craft Builds
- fine motor skills
- scissor skills
- creativity
- hand-eye coordination
- following directions
Crafts are such a great developmental tool for kids (improves motor planning, attention span, executive functioning, fine motor skills, language development and more), and using flashcards makes planning crafts for your kids to enjoy even easier.
Just print out a few of your favorites onto cardstock, cut them into the cards with a hole in the corner and place them on a keyring that you can connect to your craft supply bag (which you can fill using our master list of supplies that we stick to for every single one of the projects in the flashcard collection). It’s so simple.
Best Ages for This Seal Craft
Preschool
This seal craft is a fun option for preschoolers with a little adult support. Young children can practice gluing, coloring, and other basic fine motor skills while creating an adorable arctic animal craft.
Kindergarten
Kindergarten students can complete much of this craft independently while continuing to build cutting, assembly, and problem-solving skills. It also fits well into winter and animal-themed classroom lessons.
Elementary
Elementary-aged kids can use this craft as a creative extension to ocean or arctic animal studies. Older children may enjoy adding extra details, creating a habitat scene, or learning more about seals and their environment.
Classroom Uses
- arctic animal unit
- polar animal lesson
- winter crafts
- ocean animal study
Fun Facts about Harp Seals
- Female seals are called cows.
- Baby seals are born right on the ice and have a fluffy white coat.
- They are excellenet swimmers and can go up to 12 mph.
- Seals mostly eat small fish, and their whiskers help them detect prey in the water.
- They communicate with vocalizations like grunts, barks and trills.
For more interesting facts about seals, check out this article from National Geographic Kids.
Books to pair with this Seal Printable Craft
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How to make a Seal Craft
We’re going to keep our seal white, like the adorable furry white babies. But you can choose to change up the colors any way that you like.
Check Out the Video Tutorial:
SUPPLIES FROM THE BAG
- White yarn
- Scissors
- Crayons or markers
- Seal Template
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Seal Craft Instructions:
Step 1: Start the Pompom
The first step is to start making your pompom so that your owl will have a nice fluffy finish.
- Fold a paper plate (or use cardboard) in half and trim off the sides until you have a rectangle approximately 5″ across.
- Cut a small slit in the middle. Now you have a pompom maker template.
- Wrap the white yarn around and around your pompom maker until it is nice and fluffy.
- Cut a piece of yarn about 12″ long. Then lace it through the slit and tie it around the bundle of yarn. Pull it as tight as you can without breaking anything.
- Tie a double knot.
*There is a template for the pompom maker included in the seal craft template.
Step 2: Finish Off the Pompom
- Slide the wrapped yarn off of the pompom template.
- Then trim it into a round fluffy pompom as pictured.
Step 3: Use the FREE Craft Template
- Download and print the free seal template. For best results, print it onto heavy cardstock.
- Once the seal is printed, cut it out.
Step 4: Add Some Color
- Use your crayons or markers to add any details that you would like to your seal. We kept him mostly white with some color on his snout and cheeks, but you can make him however you like.
Don’t hold back, make this craft your own with any colors that you like. There are no rules. Maybe your seal is rainbow colored or pink with orange polka dots. Just go for it.
Step 5: Attach the Pom Pom to Your Ocean Animal Craft
- If you haven’t already, cut the slits on the sides of your seal.
- Place the pompom on the front center of your seal, over his tummy.
- Take the long tails of your pompom and slide them into the slits.
- Last, tie it off in the back and cut away any excess.
Seal Craft Variations
- baby harp seal version – make a smaller version to make a baby seal
- snowy arctic scene – color a piece of paper with a pretty arctic background and put seal on top
- colorful seal craft – use different colored yarn or Washi Tape for your seal color
- ocean habitat version – create a habitat with a small cardboard box for your seal to live in
FAQ – Seal Craft ???
Yes, toddlers can enjoy this seal craft with some adult assistance. Younger children may need help with cutting and assembly, but they can still participate by gluing pieces together and decorating their seal. Pre-cutting the template pieces is a great way to make this activity more toddler-friendly.
Yes! Cardstock is a great option for this seal craft template because it makes the pieces sturdier and easier for little hands to handle. Regular printer paper also works well, but cardstock will create a more durable finished craft that can be displayed or saved.
Absolutely! This seal craft is a great addition to classroom, homeschool, and daycare activities. It works well for winter themes, ocean animal studies, and arctic animal units while giving kids the opportunity to practice fine motor skills and creativity.
Yes, this craft pairs perfectly with an arctic animal lesson. While creating their seal, children can learn about arctic habitats, animal adaptations, and the unique characteristics of harp seals. It’s an easy way to combine art and science in a hands-on activity.
Aside from changing up the colors of yarn and using crayons or markers to add creative details to your arctic animal craft, there are more things in your craft bag you can use to take this craft to the next level.
One of my favorite craft supplies is washi tape. Grab some and cover your seal in all kinds of patterns with washi tape. Or cover your animal craft with pieces of tissue paper. Create a white on white texture pattern with swirls of Elmer’s glue. Once they dry it will be such an interesting look.
We just used basic white craft yarn to create our pom pom. The fuller and fluffier the yarn is, the less of it you’ll need to make a great pom pom for your seal craft. Anything that you would use to crochet would be perfect.
Here are even more Arctic Animal Crafts to make…
Fluffy Snowy Owl Craft
Fluffy Arctic Hare Craft
Yarn Wrapped Polar Bear Craft
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