Lamb Craft

Easter Place Name Holder

This lamb craft makes a cute Easter place name holder for your Easter party. The body is made out of cotton swabs, and the legs are made from two clothespins. The clothespins can hold a name tag or a little note. You can also just make the lamb's body and made paper legs, and then you can turn this Spring craft into a magnet, an embellishment for a fun Easter card.

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Things Needed:

white card stock
cotton swabs
scissors
glue
two wooden clothespin
markers to add the face
small ribbon to make a bow for the head

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1. Begin the lamb craft by clicking here to open up a PDF file of the patterns for the body and head (a new window will open, Adobe Reader required). Print this out on white card stock, and then cut out the patterns.

2. Next, cut off the heads of cotton swabs. If a child is making this craft, be sure an adult does this part. Make each cotton swab end about 1/2 inch long.

cutting cotton swabs

3. Begin gluing the cotton swab tips to the card stock body of the sheep, beginning at the back of the body. Then, layer more cotton swabs across the body. Use the photos below to guide you.

first layer

4. Next, glue two cotton swab tips to the side of the head to be the ears, as shown below.

5. To make the lamb's "hair", cut three cotton swab tips off right at the head of the swab; they will be about 1/4 long. Layer and glue these to the top of the head as shown.

6. Use some markers to add on some cute facial features for the lamb.

7. Tie the ribbon in a small bow, and glue it to the top of the lamb's head.

8. Glue two wooden clothespins to the back of the lamb's body. Check for balance and levelness when the glue is tacky, by standing the lamb up. Readjust the legs as necessary. Then allow them to dry completely.

legs

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Christmas Lamb Find out how we used this precious little qtip lamb:

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Clever idea! I love this little guy! I'm including a link to it in my Friday Favorites feature tomorrow at http://craftystaci.com!

Sunday School Teacher What a cool craft - I had everything but clothespins already. Works so well.

Soo Adorable! I can even see doing this in pink and blue for a baby shower place holder.

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Lamb Easter Name Holder I am having a difficult time getting the lamb to stay upright. The weight of the q-tips is too much for the two clothes pins. Help...any suggestions ...