3D Valentines Day Paper Whale

Want to create something special and cute for V-Day? Let’s make a cute 3D paper whale Valentine’s Day craft using cardboard with our step-by-step instructions.

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We love making all things Valentine’s Day themed projects (see Valentine’s Day Fingerprint Tree Craft or Handprint Heart Craft ) and make some extras handmade.

The first one we will show you is this small and cute Valentine whale. We hope you’ll craft with us, and we hope you’ll love this pink whale as much as we do.

It has a pink heart on the top of its head and the head can spin around, which means you will have a lot of fun playing with it.

How to make 3D paper whale crafts for Valentine’s Day

What you need:

dark pink cardboard
light pink cardboard
white cardboard
round awl
The ruler is circular
black lining
split battery
circle object
drag
glue

Let’s start!

Step-by-step instructions

Base

Draw circular objects on light pink cardboard.

Cut out the circular object with scissors.

Whale

Draw a circle (the size of this circle must be equal to the size of the punched circle later).

Draw two fins and a tail.

Cut out this whale shape with scissors.

Glue the whale shape to the center of the light pink circle.

Punch out a dark pink circle.

Attach this circle to the body shape using split pins.

Separate the pins on the back of the light pink circles so the circles stay in place.

3D body

Cut four dark pink stripes.

Fold their heads.

Glue the first dark pink stripe onto the dark pink circle.

Add a second dark pink stripe. The stripes will form an X shape.

Tape them on top so they don’t move.

Add the remaining two stripes. This 3D shape is the whale’s body.

Comb

Cut a small light pink stripe.

Fold it up like you see in this picture – we call this the door shape.

Stick the door image on the whale’s body.

Cut a wider strip of light pink then use scissors to create a comb shape.

Glue this comb shape to the door shape as shown in the picture.

Wrap the comb shape around the door shape and seal with glue at the end.

Cut another stripe from light pink cardstock.

Fold one end of this strip.

Place this strip over the whale’s body.

Draw, cut out, then glue a small hot pink heart on top of this last stripe.

Mouth and Eyes

Take a black liner and draw a small round mouth.

On white paper, draw two small round eyes.

Cut out the eyes and glue them onto the whale’s head.

This octopus is so adorable!

Your 3D paper whale craft for Valentine’s Day is complete!

Happy V-day!

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