Sloth on a Branch Craft

Do you have a child who loves sloths? They’re going crazy over this sloth on Branch Craft.

Kids will love how easy and fun it is to make!

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We love making different animal crafts for kids (check out our Dinosaur Hatchery Paper Crafts or try making a rolled up peacock).

Sloths look like fun, adorable creatures, but they are highly complex arboreal mammals that are fun to study.

Did you know sloths can also swim?

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How to make a sloth on a tree branch

What you need:

printable template

colored paper (light blue, brown, beige, gray and green)

drag

glue

black marker

branch

pencil

Step-by-step instructions

Cut out the template.

Draw the head, body and legs on brown paper, then cut out everything.

Now draw the face on beige paper and then cut it out.

Draw points around the eyes on brown paper, then cut it out.

Draw the feet on gray paper and then cut them out.

Stick the face on the head.

Add small brown circles to the sloth’s face to highlight the eyes.

Draw the eyes, eyebrows, mouth and nose with a black pen.

Glue the feet onto the legs.

Make sure you get all four paws.

Glue the head to the body.

Apply glue to the back of the sloth to ensure it sticks to the branch.

Glue it to the stick too.

Glue the sloth to the tree branch.

Take the remaining two pins and glue them to the back of the stick.

This way, the sloth will look like it is lying on a tree branch.

Glue the entire branch with the sloth to the blue card.

Press down, so everything stays!

Draw six leaves on green paper.

Cut out the leaves and fold them a little.

Go ahead and glue them to the tree branches.

The final product is a sloth on a tree branch with leaves and a green background.

Creating a sloth in craft time has never been easier.

We like how it turned out.

You can place your sloth on a stand or display it on the wall.

Get your sloth on branch craft template here

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