Whale Crafts for Preschoolers: Creative Crafts and Worksheets

Looking for different ways to implement Whale Crafts in your homeschooling? Look no further! These fun crafts are perfect to include in your free time for your preschooler! At the bottom of the post you will find kids crafts and a FREE template with Earth day/Whale worksheets. This Paper Earth Day & Whale Craft  Worksheet bundle is suitable for older children too. The Themed Activities include easy craft (cute whale craft) for children.

Ocean Animal Craft: Fun Whale Crafts

Creating a Whale Craft for preschoolers can be a fun and educational activity. Here’s a simple and engaging whale craft idea:

Materials:

1. Blue construction paper or cardstock
2. White construction paper
3. Googly eyes
4. Glue
5. Scissors
6. Black marker
7. Blue or green tissue paper (optional)

Instructions:

1. Cutting:
   • From the blue construction paper, cut out a large whale body shape. You can make it a simple oval or use a template if needed.
   • Cut out a smaller whale tail from the blue paper.
   • Cut a white oval shape for the whale’s belly.
2. Assembling:
   • Glue the white oval onto the center of the blue whale body to create the whale’s belly.
   • Attach the tail to the back of the whale body using glue.
3. Decorating:
   • Glue one googly eye onto each side of the whale’s face. If you don’t have googly eyes, you can draw eyes with a black marker.
   • Optional: Cut small squares or rectangles from blue or green tissue paper to create water spouts or waves. Glue them around the whale for added decoration.
4. Finishing Touches:
   • Use a black marker to draw a smiling mouth on the whale.
   • If you like, you can add other details like water bubbles or seaweed using the marker or additional paper.
5. Display:
   • Once the glue is dry, you can display the whale crafts on a bulletin board, wall, or create an underwater scene by adding more sea creatures and elements.

This whale craft not only helps preschoolers develop their fine motor skills but also introduces the whale lovers to basic shapes and encourages creativity. Additionally, you can incorporate a short lesson about whales and the ocean while doing the craft to make it both entertaining and educational. 

The Story of Jonah

A simple story that you can share with your kids is the story of Jonah from the Bible. I have read this story many times for my children. This is a fascinating story. At first, Jonah did not want to obey God, which led him into many troubles. Later, because he decided to obey God, a whole city was saved from destruction. Also, if Jonah had obeyed God in the first place, maybe he did not have to end up in the sea and in the whale (by the way, in the Bible, it says great fish, not whale).

When I read this story to one of my children, my boy asked me how Jonah could breath inside the whale. I had never thought about this, and found it to be a very interesting question. This is one of the reasons I love being around kids, they are smart and have a fun way of looking at things that we grown ups don’t always see.

Paper Plate Crafts for Kids

Whale Craft #1

1. Draw a circle on a paper plate using something that is round, such as a can.
2. Cut out the circle and make a hole in the center with a scissor.
3. Use a blue thread and a thick needle and weave the thread through the hole and around the outer circle until the entire circle is covered with thread.
4. Draw a tail fin on the paper plate and cut out.
5. Attach the tail fin with tape or sew it on.
6. Sew an eye.
7. Cut out a small mouth from the paper plate and glue it on the whale.

Whale Craft #2

1. The whale is made of three different parts. Draw these parts on a paper plate and cut out.
2. Paint the belly and the tail fin black, but paint the water that sprays out of the blowhole blue.
3. Make two holes in the belly part with a knife or a scissor, one for the tail fin and one for the blowhole.
4. Sew or glue an eye onto the whale.
5. Attach the parts to the belly and pull them back and forth.

Whale Craft #3 (My son created this one!)

1. Draw a whale with one eye on a paper plate.
2. Sew by hand along the lines with a thick needle.
3. Cut out the whale.

Printable Templates: Easy Whale Crafts and Worksheets for Young Children

Here is what you will get from the free Whale template and Whale Activities: 

• Practice writing the letter W by tracing the letter W and w.
• Whale Preschool Craft: Whale basket with little whales on each side that you can color.
• Magic Fold: Big Fish chasing little fish.
• Coloring Worksheet, learning about the shape of a whale.
• Fish Counting.
• Learning about the Amazing Creatures: The Whale’s Body.
• Environmental Awareness and how to protect ocean life.
• What to Recycle and Composting.
• Practicing Scissor Skills.

These fun kids activities are perfect for the homeschool family with multiple ages, therefore it is suitable for kids of all ages. The older kids can have a lot of fun with helping and teaching the younger kids. Inspire and help them to practice these whale craft ideas. This is a great way to engage the whole homeschooling family.