Farm Animal Styrofoam Cup Craft

Farm Animal Foam Cup Craft! You can use this craft to teach your little ones about farm animals or to bring a nursery rhyme or story to life with props! ⁣ You’ll need:⁣ Styrofoam cups⁣ Paint and brushes⁣ Chenille stems or pipe cleaners⁣ Tools: pencil, craft scissors, sticky tape⁣ ⁣ Instructions:⁣ Just place the styrofoam cups upside down (open end of cup down) on a sheet of newspaper or messy mat and let the kids off to do the rest.⁣ ⁣ They should start off by painting the cup with the main base colour for the animal, luckily the cow doesn’t need any overall color. If you are using acrylic paint just one coat will generally do, poster paints might need a second coat.⁣ ⁣ Once dry the kids can first draw on the cup with a pencil if they like or just start painting on the eyes and character details before leaving aside to dry again.⁣ ⁣ While drying the craft scissors can be put to good use cutting the pipe cleaners to the lengths needed for ears and wiggly tails etc. Foam cups are soft and ideal for kids to push in the pipe cleaners and bend to the shapes they want, so easy, (parents cover over the pointy ends of the pipe cleaners on the inside of the cup with some masking tape or sticky tape to avoid any ouchies later).⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣