10 Easy Tiger Crafts for Kids to Try

Easy & Amazing Tiger Craft Ideas for Children

Get creative with your kids and let them appreciate their favorite animal at the same time by checking out these tiger craft activities! Keep reading to learn construction paper tiger crafts for preschoolers.

1. Foam Cup Tiger  

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 What You Will Need

• A tiny foam cups
• Tangerine acrylic paints
• A paintbrush
• Black and orange cardstock paper
• Googly eyeballs
• Black markers
• Scissors
• Adhesives

How to Make

1. It’s time to brighten up the foam cup with some orange paint. Make sure it’s scorched before storing it.
2. You may cut out the nose and tiger stripes from black cardstock paper while the paint dries. You may make tiger ears out of your orange cardboard by cutting off pieces of it.
3. Your nose should be glued to the foam cup’s middle part. Attach your googly eyes last. Give your tiger a mouth and tongue.
4. You may attach the foam cup to your ears by gluing the fold at the bottom of your earlobes (which is the bottom of the cup).
5. The face of the foam cup tiger should be covered with black stripes, and we applied them to his ears, sides, and top. 

2. Tiger Bookmark

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What You Will Need 

• Paper with an orange hue (A4 folded in half and cut down to approx 21 x 21cm)
• Paper scraps in various colors (or work with what you have and improvise)
• Pen/pencil in the Color of Black
• Adhesive

How to Make 

1. Create a traditional origami bookmark corner with an orange piece of paper.
2. Cut your Tiger forms for your Corner Bookmark.
3. Your Tiger Bookmark corner will need to have the following features:
4. Tiger ears are an ear (ovals with the bottom cut straight)
5. The tiger’s snout is two beige, orange, or white circles with a black heart or triangle.
6. Use white paper tiger’s eyes.
7. White tiger teeth with ‘zig zag’ patterns
8. Glue the tiger faces on the paper!
9. Draw features on your Tiger bookmark to make it more realistic.
10. Make eye and ear pupils with a black pen, then color them in. 
11. Once everything is in place, add some black triangles to give it a polished Tiger look! Your Tiger Bookmark is now finished.

3. Simple Origami Tiger Face 

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What You Will Need

• A piece of orange paper cut into a square (15cm x 15cm works well!)
• Pen in the color black.

How to Make

1. Begin by spinning your square into a diamond form.
2. Make a triangle.
3. Fold the paper’s bottom corner up to the top corner. This will result in a triangle. The Isosceles have two equal sides and a right angle at the top.
4. Fold the right point to the left, creating a crease in the paper’s center. Reopen the triangle to see the new wrinkle.
5. The top should be folded 2cm (1inch). 
6. When done, this will be the tiger’s head.
7. Make a crease in the right corner and bring it up to the top of your head (see image). This is the tiger’s ear you want—rep on the other side. 
8. You may now glue these components in place.
9.  Turn your origami over, and you’ll have a tiger face. 
10. Create your features using a black pen, such as a nose, lips, eyes, and tiger stripes. Your origami tiger face is now complete.

4. Tiger Handprint

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What You Will Need 

• Paints in the color orange
• Paintbrushes in the hands
• Markers for use in interior design
• Any additions for decoration – for example, recyclable green sheet paper – are welcome.

How to Make

1. The child’s fist is the tiger’s head, and also, the thumb becomes a tiger’s tail.
2. The four fingers represent their legs.
3. You may use as many or as few stripes as you like.
4. You may add more elements using pens and pencils, paints, or collage materials such as green tissue paper!

5. Paper-Plate Tiger 

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What You Will Need 

• Orange paint or orange gel pens 
• Black paint or pen green pen pencil for drawing 
• Paintbrushes/water cutters on a white paper plate
• A few pieces of sticky tape

How to Make

1. Begin by folding your paper plate in half lengthwise, as shown.
2. Draw a mouth, eyes, and ears on the paper.
3. The whole paper plate should be painted orange. 
4. Let dry completely.
5. After the paint has dried, use your pens to add pupils and black outlines to the painting. It has nose, mouth, and ear traits.
6. Add tiger stripes with black paint or black paper!
7. Carefully cut the ear off the paper plate by cutting through the folded side. Repeat on the other side.
8. Tape the incisions you made to “get to the ear” on both sides. Fold the dish in half again to raise the ears!
9. And a little attached to the inside of your folded paper plate to retain it and allow it to sway (without flying open). Your kids’ rocking paper plate tigers are done!

6. Toilet Paper Roll Tiger 

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What You Will Need 

• Toilet paper rolls or other cardboard tubes may be used as a container.
• Orange Paint with a Black Pencil
• Glue, googly eyes, and other embellishments (optional)
• Cutters

How to Make 

1. Paint your TP roll a color of your choosing.
2. Allow for complete drying.
3. Once the TP Roll Tiger Box has dried thoroughly, mold the top to your liking. 
4. Fill your TP Roll halfway with your thumb and index finger. 
5. As soon as you’ve finished pressing one side of the paper, flip it over on itself.
6. Draw tiger-like features on the paper using a black pen.
7. The tail of the tiger must be attached to the back!
8. One of the following procedures may be used to seal the bottom of the TP Roll tiger:
9. Use tissue paper to close the bag (which works well!) or secure it with tape. You may cut four tiny slits on the bottom and then fold them over if you like.
10. With your TP Roll Tiger and Gift Box, you’re all set.

7. Tiger Pop-Up Cards 

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What You Will Need 

• A5 folded in half as cardstock
• Orange-colored paper or use plain paper and color.
• Use red and pink for New Year Card or green and yellow for birthday or summer cards as examples of decorative paper scraps.
• A set of red and black pencils
• Scissors
• A glue stick

How to Make 

1. Fold the paper in thirds to form a concertina. Three tigers need a total of six-folds.
2. Cut it off if you have a little piece left behind.
3. Draw a half tiger on the folded paper. Keep in mind where the tiger’s ‘central line’ and ‘outside’ are located. You may make your tiger look like ours by adding a heart shape to it.
4. Fold it once more and then cut out the heart, careful not to cut through the edges.
5. If you pinch them, hearts may be folded in an opposite dir of the tiger body.
6. Make your tiger’s characteristics stand out by using a black pen.
7. Verify the placement of your tigers and apply adhesive as necessary. The location of your tigers affects the position of your nails. The chain should be flat when the card is opened.
8. Second, apply glue to the exposed portion of the piece
9. Glue the second part of your tigers back together. Close the card with a glue stick. A tiger’s face may be made from any scraps.
10. Make sure you overlap the sides of the card by gluing it to its front.
11. Trim the card’s corners once it has been opened. The tiger on the front of the card is perfect!

8. Tiger Paper Hat 

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What You Will Need 

• For painting, use white paper/card or orange paper/card 
• pencils, markers, and pastels.
• Cutters
• Just a little adhesive, tapes or paper clips will suffice.

How to Make

1. Whether you want your tiger hat hand-colored or fully colored and printed on orange paper, it’s up to you.
2. Cut the shapes carefully. The tiger pattern is simple enough that most kids can cut it out without help, and cutting practice is a must!
3. Join all of the paper strips together to form one long paper strip.
4. To make a circle, measure around your child’s head and connect one end of the strip to the other. Unfit sections may be trimmed and glued in place. But it should be just ideal for the little ones!

9. Tiger Rock Pets

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What You Will Need

• Smooth oval rocks
• Orange and black acrylic paint
• Clear sealant spray (optional)

How to Make

1. Wash and dry rocks thoroughly.
2. Paint the entire rock orange; let dry.
3. Add black stripes, eyes, and a nose.
4. Seal with clear spray for outdoor durability.
5. Display in your garden or use as storytime props!

10. Tiger Tissue Box

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What You Will Need

• Empty rectangular tissue box
• Orange acrylic paint
• Black, pink and white felt paper
• Craft knife (adult use)

How to Make

1. Paint the box orange; let it dry.
2. Use black felt paper to create tiger stripes
3. Adult step: Cut a round hole for the mouth where tissues dispense.
4. Add felt paper for the eyes and nose.
5. Fill with tissues—now tissues “roar” out!

FAQs

1. How can tiger crafts help with emotional expression in children?

Tiger-themed crafts can serve as a creative outlet for kids to express emotions like bravery or frustration, as tigers symbolize strength and confidence in storytelling.

2. What safety precautions should be taken when using materials for tiger crafts?

Avoid small parts (e.g., googly eyes) for toddlers, opt for non-toxic paints, and supervise cutting tools if older kids are crafting detailed tiger features.

Tiger crafts for kindergarteners are more than just fun projects—they’re a roaring adventure in creativity, learning, and imaginative play! Whether it’s making pop-up cards, handprint art, or playful puppets, these activities help little ones explore textures, colors, and storytelling while celebrating the wild beauty of tigers. Perfect for rainy days, classroom themes, or jungle-themed parties, these crafts are sure to spark joy and creativity in every child. So gather your supplies, unleash your inner artist, and let the crafting fun begin!

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