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Llama Papercraft
Llama Papercraft
"This sweet llama papercraft is a fantastic Valentine's Day craft. Embossed paper is what makes cuddly llama such a fun project. With the ability to make their llama their own, your kids will love making this llama craft. In addition to embossed paper, you'll need to gather a few supplies you likely have around your home. Afterwards, your kids can give their llama as a Valentine's day gift or attach it to a goodie to give away."
Primary TechniquePaper Crafts
Materials List
- White or cream embossed paper
- Colored craft papers
- Craft glue
- Sharpie or gel pen
- Pencil
- Scissors
Instructions
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Select white or cream colored embossed paper, cream, pink, and brown colored papers for the llama figure.
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Trace the head, hair, body base and the upper leg patterns on the embossed paper, trace the hoof patterns on the brown paper.
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Trace the inner ear and nose patterns on the pink paper, and trace the mouth pattern on the cream paper
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Cut out the traced patterns nicely.
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Attach the inner ear cutouts on the ear parts of the head pattern.
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Attach the nose cutout near the top side of the mouthpiece
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Attach the hoof cutouts on the open ends of the leg parts.
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Attach the hair cutout on the top side of the head pattern.
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Then attach the mouthpiece near the bottom side of the head pattern.
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Connect the head pattern on the top side of the body base pattern.
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Attach the upper leg patterns on both sides of the llama figure
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Join the part along the edge only and keep the rest of the upper leg cutout free from glue. Keep the upper legs inside the body base.
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Attach the 2 upper leg cutouts on both sides of the body base and then use a pair of scissors to trim the extra sides of the legs to align them with the body base layout.
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Use a sharpie or a gel pen to draw the eyes of the papercraft llama figure.
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Cut out a small heart from a colored paper of your choice.
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Slide the paper heart under the upper legs of the papercraft llama figure to complete the craft.
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