Panda Craft Tutorial

Panda Bear Crafts

Panda bears are so fascinating and we keep making all kinds of Panda bear crafts at home.Sharing how we made an easy "Panda on a Bamboo" Penstand. This one is  probably one of my all time favorite kids craft project because it was so quick and easy .

Panda Bear Crafts

Materials Required

Anything cylindrical  to recycle:Tin can , glass jar,  tissue roll,Cardboard container etc.We recycled a tin can to make  our penstand.

To make the Bamboo : Use any green/ yellowish green material to line your cylinder-Card stock / Foam / Felt or even cloth. We used foam...I find its easier to maintain when you have a forever dust accumulating roadside house!

To make the Panda:Card stock / Foam / Felt.We used foam...its a fantastic medium to use when crafting with kids as you can wipe off finger stains,glue stains,food stains and whatever else little fingers will contribute !
To cut :Scissors /Punches/Dies - Simply hand cutting would be the fun and easy way to make this project but since I have a die cutting machine I used dies to cut out oval and circular shapes to make our Panda. I let my little one decide the shapes and sizes of the body parts.

Adhesive:This is the most important factor to make a quick , easy and mess free foam craft project! You can use anything which little hands can peel off easily such as double sided foam tape,double sided adhesive tape [my favorite as its adhesive properties are much better than the foam tape] or glue drops

Panda Bear Crafts

We lined the the edges of the green foam with double sided adhesive tape [bought locally] and stuck it on the tin.I also stuck a strip of  the  double sided adhesive tape on the inner top edge of the tin and folded down the foam as shown to give a neater edge to our Bamboo penstand !

Recycling Crafts

We roughly played with our cut circles and ovals.Do ignore our scallop edges....[I only had scallop dies and not the regular circle and ovals!] My daughter complained our Panda looked like a flower!

Panda Bear Crafts

My little one assembled the face using glue drops [ glue drops are a lifesaver when crafting with kids! Nowadays they are available in rolls too which makes it even easier for little ones!].Our Panda's ears and snout are scallop circles and the black eye is actually a flower !! Proper circles and ovals would be a better choice to make a Panda !

Panda Bear Crafts

To raise the snout we layered 2 white circles on Panda's face.

Panda Bear Crafts

We wanted to raise the body off the Bamboo stand so we used sticky foam tape on the circular black body of our Panda foam craft.

Panda Bear Crafts

We used ovals for the arms and legs of our foam craft Panda.

Panda Bear Crafts

Our Panda looked glum without a smile!

Panda Bear Crafts

So my little one added a rosy red tongue and a paper umbrella.

Panda Bear Crafts

We had also made some Panda pencil toppers in a similar way using smaller parts but I think the dog ate it![Just joking...its lost somewhere in our super messy house!]

Here are links to some more Panda bear crafts

Panda Bear shaker,slider cum Pop up card 

Panda Bear Interactive Card

Panda Bear Pop up card tutorial
I hope you enjoyed this easy foam craft..do share your comments.
Supplies: Foam,Big shot[Die cutting machine],Dies:Couture creations Scallop circle,Sizzix Oval scallop,Googly eyes, Paper Umbrella -Raja Market