Hey kids, here’s a fun Duck Craft you can make with just a few things. Try making a Momma Duck and some ducklings, too! Just try it with a smaller paper plate and a smaller outline of your hands! They’re fun to make, and easy too! 

• A (thin) white paper plate
• (if you want to make ducklings, you’ll need a small white paper plate, too)
• a sheet of white construction paper
• a sheet of orange construction paper
• a pencil
• yellow crayons, paint, or markers
• glue
• stapler
• scissors
• googly eyes (optional)

First let’s make the momma duck. Since most domestic ducks are Pekin ducks, the adult is always white. Of course, you can make the ducks any color you want, so have fun with it!

1. Trace the outline of your hands on the white construction paper.
2. Cut out the hand shapes (for the duck tail)
3. Fold the large paper plate in half.
4. Staple the hands on top of each other and near one end of the paper plate (this will be the duck tail)
5. Cut out a 3 inch circle out of the other piece of construction paper (this is the duck head)
6. Cut out an elongated oval out of the orange construction paper (this will be the duck’s bill). Cut one end off, and bend a tab over (this will be where you glue it to the duck’s head)
7. Glue the duck bill to the duck head by putting glue on the tab, so the bill sticks out a bit from the head
8. Draw the ducks eyes (or glue googly eyes)
9. Staple the head near the fold line, opposite the tail feathers. You can staple it under the bill so the staple won’t show
10. Draw the duck’s feet by making two ovals, then drawing a zigzag at one end of each oval (these will be the toenails). Make sure to leave a short strip of paper connecting the two feet. This will help your duck stand up. Your feet should measure 3 to 4 inches from one side to the other
11. Fold the paper where the feet meet the middle strip
12. Staple each foot to the bottom of each side of the paper plate, right along the bottom, and right along the fold of each foot. 

Optional: Now that you have a Momma duck, why not try your hand at some ducklings? You can make them by drawing smaller hands and using a smaller paper plate for each of them. You will need to color your ducklings yellow, with your crayons, markers or paint. Have fun!