Unleash creativity and learning with the 'L is for Lion' craft, a delightful way to teach the alphabet through a fun and engaging lion-themed art project for kids.

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This L is For Lion Craft is a fun craft with free printable templates for both young kids and older kids!

Gather all your little Simbas and Mufasas; today, we are doing a creative L is for lion craft. Using this fun alphabet activity, we will learn how to write and recognize the letter l. Preschoolers and kindergartners can immensely benefit from letter recognition. It will help them firm their reading skills and pronunciation.

Plus, this activity is a great way to enhance a child's fine motor skills. From tracing the uppercase letter L to cutting out a cute lion, they'll learn how to hold the pencil and work with scissors.

If you're worried about the mess, don't be! Letter crafts require minimum supplies and low prep time. It'll be more fun and learning and less preparing and cleaning.

Now, let's learn more about how to make the most of this letter 'l' craft during your preschool letter of the week curriculum.

Fun Facts About Lion

All teachers want is for their students to learn (and retain) as much as possible. If you're always looking for fun ideas to throw in some information, even during crafting sessions, here are some cool lion facts for young children:

Lions are big cats
Lions are African animals
A lion's roar is audible even five miles
10th August is celebrated as the World's Lion Day
Female lions are the real hunters
For more lion fun facts check out our Animal Facts.

You can also show them the Lion King movie. It's a fun way to keep kids of all ages engaged. Plus, I'm sure they'll show more interest in the craft after watching the movie.

Check out our other easy lion crafts including Easy Lion Drawing, Paper Plate Lion, and Fun Lion Craft.

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Decorating the L is for Lion Craft

Kids enjoy experimenting with different textures and colors. So, give them a variety of materials and let them decorate their adorable little lions. Here are some ideas you can share with them:

Stick googly eyes on their lion's cutout.
Sprinkle orange glitter on the lion's mane.
Add a pipe-cleaner tail on the back side at the bottom.
Use brown yard to make the lion's fur.

If the kids want to do something else, let them. Showing them that you believe in their creativity will boost their self-confidence.

You can display the decorated lions on your classroom bulletin board. Or use them as bookmarks.

Letter L Craft Supplies

Free Letter L Printable Template (at bottom of post)
Dark Yellow Construction Paper
Light Yellow Construction Paper
Orange Construction Paper
Black Construction Paper
Pencil
Black Markers
Glue Stick
Pair of Scissors

Making the King of the Jungle Letter Craft

Ready to transform your classroom into a lion's den? Let's get the craft rolling.

Make things easier by using the printable template of a lion at the bottom of this post.

Cut out each of the template piece and then trace onto each of the different colored construction paper.

Note: We have provided two different size L's and two circles for the lion's head. This is to add an outline for the lion craft. You can also keep the L Lion simple without the outline.

If you want to create the craft as we did, trace the smaller circle and smaller L on lighter yellow paper and the bigger on the darker yellow.

Lion's Head

Start by gluing the smaller L onto the larger L as well as the smaller circle on the larger circle. Glue the circles into the orange lion's mane and then glue the head to the top of the L.

Cut out four small circles for the lion's ears. The bigger of the two in the dark yellow and the smaller in the light yellow.

Glue the ears to the top of the head.

Lion's Face

Last, cut out each of the lion's face template out of black paper. Draw on the eyes with a marker. Glue each of the pieces to the face. Viola, a cute lion letter craft!

Happy Crafting!

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L is for Lion Craft

Unleash creativity and learning with the 'L is for Lion' craft, a delightful way to teach the alphabet through a fun and engaging lion-themed art project for kids.

Course Kids Crafts

Cook Time 20

Total Time 20

Author Alli Ward

Equipment

Ingredients

Instructions

Make things easier by using the printable template of a lion at the bottom of this post.
Cut out each of the template piece and then trace onto each of the different colored construction paper. If you want to create the craft as we did, trace the smaller circle and smaller L on lighter yellow paper and the bigger on the darker yellow.
by gluing the smaller L onto the larger L as well as the smaller circle on the larger circle. Glue the circles into the orange lion's mane and then glue the lion's head to the top of the L.
Cut out four small circles for the lion's ears. The bigger of the two in the dark yellow and the smaller in the light yellow.
Glue the ears to the top of the lion's head.
Last, cut out each of the lion's face template out of black paper. Draw on the eyes with a marker. Glue each of the pieces to the lion's face.