Yarn Wrapped Whales
Come and make some adorable yarn wrapped whales! This little whale themed craft, is perfect for anyone that, well loves WHALE Crafts (I mean, who doesn’t?), anyone looking for Sunday School themed crafts (perfect for Jonas and the whale) or anyone looking to use up a stash of blue yarn.. the blue yarn at our local library, is what prompted us to make this cute little Yarn Whale!
The age range
What can you make with blue yarn at a craft club?
Supplies to make this Yarn Wrapped Whale
- Yarn in blues or greys
- Old cardboard boxes or envelopes
- The FREE Whale Template
- Pen
- Scissors
- Paper scraps for eyes and mouth (or use some eyes stickers/ googly eyes)
- Hot glue gun (to be operated by the responsible adult)
How to make a Yarn Wrapped Whale – Craft Club Ideas
Grab yourself the free whale printable. You will notice that there is page with just the one whale on it (so you can use the rest of paper for other crafts) and a sheet with 3 whales on it – if you want to use it as a hand out for children to trace and cut out their own shapes.
Cut out the whale shapes
As this was a library craft club activity, my daughter prepared all the cardboard whales ahead of time. This simply saves a little time when working with a large group and means that everyone will be able to finish their whale.
So per whale you will need the main whale body and a little fin.
Add the yarn wrapping grooves
What is often overlooked, is that yarn wrapping does need some little grooves cut into the sides of your template. Else your yarn will slide around at the beginning and frustrated your little one. You don’t need too many of these, just enough to help distribute the yarn.
Secure a knot at the back and start the yarn wrapping
The library had a stash of this beautiful blue yarn – so this is a photo from the actual craft session. Begin by doing one full wrap and tying a little knot to the back.
Then hand over the whale and let the kids have fun wrapping!
Don’t forget to yarn wrap the little fin too.
Cut out whale face shapes
We cut out a sweet little whale mouth and used our googly eye stickers for the whale. Most glues will stick to yarn, but if you are in a hurry, use a hot glue gun.
You can also add the fin with a hot glue gun.
FINISHED!
More Whale Crafts:
- Crochet Whale – this is from our super fun and cute Crochet Book
- Origami Whales (one of our altime favourite paper whale crafts)
- Whale Corner bookmarks!
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