Sheep go Baaaaa!

Teaching is what I do!  Homeschooling, Co-Op, or Children's Church too!!  (like my rhyme, hee hee)

This is my month for teaching the sweet preschoolers at our church on Sunday mornings.  We are studying Abram (or Abraham...depending on the week and lesson...really, it is the same person though if you aren't familiar with the story).  The kids LOVE hands-on...who doesn't!?  Crafts are super fun, ummm, and messy...but it's all about the kids learning, right?!

The story was from Genesis 13 when Lot and Abram had to separate since they both had so many people and animals & we talked about how the shepherds of Abram and the shepherds from Lot were fighting since they had to share the land. To remember how to share, we made sheep!  The kids had to share cotton balls in order to make their sheep.  

Here they are:

It is super simple to make these and the supplies are minimal.  Here is what you'll need:
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Elmer's glue, paper plates, black and white construction paper, cotton balls and a stapler.

Here are the pattern pieces all cut out that you'll need for each child.

I found that the cheaper paper plates (even better, right?) were the best since there are some that come with a clear coating that make the plates a bit stiffer...they don't work as well.  Cheap and flimsy are the best (in this case anyways)!  We also stapled the feet and tail on so it would stay better and just glued on the eyes.  
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My daughter put her sheep's head in the middle but some kids put theirs off to the side and adjusted the tail.  The talk would look great off to the side like the picture above or even straight off the top.  Our class had all different looking sheep.  Even the cotton balls were either loaded on or some kids just put on a few and stretched them out!

I love seeing how they all turn out!

Here is the pattern I drew up to help make these paper plate sheep.  The kids had a blast using their craft to make sheep sounds every time they heard the word "animals" in the story as I read to them from Genesis 13.

I hope you enjoy making these in your classroom for whatever you are using SHEEP for...super easy and super cute!