A brown painted handprint sloth on a green branch.

Fun Animal Friday Sloth Craft

Create your own sloth inspired by Paco!
Activity best for children age 2 and up

Today we met Paco the sloth with Pacific Animal Productions as part of our Fun Animal Friday event. The sloth is a slow moving animal that lives in Central and South America. Sloths are tree-dwelling creatures, which means they spend most of their time in trees. For this activity, you will use your handprint to create your own sloth masterpiece.

MATERIALS

  • Paper

  • Markers, crayons, or colored pencils

  • Paint

DIRECTIONS

STEP 1

Draw a branch across the top of your paper.

A painted green branch on a piece of paper.

STEP 2

Dip your hand in paint and place it down onto your paper so that your fingers are on the branch and your thumb is off to the side. If you do not want to use paint you can trace your hand on paper and cut it out, then glue this onto your branch.

A hand painted brown with the piece of paper behind it.

STEP 3

Let the paint dry.

Brown handprint on piece of paper.

STEP 4

Draw your sloth’s head at the end of your thumbprint and add any final details to your picture.

Details are added like a head and face to the sloth.