To make the background, paint one paper plate with blue paint and let it dry. Then add snow by painting small dots using white paint. You can use the tip of a paintbrush or q-tip.

Cut a second paper plate in half. For added detail, you can cut scallops to look like snow mounds.

Print out the template, cut out the pieces and trace them out on the appropriate colored paper or print the classroom templates out on the correct colored paper.

Penguin Body and Large set of Flippers- black paper

Penguin Tummy and inside of Flippers- white paper

Penguin Feet and Beek- orange paper

Glue the penguin together. Start with the black pieces and glue the smaller white pieces on the top.

Optional: To make a puppet craft so kids can move the penguin glue or tape a popsicle stick to the back of the penguin so it can move.

Cut a half circle from the blue paper then paint lines to make it an Igloo.

Glue or staple the two paper plates together. If you made a puppet, make sure to leave an opening for the penguin to go through.

Glue the igloo onto the blue paper plate behind the top of the snow.

If you are not making a puppet craft, glue the penguin onto the paper plate. If you made a puppet craft slide the penguin through the opening in the middle of the paper plates and let the kids play with it.