Free Printable Penguin Templates

These free printable penguin templates are perfect for making a cute penguin craft during the cold winter months!

There are five different designs in three sizes apiece so you can find the perfect template for your penguin activity.

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These penguin craft templates are not designed for cut and paste activities. If you'd like an easy penguin craft template, please see this post with a cute cut and paste penguin craft.

These winter animal dot marker coloring pages and winter animal coloring pages include a variety of polar animals from the Arctic as well as penguins. Make sure to stop by each individual blog post to download your printables.

You may also want these snowflake templates for your winter crafts!

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The penguin templates in this post are penguin outlines. There are five different templates available in three sizes each so you can find the best penguin template for your penguin activities.

Two pages of penguin template printable. One Has a large standing penguin and the other page has four smaller penguins

There are many books about penguins for little kids. Our favorite factual book is this National Geographic Readers book about penguins.

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Penguins (National Geographic Kids Readers, Level 2)

Used Book in Good Condition
Schreiber, Anne (Author)
English (Publication Language)

Tacky the Penguin will always hold a special place in my heart because my sister adored it. It's not realistic, but it's a great book for teaching kids that it's okay to be different and that your differences can be your strengths.

This book is an "oldie but a goodie" that delights kindergarten students and other younger kids.

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Tacky the Penguin

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Lester, Helen (Author)
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Free printable penguin template preview area

As noted above, there are five different penguin silhouettes in this set of printable templates. Each one is a realistic penguin outline, not a cute penguin template. (Well, I happy to think penguins are inherently cute, but I mean that they're not cartoonish.)

The set includes adult penguin outlines and baby penguins with open, up turned beaks waiting for food.

The templates are blank outlines, not filled in shapes, which means you can print them on colored paper or card stock to make colorful penguins.

Each penguin template is available in three sizes: large (full page), medium (two to a page) and small (four to a page). For smaller penguins, print a page to scale. Printing at 50% will reduce the height of the bird by half.

Here's a look at what you're getting:

A preview of five pages of large penguin outline template

A preview of five pages of small penguin outline template. Each page has four penguins.

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These penguin outline templates are licensed for personal use. This includes classroom use and use with library activities, scout groups, etc.

These printables are not licensed for commercial use. You are not licensed to sell or redistribute (even for free) the files or print outs to other adults for use with their students/children/clients.

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Your free penguin template has a variety of uses. Here are a few ideas to get you started:

Have younger children use the templates to make process art
Trace the shapes onto black paper or construction paper to make shadow puppets or decorations for your bulletin boards
Use a glue stick to add embellishments like colored sand or cotton balls to the penguin's belly
Make sun catchers
Make stick puppets by gluing the cut outs to craft sticks
Create a winter diorama
Make a fun penguin art protect to go along with your Tacky the Penguin story time (or to accompany other penguin books)
Add googly eyes to bring the penguin template to life
Use them for pin pushing activities to build fine motor skills
Use them as simple penguin coloring pages or a blank canvas for children to create their own penguin

What other winter activities can you think of using these templates? Leave a comment and let me know!

I hope you enjoy using your free printable template! Make sure to check the posts below for more free printables for kids of all ages to enjoy during the winter season.