Recycled Yogurt Cup Zoo Animals

Turn recycled yogurt bottles into cute zoo animals with only a few simple materials.
Materials
- 25 Pack Assorted Paint Brushes
- Brown Fuzzy Sticks
- Acrylic Paint Jars, 24 Assorted colors
- 4 Recycled Drinkable Yogurt Bottles
- Scissors
- Pencil
- Foam Sheets in Assorted Colors
- Glue Gun **Requires adult assistance
Instructions
Step 1. Gather your supplies.![]()
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| Step 2.
Monkey- Paint a yogurt bottle brown and let dry. |
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| Step 3.
Cut an oval from the tan foam sheet for the monkey’s face and a slightly larger oval for his belly. Glue the pieces to the painted yogurt bottle. You will need the help of an adult when using the hot glue gun. |
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| Step 4.
Glue on 2 wiggly eyes, a small brown Pom for the nose, and 2 more poms for the ears. |
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| Step 5.
Make a tail for the monkey by wrapping a brown fuzzy stick around the base of the bottle. Bend the end of the fuzzy stick to look like a tail. Secure the tail to the bottle with the glue. You can draw a mouth on the monkey. |
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Giraffe- Paint a yogurt bottle yellow and let dry. Once dry, paint rectangular brown spots all over the bottle. |
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| Step 7.
Cut ears and a small oval out of yellow foam. Glue the pieces to the face, as shown. |
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| Step 8.
Glue on 2 wiggly eyes, and a small brown pom for the nose. Create horns for the giraffe, by gluing pieces of cut fuzzy sticks to the head. Finish the horns by gluing 2 small brown poms to the end of each fuzzy stick. Draw a mouth on the giraffe. |
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| Step 9.
To make a mane for the giraffe, fold a brown fuzzy stick several times, like an accordion, and glue to back of the bottle. |
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| Step 10.
Elephant- Paint a yogurt bottle light gray and let dry. |
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| Step 11.
Cut ears and a trunk from a sheet of gray foam and glue to the bottle. |
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| Step 12.
To finish the elephant, glue on 2 wiggly eyes. Draw some details, including wrinkles on the trunk. |
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| Step 13.
Hippo- Paint a yogurt bottle dark gray and let dry. |
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| Step 14.
Cut out an oval from pink foam for the nose, making 2 bumps on a long edge of the oval for nostrils, as shown. Cut out a pink oval for the belly and two small rectangles from white foam to make the teeth. Glue the pieces on the bottle. |
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| Step 15.
To finish the hippo, add eyes, and ears cut from gray and pink foam. Draw the nostrils and mouth. |
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| Step 16.
Your animal collection is now complete. Use your imagination to think of other fun animals you can create using the yogurt bottles and other materials. |