Goodnight, Gorilla and Other Zoo Animal Egg Carton Crafts

This week I am going to featuring zoo animal-themed activities and printables. Today’s activity is an egg carton craft based on the gorilla in the book Goodnight, Gorilla. After learning how to put the gorilla together, you will find a collection of egg carton crafts based on other zoo animals at the end of this post.

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Before your children create the gorilla, you will want to read the book Good Night, Gorilla. They will enjoy watching the clever gorilla use the zoo keeper’s keys to let each of its friends out of their cages.

Egg Carton Crafts Supply List

Half of the Top of A Cardboard Egg Carton
Two Half Ovals Cut from the Front Flap of the Egg Carton
Two Small Pieces Cut from the Front Flap of the Egg Carton
Scissors
Silver Sharpie
Black Sharpie
Black Acrylic Paint
Silver or Gray Acrylic
Glue or Tape
Narrow Paint Brushes

Putting the Gorilla Together

You will need to start by drawing the outline that will separate the gray inner area of the gorilla’s face from the black area. A silver sharpie is perfect for drawing the outline.

Then you will need to paint the inner area of the face silver or gray. We found that silver acrylic paint doesn’t soak into the egg carton. While your paintbrush still has gray paint on it, you can pain the two small egg carton pieces gray or silver.

Next, you will need to paint the outer area and the side of the egg carton black. While you still have black paint on your brush, you can paint large black dots on the small circles to create the gorilla’s eyes.

When the paint has dried on the small gray pieces, you can draw the mouth on one and the nose on the other.