Free Printable Cindy Lou Who Craftivity & Creative Writing Project
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Download the template for this free printable Cindy Lou Who Craftivity and get the kids excited about crafting and writing!
Children can practice their cutting and pasting skills by building the paper character first and then following the writing prompt.
Once completed, this Cindy Lou Who craft would look awesome displayed on the wall or bulletin board.
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Free Printable Cindy Lou Who Craftivity
This Cindy Lou Who printable craftivity is just one in a series of Winter & Christmas characters available for you to download – find links to them at the end of this post.
This project has two parts – building the Cindy Lou Who character and then filling in the writing prompt section. Depending on your child’s age(s) you may have to help them with some aspects of the project.
Cindy Lou Who is a sweet little girl who lives in Whoville and she believes that there is some good inside of The Grinch!
- As with [most of] my free printables, they are available in two paper sizes – A4 and US Letter (8.5″ x 11″) – download the size most suitable for your printer.
- You will find the download links further down this page surrounded by a purple box. Tap the purple download buttons to save the file(s) to your device.
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Materials & Tools Needed
- Construction Paper or cardstock in the following colors: white, yellow, pink, and peach or skin tone, plus a backing paper color of your choice, we used green.
- Scissors
- Glue Stick or Roller Glue Tape
- Colored Pencils, Crayons, or Colored Markers
- Writing Pen or Writing Pencil
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How To Build Cindy Lou Who
Cindy Lou Who has the following components and the printable gives you a guide as to what colors to use. However, you can use any colors that you like!
- Head, body, hair, eyes, neck, collar, hairbow.
- Writing Prompt Sheet – An act of kindness for the Grinch…
There are a few different ways you can build and use this free Cindy Lou Who activity, which means you can get multiple uses from the same printable!
- Print the character template onto colored paper (or thin card that goes through your printer) and cut out the pieces to use in the craftivity.
- Print the character template onto white paper (or thin card that goes through your printer), cut, and color the pieces with markers, pens, or crayons before assembly.
- Print the character template onto white paper (or thin card that goes through your printer), cut and trace around onto colored construction paper then use those pieces to assemble Cindy Lou Who. You may have to draw on some additional features with a black marker, such as the pupils of the eyes.
However you decide to print and cut out the pieces, the assembly remains the same – use the photos in this post as a guide to sticking everything together. You can use a glue stick or glue roller. These are my favorite glue rollers and they’re so much easier and less messy than a glue stick!
Some of the pieces for this papercraft take up a whole page, others do not. Where possible, I’ve made small items fill up a page and have a page with individual items (it will become more apparent when you download the file!). I have done this so that you can save on paper if you only want to make one of these characters, or if you want to make several – for example in a group or classroom.
After assembling Cindy Lou Who, glue it to the backing paper and cut around the outline leaving a half-inch border around the edges.
Cindy Lou Who Creative Writing Ideas
Now that you’ve assembled your paper Cindy Lou Who, it’s time to write!
Print the writing sheet and follow the writing prompt at the top: An act of kindness for the Grinch…
When the writing activity has been completed, color in the border.
If your child gets stuck on what to write, here are some prompts to get the ideas flowing. You can always print extra writing pages if they want to write more.
I think this particular writing activity will be easier if they have seen the movie or read the book!
- Why should they be kind to the Grinch?
- What kind of things could they do to help him?
- Who else could they be kind to?
Assembling the Cindy Lou Who Craftivity
Stick the writing page onto a piece of backing paper (the same color as the character) and cut a half-inch border around the left, right, and bottom sides and a couple of inches at the top so that the character can be glued in place.
Grab the paper Cindy Lou Who you made earlier and stick it to the top of the writing sheet. Display where you like!
Additional Activity Idea!
Why not cut the pieces from craft foam and build a 3D relief of the Cindy Lou Who character?
Using a black marker pen, you will have to draw on the details such as pupils in the eyes or other template designs.
It might be a good problem-solving activity for older children as they figure out how to build it from the template provided.
However you decide to use this Christmas kids’ activity, the important thing is to have some fun, and get creative – not only with the craft portion of the project but with the writing prompt too!
Download Free Printable Cindy Lou Who Craftivity Sheet
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More Christmas & Winter Craftivities to Download
I mentioned how there are several characters in this series. As they are uploaded to my blog the links will appear below. Make sure you download them all so that you have the full set!
- Polar Bear
- Snowman
- Christmas Wreath
- Yeti (Abominable Snowman)
- The Grinch
- Cindy Lou Who
- Max Reindeer (The Grinch)
The Create the Holidays series on The Purple Pumpkin Blog features free printables, crafts, recipes, and more for Christmas and the Winter Holidays. Check out Create the Holidays (formerly Create Christmas) from 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, and 2012.
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