Cute Mandarin Pig Craft (For Chinese New Year!)

Hosting a Chinese New Year event and looking for a super cute Chinese New Year Craft that also doubles as decor?  This is it!  Halos Mandarins recently reached out and challenged me to make a craft using their fruit.  Well, these adorable mandarin pigs definitely fit the bill.  These sweet pigs are a yummy and cute way to celebrate the Year of the Pig.

(Many thanks to Halos for sending me craft supplies and boxes of yummy mandarins!)

Super Sweet Mandarin Pigs for Chinese New Year!

Let's Make Mandarin Pigs

Step 1:  Cut out two triangles (for ears) and one oval (for a snout) from pink felt.  Use a Sharpie marker to draw on a snout.

Step 2:  Cut out a piece of pink pipe cleaner.

Step 3:  Hot glue your ears, snout and 2 googly eyes onto your mandarins.  Then, curl your pink pipe cleaner around a pencil and push it into your peel for a curly tail.

Step 4:  Use a sharpie to add on details.

And that's it!

If you're looking for other fun New Year pig crafts, check out these Chinese pig watercolor paintings and these easy heart pigs.

Happy New Year and happy making, friends!