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Dragon paper craft
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An easy cut-and-paste dragon for preschoolers, with colour or black-and-white templates.
Open on DLTK's Crafts for Kids βEngland's special day, with the story of brave St George, a knight who fought a fierce dragon.
Children can make a friendly dragon β a sock puppet, a cut-and-paste paper dragon or a mask β plus a paper knight with a shield, red paper roses and St George's cross bunting. Toddlers can colour an England flag or fingerpaint roses, while older children can try a cardboard-tube dragon marionette.
When is St George's Day in the UK 2027/2028? Friday 23 April 2027 and Sunday 23 April 2028.
St George's Day is celebrated in England on 23 April. St George is England's patron saint, and he is best known for the legend in which he defeats a dragon. Historically, George is thought to have been a Roman soldier who was martyred for his Christian faith around AD 303, and he is the patron saint of several other countries and regions too. His emblem, a red cross on a white background, is the flag of England, and the red rose is England's national flower, so flags and roses appear in lots of celebrations. St George's Day is not a bank holiday, so most children mark it at nursery, school or home. For 3 to 11 year olds, the dragon is the star of the show: friendly dragon puppets, paper knights with shields, crowns for acting out the story, red paper roses and flag bunting are easy, cheerful ways to join in. It's also a good moment to talk about courage and kindness, keeping the story gentle for younger children.
St George's Day falls on Friday 23 April 2027; it is not a bank holiday in England.
Date checked against publicholidays.co.uk.
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βοΈ Printable templates Β· DLTK's Crafts for Kids
An easy cut-and-paste dragon for preschoolers, with colour or black-and-white templates.
Open on DLTK's Crafts for Kids ββοΈ Printable templates Β· DLTK's Crafts for Kids
Turn a toilet roll into a knight using a printable colour or black-and-white template.
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A printable paper knight with armour, helmet and shield to colour, cut out and glue together.
Open on DLTK's Crafts for Kids ββοΈ Printable templates Β· Little Owls Resources
Free EYFS and KS1 printables: England flag colouring and bunting, rose and lion mats and fingerpaint roses.
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A free two-page A4 felt pattern that turns an old sock into a friendly dragon β just cut and glue.
Open on Kids Craft Room βποΈ Colouring pages Β· Coloring.ws
Free colouring sheets including Saint George, the flag of England, castles and the Tower of London.
Open on Coloring.ws βπ¨ Crafts to make Β· Red Ted Art
Fold a paper corner bookmark, then add spikes, eyes and nostrils to turn it into a cheeky dragon.
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A big round-up of dragon puppets, masks, paper plate twirlers and toilet roll dragons.
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Palace guard, police officer and teapot paper crafts, plus England colouring pages and word searches.
Open on DLTK's Crafts for Kids βπ¨ Crafts to make Β· Red Ted Art
A cardboard-tube dragon on strings with paper spikes and wings β a grown-up makes the holes.
Open on Red Ted Art βπ Decorations Β· Red Ted Art
Roll coloured paper towel around a stick to make a simple rose, then tie wool round the base.
Open on Red Ted Art βπ Decorations Β· First Palette
Gather strips of red crepe paper into roses on pipe-cleaner stems β England's flower for 23 April.
Open on First Palette βπ Costumes & masks Β· Red Ted Art
Free dragon mask outlines and templates (enter 0 at the Gumroad checkout) to colour, cut and pop on a stick.
Open on Red Ted Art βπ Costumes & masks Β· First Palette
Six free crowns to print on A4 card β plain, ready to colour or full colour β for acting out the legend.
Open on First Palette βπ How-to & videos Β· YouTube β Red Ted Art
Watch Red Ted Art fold and decorate a paper dragon bookmark β easy to follow along with at home.
Open on YouTube β Red Ted Art βπ The story Β· PublicHolidays.co.uk
When St George's Day falls each year, with background on England's patron saint and the dragon legend.
Open on PublicHolidays.co.uk βπ« EYFS, KS1 & KS2 Β· Kiddycharts
A free printable eBook with St George's Day bingo, a word search, an acrostic poem and a dragon story planner.
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A simple make to start with. Grown-ups handle anything sharp or hot.
Based on kidscraftroom.com.
Simple ways to keep St George's Day crafts safe and fun.
Anything smaller than a 2p coin can choke a young child, so keep googly eyes, beads and buttons away from babies and toddlers.Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT)
Keep scissors out of young children's reach when you're not crafting together.NHS
Cords and ribbons can strangle babies and toddlers, so keep puppet strings, wool and bunting well out of their reach.NHS
Put glue, paint and other craft products away out of reach as soon as you've finished using them.Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT)
If a hot glue gun burn happens, cool it under cool running water for 20 minutes and cover it loosely with cling film.Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT)
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Toddlers can colour an England flag, dab fingerpaint roses or decorate a lion or rose mat from the Little Owls pack. Preschoolers enjoy the DLTK cut-and-paste dragon and paper knight, with a grown-up helping with the trickier cutting. Keep the dragon friendly β a smiley sock puppet or a colourful mask is far more fun for little ones than a fierce one.
Most St George's Day makes need white and red card or paper, glue sticks or PVA, child-safe scissors, crayons or felt tips and a few toilet rolls. For dragons, add green or red felt, an old sock, googly eyes and lolly sticks for masks. Red crepe paper or coloured paper towel and green pipe cleaners make simple roses. A printer is handy for templates.
Yes. Little Owls Resources has a free St George's Day pack for EYFS and KS1, with England flag colouring and bunting, rose and lion decorating mats, rose counting puzzles and fingerpaint roses. Kiddycharts offers a free activity eBook with bingo, a word search, an acrostic poem and a dragon story planner, which works well for KS1 writing. Crowns and dragon masks are great for role-play.
Yes. Kids Craft Room's dragon sock puppet pattern is designed as two A4 pages, and First Palette's crown templates print on A4 or Letter card. A few sites, such as DLTK, are based outside the UK, so if part of a template is cut off, choose 'fit to page' in your print settings or set the margins to zero. Thin card is best for crowns and masks.
Supervise younger children and keep googly eyes, beads and other small parts away from babies and toddlers β the Child Accident Prevention Trust warns anything smaller than a 2p coin can choke a young child. Use child-safe scissors, let grown-ups make any holes or use hot glue guns, and keep puppet strings and bunting out of reach of babies and toddlers.