Newborn Lamb Pattern
For Paper Mache, in Two Sizes
$12
This lamb pattern creates all the shapes for you, so no sculpting experience is required.
This adorable newborn lamb is easy to make with the downloadable pattern, some cereal box cardboard, and a layer of paper strips and paste or paper mache clay.
You can display her on a shelf as part of your decor, give her as a gift – or use the lamb as a photo prop with your own newborn baby. She’d also look lovely in a Christmas creche, or as decoration for Vacation Bible School.
How to Make Your Lamb Sculpture:
Put the downloadable pattern on cereal box cardboard and cut out the pieces.
Tape all the pattern pieces together, and add a small foam ball for the eyes.
Add paper strips and paste – and paper mache clay if you’d like to sculpt the wool like I did (see video below).
Paint your lamb, using your own favorite photo as a model.
Finished size (both sizes are included with the downloadable file):
Small lamb: About 7.6 inches (19.3 cm) high, 12.5 inches (31.9 cm) wide and 6 inches (15.2 cm) deep.
Large lamb: About 9.7” (24.64) high, 16” (40.64 cm) wide and 7.6” (19.3 cm) deep.
My downloadable PDF Patterns come with full instructions.
There’s no waiting for your pattern to arrive, and no shipping costs, so you can start on your project right away.
Note: If you’ll be saving your pattern to and iPhone or iPad, those devices like to hide your downloaded files. You can scroll down this page to see how to find them.
And remember – if you have any problems downloading your files or putting your pattern together, just let me know. I’m always happy to help. 🙂
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How to Tape the Lamb Pattern Pieces:
After you download the pattern and stick the pages to cereal box cardboard, you’ll need to cut out the pieces and tape them together. The pattern comes with instructions for each piece, but be sure to watch the video below, before you get started on your project.
How to Add Wool With Paper Mache Clay:
You can use paper strips and paste if you like, but I had fun adding ‘wool’ to my lamb, using paper mache clay. You can find the recipe under the ‘recipes’ tab at the top of the site.
To make your lamb sculpture you will need:
- Access to a Printer
- Copy paper or full-sheet labels
- Glue stick if using copy paper instead of labels
- For a small lamb, you’ll need the front and back from from 3 standard-sized cereal boxes, or 5 pieces of letter-sized “light chipboard*” that you can purchase online. You’ll also need a piece of corrugated cardboard for the bottom piece, about 8” by 14” (20.32 x 35.56 cm).
- For a large lamb, you’ll need 4 cereal boxes or 7 pieces of light chipboard, and a piece of corrugated cardboard for the bottom piece, about 10” x 18” (25.4 x 45.72 cm).
- Sharp scissors for cutting cereal box cardboard and box cutter for corrugated cardboard.
- Clear plastic tape and masking tape. Note: Don’t use disappearing gift wrap tape – it isn’t strong enough.
- A small amount of aluminum foil for sculpting details.
- Foam ball for the eyes – 0.9” (2.2 cm) for the small lamb, or 1.25” (3.175 cm) for the large lamb.
- Paper strips and paste or paper mache clay (I used both for my lamb, but it’s up to you).
- Acrylic gesso or latex primer
- Acrylic paint and acrylic varnish.
* If purchasing cardboard in place of the cereal boxes, it will be sold as “light chipboard.” Medium or heavy chipboard is too stiff to bend well.
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Do you have a question or need help with your pattern?
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When you finish your Lamb …
We would really love to see how it comes out. Please visit the Daily Sculptors page and upload some photos – and tell us about your sculpture.
I found this lamb while searching your other creations.
I am a monkey fanatic and was actually hoping you had a pattern for your chimpanzee sculpt. I will love you forever if you do. 🙂 ?
Hi Carlton. I do have a chimpanzee mask pattern, but you must be talking about my chimp sculpture that I made quite a few years ago. I don’t have a pattern for it, and I gave him away when I moved. Sorry. 🙁
Hi!! I love your patterns. I would love to do a sheep head! Do you have a pattern available for a sheep head?
There are two sheep patterns – one for the lamb, and one for the ram headdress mask. I hope to use the ram pattern for a wall sculpture someday, but I haven’t done that yet.
Can you design a sheep pattern standing up with head raised?
I might do that someday, but designing this kind of pattern takes a really long time. However, you could design your own internal silhouette-type pattern. Most of the free projects on this site were made that way. You can see how it’s done in this video.