Your Pet but as a Minion!
Make a Minion-style model of your pet using simple craft materials like colored paper, googly eyes, and clay, learning shape and color choices.
About this activity
Make a Minion-style model of your pet using simple craft materials like colored paper, googly eyes, and clay, learning shape and color choices.
What you need
Step by step
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Step 1
Gather all materials and clear a flat workspace where you can create.
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Step 2
Look at a photo of your pet and pick two favorite features to keep in your minion design.
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Step 3
Decide if your minion-pet will have one eye or two.
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Step 4
Count out that many googly eyes and put them within reach.
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Step 5
Roll yellow clay into a smooth oval or cylinder to make the minion body.
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Step 6
Make the blue overall shape by flattening blue clay or cutting a rectangle from blue paper.
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Step 7
Press the overall piece onto the lower half of the yellow body so it sticks.
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Step 8
Press the googly eye or eyes into the front upper area of the yellow body so they stay put.
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Step 9
Make a black goggle strap by rolling a thin strip of black clay or drawing a line with the black marker.
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Step 10
Place the strap across the eye area so it looks like goggles.
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Step 11
Add your pet features like ears tail or spots using small bits of clay or cut paper and attach them.
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Step 12
Add arms legs and little details like overall buttons then let your model dry or set for a few hours.
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Step 13
Share your finished Minion-style pet creation on DIY.org
Fun facts
How do you make a Minion-style model of your pet?
To make a Minion-style model of your pet, start by looking at your petâs defining features (ears, tail, fur color). Shape a simple minion body from yellow clay or rolled paper â cylinder or oval. Add pet details: smaller clay shapes for ears/tail, glue googly eyes or make eye goggle from grey paper, use colored paper or paint to add patterns and markings. Attach features with glue; let dry. Encourage kids to name colors and shapes as they work.
What materials do I need for "Your Pet but as a Minion!"?
You'll need yellow modeling clay or playdough, colored paper, scissors, glue, and at least one googly eye (or two). Add grey or silver paper for goggles, markers or paint for pet markings, small bits of felt for ears or a tail, and pipe cleaners for whiskers or legs. Optional: craft foam, safe child scissors, sealing varnish for older kidsâ keepsakes, and a small base to display the model.
What ages is this activity suitable for?
This activity suits ages 3â10 with adjustments: preschoolers (3â5) can press clay and stick large paper shapes with supervision and blunt scissors; ages 6â8 can cut details, assemble goggles, and add markings; 9â10-year-olds can sculpt finer features and experiment with mixed materials. Always supervise young children with small parts (googly eyes, pipe cleaners) to prevent choking, and adapt tools to each childâs motor skills.
What are the benefits of making a pet Minion model?
Making a Minion-version of your pet builds creativity, observational skills, and color and shape recognition. Kids practice fine motor control when rolling clay, cutting paper, and gluing parts together. It boosts vocabulary (describing fur, patterns, and tools), encourages storytelling (naming and role-playing your pet-Minion), and supports confidence through a finished keepsake. Group projects also teach sharing and collaboration when children plan colors and features together.
Watch & Learn
Need help?
What can we use if we donât have yellow clay or googly eyes?
Use yellow playâdough or model magic for the minion body and replace googly eyes with cut paper circles or drawn eyes using the black marker.
My blue overall or googly eyes wonât stay onâwhat should I try?
Lightly dampen the clay surfaces before you press the blue overall onto the lower half of the yellow body and secure googly eyes and the thin black goggle strap with a tiny dab of craft glue if they keep falling out.
How can I adapt the project for different ages?
For younger kids, use large preâcut blue paper overalls and big sticker eyes with an adult doing the cutting and pressing, while older kids can use polymer clay to sculpt finer ears, tails, and bake the model for a permanent minion-pet.
How can we extend or personalize our minion-pet after finishing it?
Add a clay name patch on the blue overall, glue on extra pet features like spots or a tail, build a cardboard diorama of your petâs favorite place, or film a short stopâmotion video to share on DIY.org.