Build Funny Aliens! Mix-and-Match Printable Game for Kids

August 12, 2026 August 12, 2026 by Ayelet Keshet in ,
Printable mix-and-match alien craft with colorful paper aliens and interchangeable body parts for kids.

Today we’re stepping into outer space with a printable alien craft for kids! Color the pieces, cut them out, and mix and match the different parts to build all sorts of funny aliens.

The printable template includes four alien heads, bodies, sets of arms and legs, plus plenty of accessories. Kids can combine the printable alien parts in any way they like, try out several designs, and then place their favorite creation on the special Alien Building Zone page. This printable craft is free for your personal use, with the template waiting for you as a PDF further down the post.

This printable space craft is simply something fun, creative, and imaginative for children who love outer space. It is easy to prepare, simple to assemble, and suitable for preschoolers too, although younger children may need some help with cutting.

Build funny aliens with this printable mix-and-match game for kids! Color, cut, and combine alien heads, bodies, arms, legs, and space accessories to create countless silly aliens. A fun printable space craft and cut-and-paste activity for kids.

Creative Alien Craft and Activity for Kids

Space leaves plenty of room for imagination — and so does this alien game.

Kids can try different heads with different bodies, switch the arms and legs, and customize their alien with cut-and-paste accessories.

The fun of this build an alien printable game is that children do not have to settle on their first idea. They can arrange the pieces, change their minds, and keep trying new combinations before gluing anything down.

Once they have built an alien, they might also enjoy imagining a little more about it:

  • What is the alien’s name?
  • What does its voice sound like?
  • Does it have any unusual abilities?
  • What does it eat?
  • What does its home planet look like?
  • Is it visiting Earth, or does it want to take you on a space adventure?

The printable craft template includes a page with all these questions and a designated place for the assembled alien. This turns the mix-and-match alien game into a space theme activity where kids can express their own ideas.

There are no correct answers and no wrong-looking aliens. The stranger the combination, the better!

Three funny assembled paper aliens surrounded by mix-and-match alien accessories and space pieces from the printable craft

How to Build Countless Paper Aliens

This cut and paste alien activity is part coloring page, part paper craft, and part mix-and-match game. Children can color all the pieces first and then have fun moving them around until they find their favorite combination.

You Will Need

Instructions

1. Print the free template for this alien craft. It has all the alien parts and the Alien Building Zone page.

Printable alien craft template for a mix-and-match alien building game for kids.

2. Carefully cut out all the pieces.

Cutting the paper alien parts out of the printable craft template

3. Color the alien heads, bodies, arms, legs, and accessories. The pieces do not need to match — aliens can be as colorful and unusual as you like.

Coloring the cut-out alien building game parts

4. Mix and match the parts to create silly aliens.

Different funny paper aliens made by mixing and matching the printable alien parts.

5. Arrange the pieces on the Alien Building Zone before gluing. Try several combinations and switch the parts around as many times as you like. You can print the Alien Building Zone page multiple times for different aliens.

Printable Alien Building Zone page with space-themed questions and a place to assemble a paper alien.

6. Glue your favorite alien onto the page, or keep the pieces loose so you can build a different alien another day.

Your alien can be matching, mismatched, spotted, striped, bright, colorful, or completely wild. This printable space paper craft lets your imagination run free!

Keep the Pieces and Play Again

You do not have to glue the alien together straight away. Children can keep the pieces loose and use the Alien Building Zone as a play mat, creating a new character every time they play.

Whether you use it as an afternoon craft, a quiet-time activity, or part of an outer-space theme learning session, this space printable activity gives children plenty of freedom to create.

For more space fun, take a look at these related activities:

Outer Space Coloring Page – A cute coloring page filled with astronauts, spaceships, planets, and little space details to spot and color. Great for a quick space-themed activity at home or on the go.

Download this free printable outer space coloring page for kids. It has fun things from all over the galaxy: astronauts, spaceships, aliens and planets! 

Build Your Own Classroom Craft – More cut-and-paste fun! Kids can build a whole classroom scene, with doors that open to reveal their self-made classroom. Just in time for back-to-school season!

Make your own classroom with this free printable back to school craft for kids! Just print, color, cut, and glue. Includes teacher, students, and decorations. A fun and creative paper craft to help kids get ready for school.

I hope your enjoy this alien activity for kids and meet wonderfully strange visitors from outer space. Which alien combination will they build first?

 

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