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Triceratops Dinosaur Craft
(Cera from Land Before Time)

Shhh, don't tell... I made the one in the photo, not the girls *laugh*.  Kaitlyn was in the mood to free-draw some pictures and I decided I wanted to color, so I made Cera while she doodled.  I had loads of fun trying out my fancy new pencil crayons!

Cera Triceratops from the Land Before Time

Materials:

bullet a toilet paper roll, 
bullet a printer, 
bullet glue, 
bullet scissors, 
bullet something to colour with
bullet a piece of paper. 

Instructions:

bulletPrint out the template of choice. 
 
bulletColour the pieces as appropriate and cut them out.
 
bulletGlue the large rectangular piece around the toilet paper tube.
 
bulletGlue the head, legs and tail onto the tp roll.  
bulletI've done it so she's standing on all fours
bulletI used toothpicks glued to the back of the legs for a bit of extra support
 
bulletbut you can do it so she's rearing up on her hind legs as that is sometimes easier for younger kids.
bulletsee photo of Blue's Clues to get an idea of what this way looks like.  Close photo window when done viewing to return to this screen
 
bulletClose the template window after printing to return to this screen. 
   
bulletSet page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers). 

Template for a colour printer 

Template for black & white printer