DLTK's Crafts for Kids
Beaver Canada Day Wreath
This is a fun wreath to do by yourself or with a group to celebrate Canada!
Materials:
- Ring of cardboard (empty cereal boxes work wonderfully).
- Construction paper (red and white).
- scissors.
- glue
Craft Instructions:
Trace a small plate and a
large plate onto a piece of old cardboard.- Empty cereal boxes or frozen dinner boxes work well
- It doesn't matter if you go over the folds of the cardboard
Cut a small strip of cardboard and glue it
onto the back of the ring over any folds in the cardboard.- This will reinforce the ring.
- Cut strips of construction paper (about 1 1/2 inches by 4 inches).
- Glue the strips into rolls (like making a paper chain).
Glue the rolls of construction paper onto
the wreath. We made a red and white pattern, but you can do it however you wish.- Print out the template of choice.
- Color the template pieces and cut out.
- Glue the head, maple leaf and two paws on top of the wreath.
- Glue the body, tail and two paws on the back of the wreath (so it looks like the beaver is peeking over the top).
Templates:
- Close the template window after printing to return to this screen.
- Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers).