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Young Martians in Love

It’s a little known fact that Valentine’s Day is the most popular holiday for those “little green men” (and women) from the red planet.  On this special day, unattached Martian females roam the land looking for a suitable mate.  

They then hold out their Valentine’s heart and chant the Martian Love Song.  If the prospective mate is interested, he too holds out his heart and repeats each line.  When the song is complete, they exchange hearts and the bonding ritual is complete (cheap wedding, eh?)

Materials:

bullet toilet paper roll, 
bullet a printer, 
bullet a piece of paper, 
bullet something to color with (for B&W version),
bullet scissors,
bulletglue

Instructions:

bulletPrint out the template of choice. 
  
bulletColour (where appropriate) and cut out the template pieces. 
  
bulletGlue the large rectangular piece on first to cover the tube.
  
bulletGlue the antenna, eyes and mouth on to the head.
  
bulletGlue the head on to the body.
  
bulletFold the arms on the dotted line so the heart is held out in front.  Glue the arms to the body.
  
bulletFold the feet and glue the tabs onto the inside of the toilet paper tube.  Martians can have anywhere from one foot to five feet depending on their age (they lose feet as they get older!)

Alternative Decorating Ideas:

bulletCrumple up pieces of tinfoil and glue them onto the body as shiny "buttons".
  
bulletUse the template for the black and white printer on white paper and colour in the pieces with crayon, marker, paint, etc.
  
bulletUse the template for the black and white printer on green coloured construction paper.  Print a second template on white paper and mix & match the pieces
  

Printing the Templates:  

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   (color)   or   (B&W)

 

 

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