DLTK's Crafts for Kids
Turtle Three Dimensional Craft
Thanks to Marie for contributing this idea! This is a simple cut and paste turtle craft with a twist -- you end up with a three dimensional turtle to display or play with.
Materials:
- printer and paper
- stapler,
- scissors,
- glue,
- printer and paper
- Optional: either wiggly eyes or white paper
Instructions:
- Print the template of choice.
- Color the template pieces (if using the B&W version).
- Cut slits in each corner of the large body shape.
- Staple or tape the paper together so it overlaps slightly and forms a bowl shape.
- Glue the eyes onto the head (moon shape).
- Glue the head onto the front of the body
- Kaitlyn, age 8, folded the head a little and glued that onto the body (see photo at the top of this page). She was happy with this as the head lay flat on the table that way.
- You could also just glue the head on a little higher and not fold it.
- Fold the tabs on the feet and tail and glue them to the inside of the body
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).