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Making: Tortoise Paper Collage

17 August 20102 Comments

It’s been a (long) while since I last posted our arts and crafts works!

Ah. So much to share, so little time.

Places we visit. Recipes I managed to test out. School-related thoughts. Things we learn at home. Kids’ updates. Challenges we face. So much more.

Anyway.

Today I’d like to share with you this simple craft project we did recently.

We made tortoise paper collage, using all sorts of paper we find at home.

What we used:

– Plain coloured paper as the background
– Flyers we received in our mailbox
– Scissors, crayons and glue

What we did:

– Cut out the following:
a) One big oval shape (for the head)
b) Four smaller oval shapes (for the legs)
c) One very big oval (for the body)
d) One small triangle (for the tail)
e) Two strips of paper (for the weaving on the body)
f) Two white-coloured small circles (for the eyes)

Note:
– If you’re using plain paper for the body, you can use flyers for the two strips to get the contrast.
– Better to use plain paper for the head and four legs

– Cut 4 parallel lines half way down the body. This is for the kid to insert the strips across (in and out, in and out. See picture above)

– Stick the head, tail, legs and eyes accordingly

– Colour the black dots on the eyes with crayons / coloured pencil / marker

And that is it!

For younger children, you can do away with the ‘weaving’ part.

Let’s make use of the used paper around your home and have fun crafting with your little ones!

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