Supplies:
-Egg carton
-Paint (we used orange, red, yellow and black)
-Paint brush
-Googly eyes
-Red paper for the tongue
-Scissors
-Glue (I ended up using a glue gun)
Directions:
To make the dragons, take the bottom of an egg carton and cut it in half lengthwise. Then remove one of the end cups for the head.
Paint the entire top of the body and the head of the dragon. Then paint the inside of the head black (for the mouth). After the paint dries, glue the head to the body. The girls had used regular glue, but I decided it was going to take too long to dry, so I glued it for them with a glue gun. Then add googly eyes to the top of the head and cut out a long red tongue for inside the mouth.
The girls loved playing with their dragons. They were trying to see whose dragon was the meanest. I just love their expressions!
And just to show how adorable these girls really are, despite their really ferocious faces above, here's a cute pic of them painting a picture together.
This is such a great idea! Multicultural celebrations, recycling, painting...and I love their little ferocious faces--too cute! Thank you so much for linking up at Teach Me Tuesday--this is perfect! I hope we see you again next week!
ReplyDeleteThose are really cute! Love the idea of egg carton dragons. My daughter would love it. We've made ants with egg cartons and caterpillars. Thanks for sharing your blog.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the compliments and for visiting Juggling With Kids! =)
ReplyDeleteI love the dragons - but I LOVE the look on the girl's faces as they play.. and then smile again at each other. Soooo cute! :-)
ReplyDeleteMaggy
Awesome idea! That pic of the ferocious-faced girls is the cutest thing :-)
ReplyDeleteWow! Very cute and adorable. Awesome and perfect for the kids! I really loved the materials you put to complete the features the dragon. We did an Egg Carton Color Sorting Activity game out of the same materials you used. You should check it out! :)
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