Craft Fun - A Triceratops

Note: There are three triangles, one circle, and one tail for each child.

  1. Punch out the parts. Use tempera paint to paint the front of the paper any color you wish. Let it dry.
  2. Stuff the paper bag with newspaper or other scraps of paper. Staple or tape the end of the bag shut.
  3. To make eyes, put the two larger circle stickers on the circle face. Put the smaller circle stickers on the larger ones to make pupils for the eyes.
  4. Fold the triangles in half lengthwise to make horns. Put glue on just the two corners of one horn and glue it below the eyes. Glue the two remaining horns in the same manner above the eyes.
  5. Put glue on the back of the face and glue it to the front of the paper plate, letting some of the paper plate stick up over the top of the face, as shown in the sketch. Put glue on the back of the paper plate and glue it to the closed end of the paper bag.
  6. Fold back the rounded part of the tail on the fold line and glue it to the end of the paper bag opposite the head.
  7. Put glue on the bottom of each of the souffle cups. Attach them to the corners of the bottom of the triceratops' body to make feet for it to stand on.

Simplified Version: Cut the triangles in half rather than folding them and glue one half of each triangle flat on the face to make horns.

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