Cute and Easy Rocking Snail Craft for Kids
Here is a cute little Rocking Snail Craft for Kids – the rocking is both physically and in spirit! Young kids will enjoy making and playing with it for hours!
Snails often seem to get pushed to the sidelines, both literally and figuratively! We simply see them as slimy, super slow creatures, which get eaten at fancy restaurants by fancy people!
However, if you think about it, the humble snail does teach us a lot. How to slow down and take in the sights on the way, for example. A snail also tells us that it’s all about the journey, and not just about reaching a destination. What’s more, if you are moving towards something, what matters is that you are moving forward, however slow it maybe.
Wow, who knew that a little snail could teach us so much about life! Well, that’s what happens when you take a step back and really think about stuff – you get some wonderful lessons!
To celebrate this slimy yet interesting creature, we’ve got a snail that moves, although not exactly forward. Today’s rocking snail craft moves to and fro, and is super fun to watch!
Cute and Easy Rocking Snail Craft for Kids
Supplies required:
- Colored craft papers
- Colored cardstock paper
- Pencil
- Craft glue
- A pair of scissors
- Sharpies
How to make the Rocking Snail Craft for Kids:
1. Download the rocking snail craft template. The template includes parts of the snail, like the body, shell, head and eyes.
2. Trace the parts of the template on craft paper and cut them out. You can use any color you like here – no restrictions! We’ve chosen purple for the shell and yellow for the rest of the body.
3. Take the body cutout and fold it into half along the line in the middle so you get a semicircle as shown below.
4. Put away the body and let’s move on to the most unique feature of the rocking snail craft – the shell! Stick the spiral twirl on the shell making sure it fits snugly inside the shell circle.
5. Let’s get to work on the snail’s eyes. Stick the eyes on top of the tentacles.
6. Apply glue on the bottom ends of the tentacles and stick them to the back of the snail’s head. Now it looks like the eyes are popping out of its head! Add some outlines with Sharpies of matching colors.
7. Use a black Sharpie to draw the mouth and a pink or orange one to draw cheeks on the snail’s head.
8. Make a thin fold along the bottom edge of the snail’s head. Apply glue on this folded edge.
9. Attach the snail’s head to the body by sticking the glued edge to the back of the semicircle’s top edge. Use a marker or Sharpie to draw an outline for the body.
10. Glue the paper shell on the folded edge of the body, right behind the head.
11. Your rocking snail craft is all done – you can now place it on a flat surface. If it seems to be toppling, just widen the space between the open edges of the snail’s body a little.
12. That’s it – your snail can now rock to and fro on its body!
Go ahead and make multiple versions of the rocking snail craft in different colors. That’s the fun thing about crafts, you can customize them any way you like and create an entire team of snails. By the way, did you know that a group of snails is called an escargatoire of snails? How cool is that?
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