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LaPorte County, Indiana |
 An
Egg-Cellent Eggodile
You’ll need:
- The top of a container for a dozen eggs
- Both parts of a
container from half a dozen eggs
- Four empty toilet paper
rolls
- Green, black, and white paint
- Red or pink construction
paper
- A needle with thread or string
- Glue
- Adhesive tape
- Varnish (optional)
How to build it:
- Paint tall the egg container and rolls
green. When the green has dried, paint white nails on
the four
rolls, which will be the legs. When the paint dries,
you can varnish
the rolls, if you like.
 With thread or string, tie together
the two parts of the smaller container to form the
head. You may want to
ask an adult for help.- Glue the body to the head and
paint the eyes and the nostrils. Varnish the whole
piece, if you like.
- On red construction paper, draw and cut
out the tongue. Attach it to the creature’s mouth
with adhesive tape.
- Glue the top edges and fit the legs
in spaces on the underside of the body.
- Use a piece
of unpainted egg container to make eyelashes. Glue
them over the eyes.
- Now you an egg-cellent new pet!
Use your imagination: Make some baby eggodiles with the
smaller container. Then draw or paint a “swampy” scene
to use as a background!
From Creating By Recycling (Crafts For All Seasons), by Anna Llimos and Laia Sadurni. Blackbirch Press (c) 2000, Blackbirch Press. Reprinted by permission of The Gale Group.
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