Craft: Wildlife Scenes
Create your own wildlife scenes using pictures
of animals found in old magazines. You can also use this same
method to create nature and action scenes. This is a lovely craft to make on a rainy afternoon.
What you need:
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Scissors |
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Glue |
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Paints, crayons or markers |
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Ruler |
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Old magazines |
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Box board (old cereal boxes, etc.) |
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Cardboard, bristol board (light cardboard) or box board |
What you do:
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Example 1 |
Example 2 |
Example 3 |
Example 4 |
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To make the base for your scene cut a square
big enough to fit your wildlife scene and paint the top an appropriate
colour. Green for grass, grey for gravel, brown for dirt.
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Roughly cut around pictures of animals found
in old magazines. See example 1.
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Glue the pictures onto box board and allow
to dry.
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Using a ruler draw a rectangle
below the feet. See example 2.
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Carefully cut through all layers
around the outline of the figure.
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Make a cut in the rectangle
between the feet at the bottom of the animal. Bend one half forward
and the other half back. See example 3. Glue onto your
base.
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If the animal is too shaky,
glue a triangle of cardboard on the back. See example 4. |
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