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BUGS AND THINGS: Dragonflies

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BUGS AND THINGS: Dragonflies

DRAGONFLY

 

DRAGONFLY

The young dragonfly begins life in the water as a naiad. It feeds on tiny insects and fish. It has long legs which hold the insects it captures while flying. Dragonflies perform good deeds, too: they love to eat mosquitoes. Many dragonfly species live in marshes near rivers and ponds.

Materials:

One sheet lime green stock

Two sheets black construction paper

2 feet Paper Twist (any color)

Circle cutter or template of a circle

Pointed tip scissors

Circle punch

Ruler

White glue

String

Thin gauge wire

Project:

  1. Cut two 3 ½”, three 3”, twelve 1 ½”, six 1”, and eight circle punches.
  2. Cut two ¼” x ½” strips of black construction paper.
  3. Cut two 2” circles out of the lime green paper.
  4. Place on 3” circle and two circle punches aside. Separate the remaining circle and punches into two piles.
  5. To make the body, glue one 3 ½” circle with the edge of one 3” circle, then glue six 1 ½” circles in a row. At the end, glue three circle punches.
  6. Flip the body over and glue a second set of circles over the first row.
  7. For the eyes. Glue two 2” lime green circles on the 3” circle to make the eyes. Glue a black circle punch in the center of each eye.
  8. Attach the head by gluing it to the folds.
  9. To make the wings twist a small piece of wire around the center of the piece of twist. Round off the ends of the twist with scissors. Punch a hole behind the largest body section and insert the wire around the ribbon through this hole to attach the wings to the body. Inset a length of string through this hole to hang the dragonfly.

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Delano, Marte Ferguson. National Geographic Kids/Butterflies. Washington DC: National Geographic for Kids.

Greensburg, David T. Bugs! NY: Little, Brown and Company. 1997.

Jackson, Demi.  Guess That Animal! Name That Bug! NY: Gareth Stevens Publishing, 2017.

McKissack, Patricia and Frederick. Bugs! Chicago: Children’s Press, 1988.

Parker, Nancy Winslow and Wright, Joan Richards. Bugs. NY: Greenwillow, 1987.

Simon, Seymour. Butterflies. NY: Collins, 2011.

Singer, Marilyn. Caterpillars. Waynesville, MC: Early Light Books, Inc., 2011.

Taylor, Barbara, ed. 1000 Facts on Bugs. NY: Miles Kelly Publishing, 2005.

 

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I first wrote and sketched as a child growing up in Pittsburgh, PA and Brooklyn, New York. I received her first recognition for my creativity when I won the New York City Schools Art Award and participated in my first art exhibit in downtown Manhattan. I was fourteen and a half when I moved to Cyprus with my family. I experienced culture shock but I continued to write about and sketch the sights and sounds of another country and many other things. I am a creative person. I write children's and Young Adult fiction and nonfiction. I write historical and Coming of Age Young Adult novels. I also write picture books and art books for elementary school children. I am in the process of writing a fictionalized biography of a member of the Belgian Resistance who also fought for the US Army during World War II. I worked as a freelance editor for two local companies: College Prowler and SterlingHouse Publisher. I also worked as an assistant literary agent for Lee Shore Agency. I was attending Seton Hill University’s Writing Popular Fiction Program at the time and the experience was invaluable. My course work toward my Master of Arts degree in turn helped me at work. As an assistant literary agent, I reviewed all incoming manuscripts, cultivated a relationship with the writers we contracted and marketed our books to book publishers for sale. I “freelanced” my editing skills which included working with the manuscript acquisitions editor, selecting book covers with the art department, writing the book jacket blurb, reading film scripts and executing general office duties as assigned. Oh, by the way, I edited books, too. I even utilized Adobe InDesign for the editing that I did for College Prowler. I’ve also reviewed published books and conducted research. I have published nonfiction articles and books online and in print. As an artist, I have exhibited my mixed media drawings and collages nationally and regionally and have worked as a freelance designer and calligrapher. I have a BA in Studio Arts from the University of Pittsburgh and a MA in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University.

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