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:
- Cut two 3 ½”, three 3”, twelve 1 ½”, six 1”, and eight circle punches.
- Cut two ¼” x ½” strips of black construction paper.
- Cut two 2” circles out of the lime green paper.
- Place on 3” circle and two circle punches aside. Separate the remaining circle and punches into two piles.
- 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.
- Flip the body over and glue a second set of circles over the first row.
- 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.
- Attach the head by gluing it to the folds.
- 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.
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