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Children's DIY: a cardboard dragon


A complete craft: tracing, cutting, gluing and painting, culminating in an articulated toy.

bricolage enfant : dragon articulé
Winged dragon, lizard or snake, it's up to you...
Materials :

  • cardboard rolls (paper towels or toilet paper)
  • brads
  • children's paint
  • sheets of thick coloured paper for the legs and wings (unless you want to paint them too)
bricolage enfant : detail du dragon

Production stages : Print)
bricolage enfant : etape 1the patterns.
They have been reduced to 25%, so you can print them full-page and leave them to the graphics software, or resize them to +400% before printing.
bricolage enfant : tete et queue du dragon
Tail (top) and head (bottom
bricolage enfant : patte et aile du dragon
Legs and wings

bricolage enfant : corps du dragon
Cut outtimes. Cut Paint Punch. Assemble Glue on
Dragon body
bricolage enfant : etape 2the drawings for each pattern.
Transfer the patterns to the cardboard rolls: trace the head once, the tail once and the body 5 to 7
Cut out with scissors.
bricolage enfant : etape 3wings and legs from the sheet(s) of thick paper.
Mark the folds on the wings with a ruler.
bricolage enfant : etape 4the head, body and tail: we've chosen 2 colors to distinguish back and belly.
bricolage enfant : etape 5the holes (4 per body block, but only 2 for the head) with a spade-shaped screwdriver, or with a hole punch, placing the cardboard block to be punched in the corner of a table, for example
bricolage enfant : etape 6the head, body parts and tail using brads, always overlapping in the same direction.
bricolage enfant : etape 7the legs and wings. Then draw two eyes, naughty or nice,
as you wish...
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