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Paint
all the paper plates green and let them dry.
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Cut
strips of colored paper 1 1/2 to 2" wide. Snip triangle
shapes on one edge of the strip. You can use one or two
colors for these spiked strips to glue to the dragon's body, tail and
neck.
Tip: You can also make the other edge zig-zag or wavy design
using craft scissors or cut smaller triangle shapes.
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Glue these strips to the large paper plate
and 3 of the small paper plates.
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Using another color cut several more
strips. Cut out the triangle shapes and glue these to the
tops (on the backside) of the paper plate for the dragon's spikes.
For the tail section (one of the small paper plates) cut out a longer
and larger spike and glue on the left side of the plate to create the
spiked end of the tail.
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Take the other large paper plate and cut
out the dragon's nose, mouth and eyes in one piece. Glue on
some wiggle eyes and using a black marker, you can draw on some eye
lashes. Cut out a mouth shape with red paper. You
can even add some yellow sharp teeth. For the nose, just fill
in with black marker.
Tip: You can use this template here.
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Glue the large plate (with the dragon's
head) to one of the small plates.
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Using the hole punch, punch a hole in the
plates to connect them with the pipe cleaners. Use 1/3 of the
pipe cleaner and thread through the holes. Twist off the ends
to hold together.
Tip: This allows the dragon to be arranged in slightly
different positions when you hang him up.
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Using
the black paper, cut out four legs and glue to the large paper plate
(dragon's body).
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Glue several paper clips on the backside of
each section of the dragon. Use these paper clips for hanging up on the
wall.
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