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Platypus Craft
Instructions to make a platypus out of a paper bag.

Materials Needed:

  • Paper Lunch Bag
  • Construction Paper
  • Large Wiggle Eyes
  • Tape or Stapler
  • Glue
  • Newspaper
Instructions:
Crumple up pieces of newspaper and stuff the bag to the top. Fold down the top opening of the bag corner to corner meeting in the center of the paper bag, and staple or tape it closed. It should look like a fat bag with a triangle point at the top. Lay it staple side down on the table.


Trace the platypus beak, feet, and tail onto brown construction paper and cut them out. Glue the tail to the end of the bag where the bottom of the bag is. Glue the bill pieces on the top and the bottom of the bag to cover the point you made when you folded it. Glue 2 legs on each side. Glue on the large wiggle eyes! (You can see a picture of a platypus here).




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