DLTK's Crafts for Kids
Springy Spiral Snake

You've probably made springy coil snakes from paper plates at some time in your life -- I remember making one at camp about 25 years ago (eep, has it been that long already!?).

On this page, I've provided instructions and a paper craft template that makes a similar project to the traditional paper plate coil snake.
 

Materials:

• one sheet of card stock or thin cardboard (old cereal boxes work well) -- I used orange card stock so it matched the snake.
• paper,
• printer,
• scissors,
• glue,
• hole punch.
   
• string, wool or ribbon.
   

Instructions:

• Print out the template of choice.
   
• If using the B&W version, color in the template.
   
• Glue the template onto a piece of cardstock or thin cardboard.
   
• Let dry.
   
• Cut out the outline of the spiral snake.
   
• Cut along the spiral line to make a springy spiral snake.
   
• Use a hole punch to punch a hole in the center of the snake (the tip of the tail).
   
• Thread a piece of string through the hole and tie it on.
   
• Hang your springy spiral snake!
   

Templates:

• Close the template window after printing to return to this screen.
   
• Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers).
   

Template     color     or     B&W 

Printable version of these instructions