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DLTK's Halloween 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!?)
  

Note:  To make a Halloween paper plate version, you just paint the paper plate orange or black (or your choice of snake color).  Then you cut a coil shape from the paper plate, decorate it further as a snake and hang it from the roof.

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

bulletone sheet of card stock or thin cardboard (old cereal boxes work well) -- I used orange card stock so it matched the snake.
bulletpaper
bulletprinter
bulletscissors
bullet glue
bullethole punch
bulletstring, wool or ribbon

Instructions:

bulletPrint out the template of choice.
  
bulletIf using the B&W version, color in the template.
  
bulletGlue the template onto a piece of cardstock or thin cardboard.
  
bulletLet dry.
  
bulletCut out the outline of the spiral snake.
  
bulletCut along the spiral line to make a springy spiral snake.
  
bulletUse a hole punch to punch a hole in the center of the snake (the tip of the tail)
  
bulletThread a piece of string through the hole and tie it on.
  
bulletHang your springy spiral snake!

Templates:  

 

Template     color     or     B&W 

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

 

 

Printable version of these instructions