How to Craft a Unique Bearded Dragon For Your Little Ones
The summer heat probably has your kids feeling like lizards basking in the sun. Here’s a craft to create in the shade while pretending to be a bearded dragon and learning some fun facts about these unique creatures.
Beards of spiny scales around the neck are where they received part of their name. The other half comes from how they make their bodies flatter to appear large like a dragon.
They wave to communicate with each other, can run on two legs, and can even be found sleeping in a standing position.
Their beard turns black when alarmed, but that’s not the only time they have been known to change colors. They will turn dark to absorb heat, and sometimes after they shed, colors ranging from orange, green, yellow, or brown.
These little lizards can make low maintenance, fun to watch pets, but if you’d rather skip the feeding routine. Upcycling toilet paper rolls and using a little imagination can give your kids all the excitement without the upkeep.
TO CRAFT A BEARDED DRAGON, YOU WILL NEED
Bindle & Brass Natural Palm Lilies
Bindle & Brass Blackbeard Wheat
cardboard tube
tissue paper or tulle
ribbon
googly eyes
wooden beads
hot glue gun
scissors
DIRECTIONS
Gather supplies.
Clip dried naturals to create scales and beard.
Hot Glue the scales to the cardboard tube, alternating colors to create the dragon body.
Hot glue the beard to one half of the upper part of the dragon and finish the other side with scales.
Hot glue the googly eyes to the wooden beads.
Glue the beads to the scales above the beard.
Glue strips of ribbon and tissue paper to the inside of the tube to create a fire-breathing effect.
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