Does your child love dragons? Want to make an easy dragon craft with your preschooler? Then today's cardboard dragon wings are the perfect craft for you! I made these with several young kids and they really enjoyed the process of decorating and designing their wings.
How to Make Artsy Cardboard Dragon Wings with Preschoolers
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Materials Needed:
- Poster board
- Elastic
- Stapler
- Scissors
- Pencil
- Items to decorate wings: Feathers, Colored Sand, Variety of Sequins
- Mod Podge or white glue
- Paint Brush
Let's Make Some Dragon Wings!
- Draw your wings on a piece of poster board. (I drew a sample pair of wings on scrap paper first to get the right size for the kids. Then I used that design as a template for the poster board wings.)
- Cut out your wings.
- Give children a bunch of different items to decorate their wings. Use a paintbrush dipped in glue or mod podge to stick the items onto the wings. (We placed each type of decoration in a small bowl. Kids were allowed to grab and use whatever they liked. If you're worried about making a mess, you can place the wings in a big tray to catch all the extra sand and sequins.)
- Once the wings are dry, staple on elastic straps and voila! You're all done!
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Happy creating and connecting, friends!