Wriggler-Rattler Snake
Category: Toys | 20 June 2008, 17:52 | admin
Make one of these realistic wriggling snakes - you won’t be able to stop fooling around with it!
You will need:
- Loo roll tubes
- Scissors
- Split pins or paper fasteners
- Paint
- Sticky tape
- Thin card
- Rice or lentils
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Cut six loo roll tubes in half, across the middle.
This should give you twelve pieces.
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Next, cut four triangles into each piece of loo roll tube.
First, snip a little triangle in from the edge. Do it so that the point of the triangle goes almost to the middle.
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Now turn the tube and cut another triangle opposite.
Again, the point should go almost to the middle.
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Then cut two more triangles on the other side of the tube… |
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…so that you end up with something that looks like this.
This is one segment of your snake’s body.
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Repeat this process on all twelve loo roll tube pieces. |
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When you’ve cut triangles into them all, paint the inside of the snake sections.
It’s a good idea to do this now, because it’s much more fiddly to try to do it later on!
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Now you need to join all the segments of the snake’s body together.
To do this, you need lots of these - split pins, or paper fasteners!
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On each segment, pop little holes into the bits of tube in between each of the triangles.
Use a ball of soft modelling clay and a sharp pencil to do this.
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Each segment will need four holes. Two on one side… |
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When they’re done, you can join the segments together, using the split pins or paper fasteners.
Start with two segments overlapping, so that the holes line up.
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Push a split pin through one set of holes, and open it up on the inside of the body. |
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Repeat the process on the other side.
Pop a split pin through, and open it up inside. It can be a bit fiddly, but it gets easier with practice.
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When they’re joined, the segments will flex.
The idea is to join all the segments in this way.
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Once they’re all joined, you’ll have a snake body that looks like this. |
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Now you can make a rattling tail - from rice, or lentils! |
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Roll some thin card into a long, thin cone shape. |
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Trim the bottom until the cone fits snugly into the end of the snake’s body. |
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Pop rice or lentils inside the cone. |
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Put sticky tape over the open end of the cone, so that the contents don’t fall out. |
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Tape the cone to the end of the body, to finish the rattle off. |
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Now for the head.
This is made by cutting two identical heart shapes, like these, from thin card.
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Take one of the heart shaped pieces of card, and fold the top around the snake’s body.
This will be the bottom jaw.
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Now fold the other heart shape, around the top of the snake’s body, to make the top of the head.
Tape it into place.
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It should overlap the bottom jaw slightly, like this. |
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When that’s done, the snake’s body is complete! |
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You can paint your snake whichever way you like.
This one even has a forked tongue made from an old scrap of red paper.
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And remember, you can make any species you like… |
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…and any size you like - providing you have enough loo roll tubes!
Try it yourself!
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