Snail Crafts and Activities for Children

How to Make Crafts and Activities Relating to Snails

 

This is a great activity to use when you are studying snails. Have your children make the paper plate snails and write facts about snails on the writing sheets. You can also use this craft as a creative writing activity and have them write a story about snails.

What you will need:

Dinner-sized Paper Plate, Two Lunch-sized Paper Plates, Water Color Paint, Markers, Hole Punch and Brass Brads

 

How to Make the Paper Plate Snail Craft:

1. Fold the dinner-sized paper plate in half, bottom-to-bottom.

2. Draw the bottom of the snail shape on the end of the folded paper plate and then cut it out. You will have two shapes that are opposite each other.

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3. Glue the two shapes together at the top of the head and the back of the snail. The bottom of the snail will have a one-inch gap. This will allow the snail to stand up and rock back and forth.

4. Glue a lunch-sized paper plate to the front of the snail covering about 1/2" of the plate so that the bottom of the paper plate is facing front. Glue another lunch-sized paper plate to the back of the snail, top-to-top, matching up the sides.

5. Paint the paper plate snail with water color paints or color it with crayons.

 

How to Make the Snail Paper Plate Writing Activity:

1. Follow the directions to the paper plate snail above except instead of gluing the shell paper plates together punch a hole in the top of the plates so they can be connected with a brass brad.

2. Draw 5 1/2" circles on white paper and draw lines, make copies, and cut out the shapes. (Printable patterns available to members and as an instant download above.)

3. Attach the writing sheets and lunch-sized paper plate to the back paper plate with a brad.

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Use this game board to review facts about snails. Children can make up their own questions and write them on cards. They can also make up their own rules to play the game.

The game includes two pages that are glued together to make the game board.

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If you have older children have them write numbers on the circles. Call out math facts and if a child has the answer to the math fact on his printable, he should color the circle on the snail. The child who colors in all the circles first wins.

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How to Make:

1. Print out the pattern and make copies.

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2. Color the snail picture and then glue on decorative items such as buttons, sequins, stickers, and yarn.

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How to make the 3D Snail Picture:

1. Print out the picture of the snail and the snail shell pattern. Cut out the snail shell so that it looks like a snake.

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2. Color the snail pictures.

The inside part of the pattern will stick up at an angle because the circle on the paper is smaller than the shell pattern. Press the outer edge of the snail shell pattern all the way around the circle. Let the glue dry.

5. Continue adding glue to the inner edge of the pattern and placing the outer edge of the pattern on the glue until you reach the center of the shell.

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How to Make a Pipe Cleaner Snail

1. Start at the center of the snail's shell. Bend down the end of the pipe cleaner and roll the pipe cleaner into a spiral shape until you are happy with the size.

2. Then bring the pipe cleaner straight out from the spiral shape and bend it back the same direction. Cut off the excess pipe cleaner and glue the end to the back of the snail's shell.

3. To make the tentacles fold a piece of pipe cleaner in half, cut it to the right size and glue the folded end to the back of the snail's body.

4. Glue tiny pompoms to the end of the tentacles or roll up another piece of pipe cleaner for each eye. Glue small googly eyes to the pompoms or rolled up pipe cleaner.

5. You can stick an adhesive pin back to the back of the snail to make a broach. Or make a pencil topper by winding up a piece of pipe cleaner around a pencil and gluing the spiral to the back of the snail. Or you can just glue a piece of pipe cleaner to the back and use it to attach to a stick to make a planter decoration.

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Snails leave a sticky, slimy trail everywhere they go. Children practice their gluing skills by placing glue on the snail's trail.

How to make:

1. Before class print out the activity sheet and make copies. Add food coloring to the glue or use glue that already has color. You can also buy glue that has glitter included.

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2. In class have your children color the picture of the snail and then practice tracing the snail trail with a small line of glue.

3. Remind your children before they start that snails only leave a small amount of slime. They don't want to waist it. Tell your children to practice being snails with their glue.

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Your children will enjoy singing this song as they work on their snail trails.

Shim, Shim, Shimmy
Written by Nancy Foss
Sing to the tune of "London Bridges".

Make a snail trail
Follow me
Follow me
Follow me
Make a snail trail
Follow me
Shim, Shim, Shimmy

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