Wide-Eyed Dragon
Celebrate Chinese New Year, or your favorite story, with this dramatic dragon!
1. Wash and dry several recycled plastic containers. To create a dragon body, you will attach them together. Ask an adult to punch a hole in the ends of each cup and another hole on each side. Use Crayola® Scissors to poke the holes.
2. Connect the body sections. Form a small piece of Crayola Model Magic into a cube. Push a chenille stem through it. Connect dragon sections together by passing the stems through the end holes. Fold the chenille stems inside. Connect all of your sections.
3. Shape legs. Create long dragon legs by forming Crayola Model Magic around chenille stems, leaving a finger-length empty.
4. Shape dragon feet, too. Press them onto the bottom of each leg. If the Model Magic is slightly dry when you attach the feet, use a drop of Crayola School Glue to hold the feet on the legs.
5. Push the empty chenille stems into the holes on the sides of the body. Twist the stems together inside the body so they are tightly connected. Prop up the dragon so its body is off the table enough to be supported by the legs. Air-dry your dragon overnight.
6. Heads up! Create a head for your dragon from a recycled paper-towel tube. Cut teeth and eyes into the tube. Color it with Crayola Gel Markers.
7. Form a neck with Model Magic. Glue the head to the top of the neck. Glue the neck to the front of the dragon’s body. Add details such as flames, spines, spots, or stripes. Prop up the head and neck and air-dry it overnight.
8. Twitch the tail! Form a long tail from Model Magic. Glue it to the back of the body. Add details. Air-dry overnight.
9. When your dragon is completely dry, add decorations with markers and Crayola Glitter Glue. Air-dry the dragon before displaying it.
Adult supervision is required for any arts & crafts project. Observe children closely and intervene as necessary to prevent potential safety problems and ensure appropriate use of arts and crafts materials. Some craft items, particularly beads and buttons, are potential choking hazards for young children. Avoid use of such small parts with children younger than 3 years. Craft items such as scissors, push pins and chenille sticks may have sharp points or edges. Avoid use of materials with sharp points by children younger than 4 years. Read all manufacturers' safety warnings before using arts and craft supplies.
Glitter Glue—
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD—Small parts. Not for children under 3 years. Not for use on skin.
Crayola Modeling Materials including Crayola Model Magic®, and Model Magic Fusion™, Crayola Air-Dry Clay, and Crayola Dough—
- Keep away from open flames. Do not use to make candleholders, hot plates, trivets, or other similar objects that will be used or placed near fire and other heat sources.
- Do not put in an oven, microwave, or kiln.
- Do not make into vessels/containers that will hold unpackaged food.
- The use of modeling material to make items that look like food is discouraged for children younger than age 5 to avoid their confusion with real food.
- Unless sealed with a water-resistant glaze, do not make projects exposed to or immersed in water, such as boats or outdoor bird feeders. They would disintegrate when exposed to moisture.
- Crayola Dough—contains gluten (wheat flour) as an ingredient.
- Crayola Air-Dry Clay, Crayola Model Magic and Model Magic Fusion are gluten-free. However, they are produced on the same machinery as Crayola Dough which does contain gluten. Although the machines are cleaned prior to the start of each production run, there is a slight possibility that trace amounts of gluten from Crayola Dough may be present in the other modeling compound products. For information regarding specific ingredients or allergic concerns, please call our Consumer Affairs department at 1-800-272-9652 weekdays between 9 AM and 4 PM Eastern Standard Time.
Recycled Containers—Must be clean and safe. Do not use containers that contained bleach or other harmful chemicals (for example, household cleaners, dishwasher or laundry detergents). Do not use recycled metal cans that have sharp edges (for example, lids removed by household can openers).
Scissors—ATTENTION: The cutting edges of scissors are sharp and care should be taken whenever cutting or handling. Blunt-tip scissors should be used only by children 4 years and older. Pointed-tip scissors should be used only by children 6 years and older.
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