Snail Craft: Snail Out Of Disposable Cup Lid | Home Learning Art & Craft Project Activity

In this post, I will be sharing a "snail" craft. This was a craft project that Lauren did in Brightly Beaming Resources' (Step 3: Sound of the Week) homeschool curriculum for the "ai" sound as in "snail". I thought about using a disposable cup lid for the snail's shell then cover it with different colors of hole punched construction papers, a swirl of yarn is added in the middle for the shell design.

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LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT SNAILS

Get to know more about this soft bodied, slow moving creatures with shells on their backs in the video below.

Learn About Snails - Interesting Facts About Snails
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READY FOR KID BEFORE STARTING ACTIVITY ALONG WITH OTHER MATERIALS

* disposable cup lid with edges trimmed 

* hole punched construction papers 

* cut snail body and eye circles pattern 

* cut barbecue stick (if you're not using toothpick)

 DONE BY ADULT OR PARENT

NOTE: This craft is a collaboration between parent or caregiver and child and is suitable for kids about 7 and above, you may adapt the process to the skill or ability of the child. 

* SNAIL SHELL Take a disposable cup lid and cut the sides, the part that would seal the cup. 

* SHELL ACCESSORIES: Take different colors of construction papers (about 3 or 4) in any color of choice. Take a hole puncher and punch different colors of construction papers.

* SNAIL BODY: Draw snail body pattern with size just enough for its disposable cup lid shell on a piece of empty box cardboard or you may use back or paper plate.

* SNAIL EYE CIRCLES: Trace a small coin on a cardboard or any material you use for your snail body. To hold up the eyes, take barbecue sticks and cut them to a size just enough for the snail head or you may use toothpicks. 

DONE BY CHILD

* paint disposable cup lid

* glue snail parts | pieces together

* decorate snail

STEPS IN DOING THIS SNAIL CRAFT

STEP #1: First, let child paint the disposable cup lid with any color of their choice. Set the painted lid aside to dry for a couple of minutes.

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STEP #2: Next, let child glue the googly eyes onto the eye circle patterns using hot glue. You may get creative with the eyes and use different types of colors of googly eyes. 

STEP #3: Next, let child glue sticks at the back of the eye circles then glue the eye sticks at the back of the snail head pattern using hot glue (with supervision).

STEP #4: They may leave the head it as it is or let child add a small piece of mouth on their snail. Cut a small piece of yarn in any color of choice and let child glue it with liquid glue just below the eyes to create snail's mouth. 

STEP #5: Next, let child spread liquid glue in the middle of the disposable cup lid and sprinkle the dots of hole punched construction papers on it.

STEP #6: Next, cut a strand of yarn in any color of choice and let child glue it in a swirl in the middle of the lid. 

STEP #7 Finally, let child glue the lid to the body of the snail using hot glue. Put hot glue on the spot and let child glue lid on it.

And there goes your "DISPOSABLE CUP LID SNAIL". Below is my version using empty cardboard box for the snail's body. Get the kids creating their own version of this snail craft today!

MATERIALS FOR THIS CRAFT

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* lid of 3.5 oz small disposable cup * acrylic paints * paint mixing tray * paint brush * construction papers * yarn (any color) * hole puncher * liquid glue * empty box cardboard or paper plate cardboard * googly eyes * hot melt glue * glue gun * scissors * cut skewers or toothpick

LEARNING IS MORE FUN WITH A SONG!

Below is an entertaining music video "SNAIL'S PACE" by Bob Brown that talks about snails in a humorous way.

Snail's Pace - Snail Song for Kids
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LEARNING IS MORE FUN WITH A STORY!

Below is a read aloud "snail" story that you can watch and listen with your kids, "Snail Crossing" by Corey R. Tabor is a story about perseverance, kindness and friendship.

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