Create a magical dragon from one paper plate. Inspired by the brand new series, Dragons: Race to the Edge, by the creators of "How to Train Your Dragon," due to be released on Netflix soon, the kids and I created our very own dragon puppets! Using a single paper plate as the base, decorate your dragon with paper collage, paint, fabric scraps or whatever takes your fancy. Materials for basic dragon: Paper plate Scissors Pen Stapler/tape Materials for decorating (optional): Paint Fabric/paper scraps Googly-eyes Craft stick (for a puppet handle) Step 1: Cut your paper plate as shown above. First cut it in half. Cut one half in half again (to make 2 quarters) and then cut one of the quarters in half again (to make 2 eighths). Step 2: Cut the rim of the plate off the quarter plate piece. Step 3: Cut little triangles off the plate rim piece to make the tail and draw a dragon head on the remaining piece. Step 4: Cut out your dragon head and give some shape to the two other small plate pieces (the eighths) for the wings. Your dragon is now ready to decorate and ensemble. Step 5: (optional) Decorate! We decorated our dragons with my favourite fluro tempera paint disks and some metallic easy wash paint. Step 6: When dry and ready, staple (or stick) the pieces of your dragon together. For finishing touches you can go over the dragon's face with a black marker and add googly-eyes. (Everything is adorable with googly-eyes). We also added craft sticks to the bottom to turn ours into puppets. Now you're ready to play! Crafts can be a great extension of an activity to encourage interest and understanding in a topic whilst allowing for creativity and other practical motor skills. We use things like puppets for role-play and find they are wonderful for working on language and other speech skills. More paper plate crafts and activities: 20 paper plate animal crafts Paper plate dinosaur craft Paper plate penguin craft Use paper plates in a travel activity pack Get arty with some paper plate painting Make a paper plate bag Explore emotions with paper plate faces Set up a pretend play pizza shop with paper plates Happy playing, Debs :) Look where else we are. Are you following along? :)
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Discover the fascinating world of dragon tattoos with our comprehensive guide. Explore the history, symbolism, and styles of these legendary creatures, and learn how to choose and care for your own dragon tattoo. From fierce and powerful to beautiful and intricate, find the perfect dragon tattoo design to express your unique style.
Dragons are awesome. Paper airplanes are awesome. Dragon paper airplane? This was definitely a win at our house! Here's a fun, simple craft you can set up and do in 5 minutes. [...]
Do your little boys like to pretend they are knights wanting to rescue the princess and slay the dragon? I found lots of cute and educational printables on knights, dragons, castles and medieval times!Knight Themed Preschool Packs and Printables:Homeschool Creations has put together a Knights Preschool Pack with rhyming word cards, beginning sound cards, color by number, Knight's Quest game board and more!
Purchase both these popular dragon applique patterns together for a 15% discount. Dastardly Dragon Sinister Serpent And receive a bonus Double Dragon Silhoutte Block pattern for free! For more information on each pattern, please read the individual listings in my Etsy shop. These are PDF patterns that you will print yourself. There are THREE dragon patterns, but FOUR PDF files to download. Remember to set your printer to scale print and print at 100%! These patterns include the full sized pattern pieces and instructions for making the Dastardly Dragon appliqué dragon panel, the Sinister Serpent appliqué panel and the Double Dragon panel only. Finished size of the large dragon panels measure 24 inches x 30 inches each. Finished size of the double dragon silhouette is 18 inches by 12 inches. These completed blocks are suitable for a wall hanging, on cushions, or you could include them as the focus blocks on a fabulous dragon quilt. And of course, they would look fantastic done in whatever colours your dragon-lover fancies! It is recommended that you use pre-washed 100% cotton quilting weight fabrics. OTHER REQUIREMENTS: Paper backed fusible webbing. Tear-away stabiliser (you could use non tear-away if making a wall hanging). Threads to match your fabrics. Small, sharp, pointed scissors. Iron, sewing machine, general sewing requirements. Previous appliqué experience is useful, but I'd be happy to be emailed with any queries. Sorry, no refunds are available on PDF patterns so please choose carefully and email me any questions prior to purchase. ⓒ 2012 and 2022 Charlotte Scott. Aotearoa Quilt Design. No part of this pattern or design may be reproduced in print or electronically unless otherwise stated. All rights reserved.
My entry for the LEGO Ideas contest. 689 Pieces. its a render but all the colours exist in real. ideas.lego.com/challenges/adbda7a2-193f-4ac2-ac5a-c50bae6...
One of the several pleasures of blogging is receiving comments from people whose knowledge is different and more extensive than mine, and those who have the time and ability to find things on the 'net. In January I blogged the top photo above, of an unidentified building in a remarkably scenic location somewhere in Armenia. I was fascinated first and foremost by the location; the outcrop of rock overlooking a valley looked like a place which would have been strategically favorable since neolithic times. I imagined hunter-gatherer priests putting temples here millennia before this apparent monastery. Secondly, I was fascinated by the structure (click to enlarge the photo). A cross-shaped building with a cross atop it, but with fortifications, perhaps arrow-windows, and at the left of the photo a large gaping arch that seems to open to a vertical cliff - too patent for defensive purposes. Was it where debris and garbage was tossed to the wolves/peasants? It reminded me somewhat of the larger building in the cinematic version of The Name of the Rose. Literally within hours of my posting the photo, Rich H identified it as Tatev Monastery and provided some links. Shortly thereafter John McNulty tracked down more information. Armed with those data I was able to piece together a bit of this history of this interesting place, including the monastery's home page. (maps and sat photos here at GeoSat, coordinates already logged in - just click.) The monastery was founded in the ninth century at the location of much older temples; the first churches per se were chapels in the 4th century. The main Church of Pogos and Petros (Peter and Paul) was built in 895-906. At that time the monastery had a population of 1,000 and controlled numerous villages; by the 13th century it owned 680 villages. The peasants did not always welcome being “owned” by the monks; on several occasions they rose up (presumably with fire and pitchforks), attacked the monastery, and plundered it. “In the X century to enlarge its domination the monastery made the neighbored villages disport. At the time the peasants were over totaled and darted off the monastery, especially the Tsuraberdiants (Svarants) in 910, and seized the monastery, killed some monks and the others were thrown down the canyon.” “...in the first period of XI century Tatev was ruined by Seljuk's for the first time… The Turks plundered the monastery. An unique cultural treasure: 10000 manuscripts created within 300 years were stolen. It is impossible to imagine the value of this manuscripts.”Grigory Church adjoins the main church; it was built in 1295 in the place of an earlier building of 836-848. “In XV century the band of bloodsucker Lank-Tamor reached Tatev and set fire to the temples and stole the treasures of the monastery. He plundered the whole library. They destroyed all the holy-chipped stones from the monastery walls and took to Samarghand….” “It is difficult to say what happened in the next XVI-XVII centuries. There is nothing in the history about this land.” The earthquake of 1931 caused considerable destruction - the dome of the St. Paul and St. Peter church and the bell tower were destroyed. In the latter years the St. Paul and St. Peter church was reconstructed Some walls “are decorated with representations of human faces, to which snake heads with stings sticking out are turned. Armenians believed snakes to be the protectors of their homes.” “The monument "Gavazan", erected in 904 in the yard, near the dwelling premises of the monastery, is a unique work of Armenian architectural and engineering art. This is a octahedral pillar, built of small stones; eight meters tall, it is crowned with an ornamented cornice, with an open-work khachkar towering on it. As a result of seismic tremors, and even at a mere touch of human hand, the pillar, hinge-coupled to a stylobate, tilts and then returns to the initial position.”The door of Tatev Church is an outstanding work of woodcarving art (1253 and 1614, the State History Museum of Armenia). The residential and service premises, arranged in a single row on the perimeter, set off the polyhedral rock foundation and seem to be an extension of it. “Besides dwelling rooms, there was also writing-house, teacher's-room, school, bathroom and a great number of production buildings: workshops, reserves, and etc.” Stepanos Orbelian, the medieval bishop/historian of Syunik, recounts that Tatev housed 600 monks, philosophers "deep as the sea," able musicians, painters, calligraphers, and all the other accoutrements of a center of culture and learning. The monastery produced teachers and manuscripts for the whole Armenian world. At the top is the original photo from January, then a view of early reconstruction efforts, a view of more recent work inside the complex, the monument, and a millstone in the residential/work complex. The bottom photo is the best; it enlarges to wallpaper size and thereby generously rewards a click. But I still don't know what that big arch in the wall overlooking the cliff was used for...
