Paper Bowl Turtle- Submitted by Patrisha
1 paper bowl, green paint (water colors), brown construction paper, black
marker, stapler
Turn bowl upside down and paint green, let dry. Cut out front and back feet
from brown construction paper. Staple to the bowl. Cut out head w/neck, then
draw eyes and mouth. Staple to bowl. Poke a hole in the top of the bowl in
the middle.Then insert a piece of yarn & tape to the inside of the bowl. Now
those turtles can go for a walk.
Rock Turtles- Submitted by Patrisha
Find a round, smooth rock. Draw a turtle shape, larger than the rock, on a
piece of heavy poster board or cardboard. Cut out the turtle shape, cover it
with green paint, and let it dry. Glue the rock to the turtle shape. Then
paint the rock with green paint. Add details to the back of the turtle and
head with black paint.
Turtle Puppet- Submitted by Patrisha
Paint a paper plate to resemble a turtle's top shell and paint another plate
for the bottom shell. Staple or glue green construction paper legs on either
the top or bottom plate. Sandwich a green sock between the painted paper
plates so that the toe sticks out for the head and the top of the sock sticks
out the back for the tail. Staple the two plates together on both sides, add
eyes, slip your hand into the sock.
Turtle- Submitted by Patrisha
Using paper-plate scraps, cut out turtles head and tail. Leave a tab on
each. Draw in features. Cut two strips about 1" by 5" from around the rim
of a plate. Fold in half and color to form legs and feet. Color the bottom
of a plate to look like a turtle shell. Fold the plate in half. Cut two 1"
slits along the fold, just inside the rim. Glue or staple folded shell
closed at top. Insert head and tail into folded shell and secure in place.
Insert folded ends of legs into slits. The ridges on the legs will keep them
in place. Bend legs slightly to stand.
Pie-Pan Turtle- Submitted by Patrisha
Paint a pie-pan tin green. Glue 4 legs around the edges in the appropriate
places on each side. Pierce a hole in the back and thread in a green pipe
cleaner for the tail. The turtle's head is made from an unshelled almond. To
attach it, the almond needs to have a hole made in the center of the rounded
end. This hole should be just large enough to push an end of the pipe cleaner
into. Secure the pipe cleaner to the shell with some glue. Paint the head
green. Glue on mustard seeds or tiny beads for the turtle's eyes.
Flowerpot Turtles- Submitted by Patrisha
1 small flowerpot (very small),
acrylic paint,
sponge for painting,
dense, synthetic sponges for body,
black marker,
hot glue or tacky glue
Turn flowerpot upside down and sponge paint. Any color looks cute. Let dry.
Cut head shape out of green sponges, plus 4 legs and a tail. With marker,
draw eyes on head. Glue head, legs and tail to flowerpot. The head, legs, and
tail are glued to the edges of the pot opening.
Tuna Turtles- Submitted by Patrisha
1 can of flaked tuna,
½ small cucumber seeded and chopped,
¼ grated carrot,
2 tbs thousand island dressing,
1 tbs mayo,
1 package refrigerator biscuit,
1 tbs sesame seeds (optional)
Heat oven to 450 Cut two biscuits into four pieces. Attach one piece to
sides if the eight remaining biscuits - these are the heads. Score surface of
each biscuit to look like turtle shell. Sprinkle sesame seeds on the biscuit.
Transfer to lightly greased cookie sheet . Bake 8 minutes until golden brown.
Cut each turtle biscuit in half horizontally and fill with tuna salad. yield 8 sandwiches
Snapping Turtle Salad- Submitted by Patrisha
one pear,
4 pecan halves,
2 cloves,
1 green olive
Wash and peel the pear. Cut in half. Place one of the halves hollow-side
down on a salad plate. Use the pecans for feet. Use the green olive for the
head and stick the cloves in for the eyes. Makes one serving.
Turtle Races- Submitted by Patrisha
Make three to five turtles and let the children race them.
to make cut turtle shapes out of green posterboard, number
or name each one. Punch a hold just above the center of
each turtle and put a five to eight foot long piece of
string through it. Get one chair for each turtle. Tie one
end of each piece of string to one of the legs of a chair.
Line up the chairs along the finish line.
Have the children who are racing their turtles stand in a
row at the starting line. Each child should hold the loose
end of one of the strings. Begin the race with the turtles
near the children's hands.
When you say "Go" the children who are racing should start
jiggling their pieces of string so that the turtles bound
toward the finish line. The other children should pick a
turtle and cheer for it. Which turtle made it to the end
first? Which one was last? Race Again.
Turtles- Submitted by Patrisha
Paper bowl, green felt, felt--assorted colors and precut into 1 inch squares,
glue
Have the children paste the colored squares to the underside of the bowl,
decorating it as they wish. This will be the "turtle's" shell. Give each
child a green, pre-cut "head." This should be glued to the lip of the
underside of the bowl. (The child can make the turtle's face on this.) Give
each child four rectangular shapes of green felt to use for the turtle's legs.
Color Turtles- Submitted by Patrisha
Cut turtle shapes out of light green construction paper. Give each child a
turtle shape and help the child use crayons to draw one dot of red, black,
yellow, green, blue, purple, brown, white and orange on the turtles back.
Then recite the poem and have the children point to each color on the
turtles back as you name it.
I can name these colors,
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All so very bright,
Red, yellow, blue, purple,
Green, brown and white.
Don't forget the color orange
And the the color black,
These are the colors of
The dots upon my turtle's back.
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