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A 15–30 minutes craft for ages 5–10, using supplies you likely already have — Yarn, Hole Punches, and Sharpie Markers.

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    Make Paper Plate Dog Craft with Floppy Ears

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    Step 1: Get your puppy parts ready.

    May need grown-up help
    First, ask a grown-up to help you print the puppy template. Carefully cut out all the puppy parts from the template. Now, place the face template on a paper plate and trace around it. Cut out the paper plate face. Mark where the holes go on the face. Then, trace the ear templates onto another paper plate and cut out the ears. Mark where the holes go on the ears. Use your hole punch to make holes where you marked them. If you don't have a printer, you can draw the face and ears yourself on the paper plates and cut them out.

    Step 2: Make your puppy colorful.

    Use your black marker and other colorful markers to draw on your puppy. You can color the ears black and add black spots to its face, or make your puppy look any way you like! Use your imagination!

    Step 3: Give your puppy a happy face.

    Now it's time to make your puppy's face. You can draw a nose with a marker, or ask a grown-up to help you cut a small nose shape from black paper and glue it on. Then, draw a happy smile and eyebrows. Finally, stick the two big googly eyes onto your puppy's face.

    Step 4: Attach the floppy ears.

    Take one metal brad and push it through the bottom hole of one ear and then through the side of the puppy's face. Open the brad flat on the back to hold the ear in place. Do the same thing for the other ear. Make sure to use the bottom hole on the ears.

    Step 5: Make the ears flop!

    Turn your puppy's face over so you can see the back. Ask a grown-up to help you cut two pieces of white yarn, each about 6 inches long. Take one piece of yarn and tie one end to the top hole of one ear. Then, tie the other end of the same yarn to the top hole of the other ear. The yarn should go straight across. You can trim any extra yarn. Now, take the second piece of yarn and tie it to the middle of the first piece of yarn. This is the string you will pull to make your puppy's ears flop up and down!
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    • A cartoon of Sharpie Markers
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    • A cartoon of Disposable Plates
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      • — Don't forget! Disposable plates may be compostable or recyclable! Do your part to keep trash out of the landfill.
    • A cartoon of Googly Eyes
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    • A cartoon of Markers
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      • — Don't forget! Close all marker caps tightly.
    • A cartoon of Brads
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    • A cartoon of Paper
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    • A cartoon of Glue Sticks
      Where they belong:
      • — Don't forget! Put cap on glue sticks tightly.
    • A cartoon of Hole Punches
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    • A cartoon of Scissors
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