Turtles

media type="custom" key="12442782" We made stuffed turtles after reading the book, 'The Smallest Turtle' by Lynley Dodd.



**What you will need:** *Click on the link below to get the template in the picture.

*A large dinner paper plate for the shell. **NOTE:** The turtle's body was enlarged/photocopied onto A3 sized paper. **What you need to do:** 1. Colour all the pieces on the photocopies and the large dinner paper plate. 2. Ensure the children keep the A3 paper still folded when cutting on the dark black line. Once the oval shape is cut out, staple both short side closed, but leave the long side, opposite the fold, open so you can stuff the inside with paper. 3. Staple the hole shut and then staple the head, legs and tail onto the turtle. 4. The turtle shell will need to be glued down to the back of the turtle's body (I put a big dob of glue in the middle of the plate so the sides could still be off the turtle's body).