Happy Thanksgiving!

Have a Platypus(aka awesome) Thanksgiving!! So for the Thanksgiving post i just knew i had to do something awesome since its a holiday.. So i hope you like it!

Platypus craft number 1:

Paper cup platypi

What you'll need:

• Paper or foam cup (8.5 oz) or blue plastic cup
• Acrylic paint in a blue-ish color
• foam (orange)
• 2 small googly eyes or white foam
• orange construction paper
• blue construction paper or blue foam
• craft glue
• Scissors
• permanent marker

How to make it:

1. Place cup upside down on work surface and paint blue.
2. To make the arms, get blue construction paper or blue foam and glue in desired place.
3. cut out webbed feet out of orange construction paper or foam and glue to bottom
4. Cut 2 circles out of white foam and glue to face or glue 2 googly eyes to face.
6. get more orange foam and cut a platypus tail shape, with permanent marker draw a waffle pattern on tail and glue to the platypuses bottom
7. heres a picture i drew on paint of what it should look like ;)

Platypus craft number 2:

Platypus note holder!

What you'll need:

• 2 jumbo craft sticks
• Blue-ish acrylic craft paint
• Small wooden clothespin
• Paintbrush
• Scissors
• orange foam
• 2 small wiggle eyes or white foam for eyes
• Craft glue
• permanent marker

How to make it:

1. Paint both craft sticks and clothespin with blue paint, set aside to dry. Paint a second coat on the craft sticks, but not the clothespin.
2. Cut out a platypus tail out of orange foam, draw waffle pattern on it with permanent marker and glue it behind the first craft stick. Sandwich the second craft stick behind the tail.
3. Glue two wiggle eyes or white foam circles near the top
4. Cut out a beak out of orange foam Glue the beak under the eyes.
5. Cut out webbed feet from orange foam and glue the the feet to the bottom of the craft stick, pointing upward.
6. Glue the clothespin to the front of the craft stick, pointing downward.
7. Heres a picture i drew on paint of what it should look like ;)

Platypus craft number 3:

platypus head dress!

What you'll need:

• Construction paper: blue, orange, green
• Glue stick
• Scissors
• 2 medium wiggle eyes, or 2 white paper circles
• Craft glue (for eyes)

How to make it:

1. cut out a larger strip of green construction paper and glut together to make a ring big enough for your head
2. cut a blue rectangle out of construction paper and glue to the ring
3. cut the beak, feet and tail out of orange construction paper and glue in proper places
4. wait to dry and wear it proudly!
5. here is a doodle i made on paint of what it should look like :)

Have fun & have a Happy ThanksGiving! :D