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Paper Plate Snail Craft and Writing Activity

This is a great activity to use when you are studying snails. Have your children make the paper plate snails and write facts about snails on the writing sheets. You can also use this craft as a creative writing activity and have them write a story about snails.

What you will need:

Dinner-sized Paper Plate, Two Lunch-sized Paper Plates, Water Color Paint, Markers, Hole Punch and Brass Brads

 

How to Make the Paper Plate Snail Craft:

1. Fold the dinner-sized paper plate in half, bottom-to-bottom.

2. Draw the bottom of the snail shape on the end of the folded paper plate and then cut it out. You will have two shapes that are opposite each other.

Member's snail paper plate pattern

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3. Glue the two shapes together at the top of the head and the back of the snail. The bottom of the snail will have a one-inch gap. This will allow the snail to stand up and rock back and forth.

4. Glue a lunch-sized paper plate to the front of the snail covering about 1/2" of the plate so that the bottom of the paper plate is facing front. Glue another lunch-sized paper plate to the back of the snail, top-to-top, matching up the sides.

5. Paint the paper plate snail with water color paints or color it with crayons.

 

How to Make the Snail Paper Plate Writing Activity:

1. Follow the directions to the paper plate snail above except instead of gluing the shell paper plates together punch a hole in the top of the plates so they can be connected with a brass brad.

2. Draw 5 1/2" circles on white paper and draw lines, make copies, and cut out the shapes. (Printable patterns available to members and as an instant download above.)

3. Attach the writing sheets and lunch-sized paper plate to the back paper plate with a brad.

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Snail Mail Paper Plate Craft with Writing Activity

This is a great for children to practice their writing skills. They will enjoy writing letters and using their snail to deliver their snail mail in the mail pouch.

Snail Mail Paper Plate Craft for Kids from www.daniellesplace.com

What you will need:

Dinner-sized Paper Plate

Two Lunch-sized Paper Plates

Glue

Water Color Paint

Markers

How to Make the Paper Plate Snail Craft:

1. Use the directions above to make the snail paper plate Craft except cut the front paper plate in half and glue one half to the bottom of the facing paper plate to make a pouch.

2. Draw a 3 1/2" circle and cut it in half. Write "Snail Mail" on the half circle and glue it to the front of the paper plate pouch.

Member's snail mail pattern

3. Glue the two shapes together at the top of the head and the back of the snail. The bottom of the snail will have a one-inch gap. This will allow the snail to stand up and rock back and forth.

4. Glue a lunch-sized paper plate to the back of the snail covering about 1/2" of the plate so that the top (eating surface) of the paper plate is facing the front. Attach the writing sheets and another lunch-sized paper plate to the first lunch-sized paper plate with a brad.

5. Paint the paper plate snail with water color paints or color it with crayons.

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Rainbow Snail Paper Plate Craft

Rainbow Snail Paper Plate Craft from www.daniellesplace.com

What you will need:

Dinner-sized Paper Plate

One Lunch-sized Paper Plate

Glue

Water Color Paint or Crayons in the Colors of the Rainbow

Markers

Paper

Brass Brad

How to Make the Paper Plate Snail Craft:

1. Use the directions above to make the snail paper plate craft except glue one lunch-sized paper plate to the front of the snail's body so that the back of the paper plate is facing forward.

2. Print out the circle patterns and have your children color each circle the appropriate color and then color the title circle rainbow colors.

Member's snail rainbow pattern

3. Place all the circles together and punch a hole at the top of them. Place a brass brad through the holes.

4. Spread the circles out so that they are all evenly visible and write the words of each color on the circles and a title on the title circle.

5. Punch a hole in the middle of the lunch-sized paper plate and attach the circles with the brad.

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Snail Board Game

Snail Game Board Science and Writing Activity

Use this game board to review facts about snails. Children can make up their own questions and write them on cards. They can also make up their own rules to play the game.

The game includes two pages that are glued together to make the game board.

Member's snail-themed board game printbouts

 

 

Snail Game Board Printable

Lucky Number Snail Printable Board Game from www.daniellesplace.com

Use this printable to help children review their numbers and number facts.

If you have younger children write different numbers on the snail print out. Write some numbers on cards and place them in a bag. Pull one number out at a time and call out the number. If a child has that number on his printout, he should color the number circle on his print out. The child who colors in all the circles first wins.

If you have older children have them write numbers on the circles. Call out math facts and if a child has the answer to the math fact on his printable, he should color the circle on the snail. The child who colors in all the circles first wins.

Member's Lucky number snail game pattern

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Colorful Snail Activity Sheet

printable snail color sheet from www.daniellesplace.com

What you will need:

Printer Paper

Crayons

Glue

Decorative Items such as Sequins, Glitter, Buttons, and Stickers

How to Make:

1. Print out the pattern and make copies.

Member's Snail Pattern for members

Free Digital Download pattern

2. Color the snail picture and then glue on decorative items such as buttons, sequins, stickers, and yarn.

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3D Snail Picture

This craft is a little difficult for young children, but the snail would look great on a bulletin board display.

printable 3D snail craft from www.daniellesplace.com

What you will need:

Printer Paper

Scissors

Glue

Crayons

How to make the 3D Snail Picture:

1. Print out the picture of the snail and the snail shell pattern. Cut out the snail shell so that it looks like a snake.

Member's 3D Snail Pattern

Free Digital Download pattern

2. Color the snail pictures.

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3. Place a line of glue all the way around the circle in the picture. Place the glue right on the line. Gather the snail shell into a circle so it is lying flat. Carefully press the outside edge of the outer part of the shell along the line of glue as shown in the picture at the right.

The inside part of the pattern will stick up at an angle because the circle on the paper is smaller than the shell pattern. Press the outer edge of the snail shell pattern all the way around the circle. Let the glue dry.

snail craft from www.daniellesplace.com

4. When the glue has dried place a line of glue around the inner edge of the shell pattern that you have already glued down. Carefully lay the next section of shell over the glue so that the outside edge of the pattern is in the glue as shown at the left. Let that layer dry.

5. Continue adding glue to the inner edge of the pattern and placing the outer edge of the pattern on the glue until you reach the center of the shell.

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Pipe Cleaner Snail Craft

Snail Craft - Snail Pipe Cleaner - Chenille Stem Craft from www.daniellesplace.com

What you will need:

Pipe Cleaners (Chenille Stems)

Tiny Googly Eyes

White Glue

Small Pompoms (Optional)

Adhesive Pin Backs (Optional)

How to Make a Pipe Cleaner Snail

snail diagram

1. Start at the center of the snail's shell. Bend down the end of the pipe cleaner and roll the pipe cleaner into a spiral shape until you are happy with the size.

2. Then bring the pipe cleaner straight out from the spiral shape and bend it back the same direction. Cut off the excess pipe cleaner and glue the end to the back of the snail's shell.

3. To make the tentacles fold a piece of pipe cleaner in half, cut it to the right size and glue the folded end to the back of the snail's body.

4. Glue tiny pompoms to the end of the tentacles or roll up another piece of pipe cleaner for each eye. Glue small googly eyes to the pompoms or rolled up pipe cleaner.

5. You can stick an adhesive pin back to the back of the snail to make a broach. Or make a pencil topper by winding up a piece of pipe cleaner around a pencil and gluing the spiral to the back of the snail. Or you can just glue a piece of pipe cleaner to the back and use it to attach to a stick to make a planter decoration.

Designed by Corrin Burner

 

 

Snail Trail Activity Sheet

Snails leave a sticky, slimy trail everywhere they go. Children practice their gluing skills by placing glue on the snail's trail.

Printable snail trail activity sheet for gluing skills from www.daniellesplace.com

What you will need:

Printer Paper

Glue (Colored glue)

Food Dye (Optional)

Crayons

How to make:

1. Before class print out the activity sheet and make copies. Add food coloring to the glue or use glue that already has color. You can also buy glue that has glitter included.

Member's snail trail pattern

2. In class have your children color the picture of the snail and then practice tracing the snail trail with a small line of glue.

3. Remind your children before they start that snails only leave a small amount of slime. They don't want to waist it. Tell your children to practice being snails with their glue.

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Your children will enjoy singing this song as they work on their snail trails.

Shim, Shim, Shimmy
Written by Nancy Foss
Sing to the tune of "London Bridges".

snail activity sheet from www.daniellesplace.com

Make a snail trail
Follow me
Follow me
Follow me
Make a snail trail
Follow me
Shim, Shim, Shimmy

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"Snail Reads Her Mail" Printable Itty Bitty Book - Reading -ail words

Printable Itty bitty Book Snail Reads Her Mail from www.daniellesplace.com

Snail goes to get her mail. Without fail, she leaves a trail.
Snail slides along the rail. Oh no, a nail! Snail walks over the nail.
It starts to hail. Snail must hurry.
Snail gets her mail and opens it. Oh no, it's in braille!
Can you help snail read her mail?

Children use a braille code to figure out a message that says either, "God Loves You" or "I Love you". Also included in the book are other -ail words and some fun facts about snails.

Member's Snail Reads Her Mail printable book

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