These colourful coiled paper snakes are such a fun and creative craft for kids! I absolutely love how bright and beautiful the colours look together, and the best part is that no two snakes will ever turn out quite the same.
Children can let their imaginations run wild, decorating their snakes with colourful patterns, spots, stripes or whatever designs they fancy. Whether they choose bold, bright colours or something a little more subtle, each snake will be completely unique!
This is a lovely craft for encouraging creativity and practising fine motor skills, and it's so much fun seeing all the different designs come to life. I've also added a printable snake template onto my store to make getting started even easier. Simply print, decorate, cut out and watch your colourful little snakes take shape! A perfect rainy day craft.
Here's what we used
- Coloured paper
- Markers/paints etc to decorate
- Black marker
- Scissors
- Glue
- Either my template from the store OR something round to draw around (i.e a plate)
How to make these fun paper snakes!
Start by either printing my printable onto some card OR by taking some coloured paper and drawing a circle onto it. To make it easier we used a plate to draw around. Then, starting from the outside of the circle, draw a spiral into the centre.
Take your markers/paint etc and decorate your paper snake spiral.
Either cut out the head from the template OR draw the shape of the snake's head onto the coloured paper and cut it out. Next, cut out the circle snake before cutting along the lines of the spiral.
Use the marker to add some eyes and nostrils. Then cut out the shape of the tongue and glue it onto the back of the mouth before gluing the head onto the centre of the spiral. Once dry, the snake is finished! Don't these look amazing?
