A snake-dancer
Materials:
This snake is lazy when it’s cold—but if
construction paper
needle
pencil (unsharpened, with eraser)
scissors
spool
thimble
tracing paper
you put it near something warm, it dances!
Trace the pattern shown here on the tracing paper. Paste the paper on
the construction paper.
Cut around the outside of the shape. Then carefully poke your scissors
through the center and cut out the circle. The hole should be big enough
to fit over the thimble—if not, make it bigger. Then cut along the
spiral line
Push the thimble into the hole. Gently pull on the snake’s head to make
the spiral open up.
Stand the pencil in the spool, with the eraser up. If the pencil
wobbles, stuff paper in the hole. Now poke the needle into the eraser.
Hang the thimble over the needle, as shown here, to make the snake
\’\’stand.”
Put your snake-dancer in a warm place—on a radiator, a fireplace
mantel, or the top of a television set—or hold it over a burning light
bulb. The heat makes the air move—and the moving air makes the
snake-dancer spin around and around.
