Walnut Critters

Materials:

Unbroken English walnut half shells

Colored construction paper

Pipe cleaners

Black beans

White beans

Dried split peas

Cotton ball

Pencil

Scissors

Glue

Markers

Instructions:

Turtles

1. Draw around the half shell of a walnut. Remove the shell and draw a small head and a small tail on the construction paper. Draw two small feet on each side.
2. Cut out this shape. It will become the bottom of the turtle. Turn it over and write your name on it.
3. Glue the bottom of the turtle to a walnut shell. Glue a split dried pea on each side of the shell to make the feet.
4. Glue a white bean at the front to make the head. Draw eyes and a mouth on the white bean with markers. Now you have a turtle.

Mice

1. Use a half walnut shell for the body.
2. Draw eyes at the front of the shell with marker.
3. Cut out a small red dot for the mouth or draw a small mouth on the shell.
4. Glue two white beans on each side of the shell for ears.
5. Use a pipe cleaner for the tail. Glue it in the back of the shell.
6. Place the mouse on a piece of construction paper. Trace around it. Remove the mouse and cut out the shell pattern. This becomes the bottom of the mouse. Print your name on it, then glue it to the shell. Make sure your name is still on the outside.

Rabbits

1. Use a half walnut shell for the body.
2. Use a white bean or a cotton ball for the tail. Draw the eyes at the front of the shell with a marker. Use one half of a black bean for the nose.
3. Cut two ears about 1” long out of paper and glue them on each side of the walnut shell. Place the rabbit on a piece of construction paper and trace around it. Remove the rabbit and cut out the shell pattern to make the bottom of the rabbit. Turn it over and write your name on it. Then glue it to the bottom of the shell with your name showing on the bottom.