Cardboard dragon

In this tutorial, you will learn how to make a jointed dragon. Watch the video carefuly, read the steps, and you will soon have a new dragon toy!

Necessary materials

• 4 brass fasteners/brads
• Cardboard
• Printed template below
• Scissors
• Glue
• Paint
• A black felt-tip

How to make this dragon?

1. Print a template by clicking the button down the page.
2. Cut up 4 rectangular pieces of cardboard using the rectangle of the template.
3. Ask an adult to make holes in them where's there is a circle with the drawing pin.
4. Cut up the head of the dragon into carboard using the two pieces left of the template.
5. Paint all the pieces of cardboard, and don't forget to draw an eye!
6. Now, you have to assemble all the pieces using the brass fasteners. Watch the video, and look at the pictures.
7. Put together two rectangles by their middles.
8. Then, on one end of each of these rectangles, fasten another rectangle by its end.
9. Now, you have to fasten these two last rectangles by their middles.
10. On each ends of these, glue the two pieces of carboard forming the head. Make sure the teeth are aligned when the dragon is elongated.

You're done ! Now, you can decorate your dragon. In the video we drew scales.

You can also make it longer by adding some more rectangles at the back!