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Bottle Cap Turtle

Turn a bottle cap into a tiny turtle!

What you need:

1 plastic bottle cap (from milk or juice jug)

2 cotton-tip swabs

1 piece of green construction paper

1 ice cream stick

2 peppercorns or beads

glue

green paint

paintbrush

What to Do:

Paint the outside of the bottle cap green. (This will be the turtle's shell.)

Cut out a green paper circle. Make it just large enough to cover the bottom of the bottle cap.

Cut out a green paper tail.

Paint two cotton-tip swabs green. Break or cut each swab in half. (These will be the turtle's four legs.)

Snap off an end of the ice cream stick for the head.

Place the head, legs, and tail in the position shown in the picture.

Glue them to the rim of the bottle cap.

Put glue around the rim of the cap and stick on the green circle so that the head, legs, and tail poke out of the turtle's shell.

Glue on peppercorns or beads for eyes.

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