My step son requested a super dragon/monster creation for his Valentine Box this year. His class does a contest each year and he was really hoping to snag a prize for having the most creative or best.
I think he has a pretty good chance of winning, if I can say so myself!
I should have kept track of construction details; oopse! I will do my best to explain some of the details and if you have questions, leave me a comment!
- The head & body bases were two milk jugs.
- The red spikes down the back were made with cereal box cardboard and red felt
.
- The eyes were made with craft foam
and Battery Operated Tea Light Candles
. We used the craft foam
- The tongue was made with two layers of felt
glued between to make it possible to shape the tongue.
- The arms and feet were made with cardboard and the heart the dragon is holding was construction paper
.
- The teeth were just cut into the jug and we used white craft paint
once the all-over fluorescent green spray paint
had dried. We also attached some crumpled up red tissue paper
to the inside of the mouth to emphasis the red inside.
- The tail was made with more felt
l with broken pieces of plastic forks
.
- Everything was assembled and attached with about a million glue sticks and a hot glue gun
.
.
and 
. We used the 
glued between to make it possible to shape the tongue.
.
once the all-over 
had dried. We also attached some crumpled up 
to the inside of the mouth to emphasis the red inside.
l with broken pieces of 
.
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One of my personal favorite features of this Valentine Box was that it had a handle!