Paper crocodile

This animal is known for being one of the highest class of reptiles. It is even believed that crocodiles are among the closest relatives of extinct dinosaurs. A dangerous and toothy animal will not seem so scary if you try to make it out of paper.

To work you will need white and green sheets of paper, a pencil, scissors, a ruler, a black felt-tip pen, and a glue stick.

First, we bend the green paper so that it is divided into 8 equal parts (this can be achieved by gradually making folds in half).

We cut it along the intended folds.

Six of the eight strips obtained need to be bent in half.

Let's cut these strips.

One of the short strips must be cut lengthwise.

Now let's start assembling our crocodile. His body will consist of 10 short wide stripes. We take one of them and apply a little glue to the edge.

We connect the strip into a ring and then insert the next green strip.

We continue this way until all ten strips are used. The crocodile's body is ready.

Take a long, wide strip and insert it into the outer ring.

Glue the ends of this long strip together.

Let's make a cut diagonally. This will be the crocodile's tail.

We insert another long strip from the other end.

Now take the remaining short wide strip and cut it lengthwise.

From one half we will make the eyes of a crocodile. To do this, bend it in half and cut it into a semicircle from the edge.

Use glue to secure the eyes.

Let's adjust the crocodile's mouth a little. We will cut the upper part along the edges and fold it at the bottom.

We will also make small folds on the front of the upper and lower jaw of the crocodile.

From the remaining two narrow and short strips we will form the paws of the animal. Let's bend them lengthwise.

After this, we will make folds so that the letter “P” is formed.

Using a glue stick, attach the paws to the lower part of the crocodile's body.

Cut a strip 1.5 cm wide from white paper.

Cut out two circles from its edge. These will be the animal's eyes.

Let's glue them.

On the remaining part of the white strip, draw teeth with a black felt-tip pen.

Let's insert this strip into the crocodile's mouth and secure it with glue.

All that remains is to complete the details - take a black felt-tip pen and draw on the pupils and claws of the animal.

Our paper crocodile is ready.