Paper craft · Growing · about 30 minutes
Paper Lion with a Layered Mane
Uses scissors · Uses glue · Adult help suggested
- Template 1 (outer mane) printed on brown or dark orange paper, 216 x 279 mm (8.5 x 11 in (Letter) or A4)
- Template 2 (middle mane) printed on orange paper, 216 x 279 mm (8.5 x 11 in (Letter) or A4)
- Template 3 (face and ears) printed on yellow paper, 216 x 279 mm (8.5 x 11 in (Letter) or A4)
- Blunt-tip scissors
- Glue stick
- Pencil (for curling)
- Black marker
For the grown-up: Help cut the inside corners between the mane points, and show how to roll each point around a pencil without tearing it.
Safety: Use blunt-tip scissors and cut away from your fingers.
Blue dashes: valley fold (toward you). Pink dash-dot: mountain fold (away from you). Thick line with scissors: cut. Yellow: glue.
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Start. Print the three templates at 100% (Actual size) on brown, orange and yellow paper. Check a 5 cm bar with a ruler.
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1. Cut: Cut out the big pointed outer mane along its outside line. Cut carefully into each corner between the points.
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2. Cut: Cut out the scalloped middle mane, the round face and the two round ears.
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3. Curl: Roll the tip of each point of the big mane around a pencil, then slide the pencil out. The tips curl up.
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4. Glue: Rub glue on the middle of the big mane and press the middle mane on top, with its bumps between the points.
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5. Glue: Glue the two ears behind the top of the face, so half of each ear peeks out.
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6. Draw: Draw the face: two eyes, a triangle nose, a smile and whiskers.
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7. Put together: Glue the face onto the middle of the mane. Your lion is ready to roar!
If something goes wrong
- The points tear when curling. Roll only the last part of each point, gently, and slide the pencil out sideways.
- The layers curl up and will not lie flat. Use glue all over the middle, then press the lion under a book for a minute.
- The face looks too small. Check that all three templates printed at 100%; the 5 cm bar must measure 5 cm.