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3D Paper: Dragonfly

This document provides instructions for creating a realistic paper dragonfly craft suitable for children aged 8 and up, with options for full color or line art versions. It includes a list of materials needed, detailed steps for assembly, and variations of templates. The craft involves basic cutting, folding, and gluing techniques.

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3D Paper: Dragonfly

This document provides instructions for creating a realistic paper dragonfly craft suitable for children aged 8 and up, with options for full color or line art versions. It includes a list of materials needed, detailed steps for assembly, and variations of templates. The craft involves basic cutting, folding, and gluing techniques.

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3D Dragonfly

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This realistic paper dragonfly craft can be created with or
without the labeled parts, in either full colour or colour-your-
own. It also looks effective in plain black and white line art if
you want to go for a for a botanical drawing look.
For best results, print to cardstock. If you have no cardstock
that will go through your printer, white paper will still work for
the insect part, but a heavy stock is necessary for the base
so you may need to glue the page with the legs to a sturdy
backing board.
This craft has been designed for kids aged 8 years plus, but it’s
simple enough for children younger than that to put together
too, with basic cutting, folding and gluing involved.

Versions included in this file:


Full colour with labels: Pages 4-6
Line art with labels: Pages 8-10
Full colour without labels: 12-14
Line art without labels: 16-18

You will need:


• Card stock in white (2 sheets per dragonfly) plus
one sheet in an alternate colour for the base—green
and sky blue work well
• Crayons or coloured pencils (optional)
• Scissors
• Glue stick

How To:
1. Print the insect parts and wings to white card stock.
Print the legs to a colour of your choice.
2. Cut the insect parts and wings out, plus the labels if
you are making the labeled version.
3. Fold the tabs on each body part, then bend into an
arched shape and glue the tabs together. Make the head this
way too. Fold and glue the wing supports into rectangular
shapes.
4. Assemble your dragonfly on the printed page with the
legs.
Begin with the thorax, gluing it so the top part sits even with
the top rectangle of the legs. Glue the head above it,
abdomen part 1 below it, and abdomen part 2 below that.
5. Glue the wings together, then stick into place on the
back of the thorax. Stick one wing support under each wing.
6. If using, glue the labels on in the
appropriate spaces marked.
Full colour labeled
Dragonfly template

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Glue
Glue

Glue

Abdomen piece 1
Head

Glue Wing Supports

thorax
forewing
hindwing
abdomen
head
legs
Abdomen piece 2
Labels
Glue
Colour-your-own
Labeled Dragonfly
template

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Glue
Glu
e

G
l
u
e

Thorax

Glue

Abdomen piece 1

Head

Glue
Wing Supports

thorax
forewing
hindwing
abdomen
head
Abdomen piece 2 legs
Labels
Glue
Full colour unlabeled
Dragonfly template

11
Glue
Glue

Glue

Abdomen piece 1

Head

Glue

Wing Supports Abdomen piece 2


Glue
Unlabeled colour-
your-own
Dragonfly template

15
Glue
GlueGlue

Thorax

Glue

Abdomen piece 1

Head

Glue

Wing Supports

Abdomen piece 2
Glue

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