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Paper Pterodactyl Puppet

June 23, 2015 By Kate 7 Comments

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Make a paper pterodactyl puppet with this free printable template

Not long ago I made some toilet roll dinosaurs. There was a Triceratops and Diplodocus designed and I had planned to add to the collection with a Pterodactyl. Turns out it just worked better and was easier to make from paper, which is not quite as trendy as crafting with toilet rolls right now but just as much fun don’t you think? My girls were very taken with these puppets, they named them Snowflake, Sunshine and Hearts (the green one is Hearts). Here is a quick tutorial on how you can make one at home, it won’t take long.

You will need

• This template printed out on heavy paper or light card stock – mine is 160gsm which is about the maximum weight that will go through my ink jet printer. Alternatively print it out and trace the shape onto a heavier pice of card stock.
• String
• A long craft stick or dowel rod (or any stick really)
• A hole punch and scissors
• Tape

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How to

To begin with score the fold line with a blunt knife (like a butter knife) and ruler. This might sound a bit weird and unnecessary but it gives you a really perfect, clean fold. You will find it’s really easy to fold after scoring the line and it helps for this project because the Pterodactyl balances on a single string so any unevenness might cause it to tilt off balance and not work properly.

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Once it’s folded cut along the black line with a pair of scissors, including the slit on the head and the extra mouth piece on the bottom of the page.

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Fold the wings down evenly. The mouth piece goes through the slit with half of it sticking out the top for the spike on the back of the Pterodactyl’s skull.

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Use a hole punch to carefully make two holes over the dots marked, trying to keep them right on the fold line to keep your puppet balanced.

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Then tie the string through the two holes and onto the stick and you have your puppet!

If you find that your puppet won’t balance properly you might need to add a small piece of tape underneath on it’s belly to keep the string in place. I made about six of these and only one actually needed the tape.

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They were a hit at our place!

More fun free printables

• Make a whirlygig with our free printable patterns
• Make your own party hats to decorate with our simple templates (for real parties or just pretend)
• Make Dinosaurs from paper plates
• Make a bouncy frog on a lilypad
• Print out some fun Disney colouring sheets

Or visit our printables board on Pinterest for a HUGE collection of awesome printable ideas from around the web

Paper pterodactyl puppets with printable template

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Comments

  1. 1

    Rachel Grenfell says

    April 29, 2016 at 1:45 pm

    Thanks for this model: very fun and easy to do.

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    • 2

      Kate says

      May 1, 2016 at 4:02 am

      Glad you like it, thanks Rachel!

      Reply
  2. 3

    Mona says

    May 22, 2016 at 6:21 pm

    I love love this craft and the ease of it as well.

    Reply
  3. 4

    Talia says

    January 11, 2017 at 12:59 pm

    This is so nice and so simple! Thanks alot!

    Reply
    • 5

      Kate says

      January 11, 2017 at 7:36 pm

      You’re welcome 🙂

      Reply
  4. 6

    Sandy says

    December 27, 2017 at 11:30 pm

    What size is it suppose to be my looks a lot smaller then yours

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    • 7

      Kate says

      January 2, 2018 at 8:47 pm

      It’s not that big. I don’t have the finished printable on hand to measure it right now but the length from the tip of it’s nose to the end of it’s body is (approx) just under 5 inches

      Reply

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    I’m basically a big kid who never grew up and still loves to muck around with paint, glue, glitter and toilet rolls. With the crafts shared here on this website I’m hoping to give other parents and carers inspiration to get crafty with their kids at home – make our projects, or use them as a source of inspiration to spark ideas of your own. When it comes to crafting no rules apply!

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