The Cursive Project: Turtle

For Letter S of The Cursive Project, I made a crayon melt seahorse and Trevor made a paper strip seahorse. We switched techniques for Letter T.

To make a paper strip turtle:

• Cut scraps of green patterned paper into strips and glue them to a cardstock background.
• Draw a half-oval on the back of the cardstock and cut it out.
• Use a solid or subtly-patterned green to make a head and a tail and glue them in place. (Feet are optional. My turtle is resting with his feet tucked in.
• Add a googly eye and draw in a mouth.  

To make a crayon-melt sea turtle:

• Draw a sea turtle on watercolor paper using a Sharpie.
• Put the paper on a warming tray and color with crayons. Remove the paper from the warming tray. 
• Water down some blue paint and brush it over the turtle. Dab the turtle with a Kleenex to remove any paint. 
• Add googly eyes.

It was a lot of fun trying each other's techniques. On to Letter U! Any guesses what we're making? It should be easier to guess than E was!