Bubble Wrap Turtle Craft

If your latest package came with some bubble wrap, you might be wondering what to do with it. Make this bubble wrap turtle craft for kids, it’s a fun game and your kids will love working with bubble wrap! Additionally, popping balloons is also allowed.

This is super fun and easy to make, and a great idea for recycling bubble wrap.

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Turtles are a great subject for summer crafts with your kids, but they can also be made year-round, especially if you have a pet turtle or are talking about different reptiles.

Bubble wrap is a great material to make them because its texture is perfect for making turtle shells.

Related: turtle coloring pages and how to draw a turtle

Now, let’s make our bubble wrap turtle!

How to make bubble wrap turtle crafts

What you need:

pencil
drag
adhesive
green cardboard
bubble wrap
painted green
paintbrush
black marker
two innocent eyes

Step-by-step instructions

Body

Have children draw a circle on green cardboard. This can be done freehand or to make things easier, have your child draw a round object on paper (a small plate is also great).

Legs, head and tail

Then, they will draw four legs – two legs on each side of the circle, a head on top, and a small tail on the bottom of the circle.

Children can cut out shapes with scissors.

Bubble wrap

It’s time to use bubble wrap! Use the same stencil to create a circle from the bubble wrap as you did for the turtle’s body.

face

Have your child draw a small mouth with a black pen.

And stick two googly eyes on the turtle’s face.

Correct! The bubble wrap turtle craft is complete!

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