Bottle Top Snake

Materials:                                           

• Bottle tops
• Hammer
• Piece of wood
• 2 Corks 
• String
• Large nail
• Pair of scissors
• Glue
• Paint
• Paint brush
• Piece of red felt

Adult supervision is required when making the holes through the bottle tops.

Method for Recycled Crafts:

• Hammer a nail through the end of a piece of wood.

• Use this wood to help position the nail in the center of the bottle tops.

• Hit the nail on its head with the hammer. This will prevent fingers from being hurt.

• Adult supervision is recommended for this task.

• Make a knot at one end of the piece of string.

• Now start threading the bottle tops through the string. Make sure the tops are all facing the same way.

• You would probably need about 50 - 70 bottle tops to make a long snake.

• Once you have threaded through all the bottle tops make another knot, so that the tops won't come off.

• Cut the remaining piece of string.

• Paint the corks green or whatever color you would like your snake to be. These corks will be the head and tail of your snake.

• Using the glue, attach one of the corks to the end of the string of bottle tops.

• Glue it onto the last top.

• Now glue the other cork onto the other end. This will be your snakes head.

• Add two spots for the eyes.

• Cut a small piece of felt into the shape of a snake's tongue and press it into the cork with the point of the nail.