I remember doing these things when I was little and I loved it!  I made one the other day and quietly placed it on the floor in front of my kids while they were playing a video game.  A few minutes later they noticed it and they got excited and flipped off the TV and begged for me to show them how to do it.  It's so very easy, but it kept my kids occupied for DAYS!!  They made them in a variety of lenghts, multiple color combinations, gave them different facial expressions, and experimented with the width of the paper strips.  Here are a few of the finished products:

The supplies you'll need are:

Paper (two colors in similar thicknesses)

Adhesive (glue dots worked the best for this)

Scissors or Paper cutter like for scrapbooking

Ruler (if you are using scissors to cut with)

Cut the paper into one inch wide strips down the long edge of the papers.

Put some glue at the end of one strip.  Press on the end of another strip, like this.

Fold the left strip over and crease it.  Then, fold the other strip down over it.  Keep folding one strip neatly over the other one to make a concertina shape.

When you get near the end of the strips, you may glue on the spare strips, then keep folding.  Or when you get to end, glue them together and trim if needed.

Draw on eyes, feelers, and anything else you'd like.  If you wanted to really get creative, you could cut out and glue on some wings, lots of little feet, etc.  ENJOY!!

My name is Dianna and my goal for this summer has been to introduce my children to little activities like this that they can do for the rest of their lives, if they'd want to.  I really enjoy sharing this sort of craft as it takes very little supplies and can be done with scraps and they'll still be fun and adorable.  I live in West Virginia with my hubby and three children and we've just completed our fourth year homeschooling, and I think I'm starting to get the hang of it!

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