Top Tip
Use this technique to create other tin can insects to decorate your garden.
How to Make
- Firstly, paint your tin can green with a sponge dabber. You can paint the base (grasshopper face) a lighter green by mixing green and white paint together.
- Use the template to cut out the grasshopper’s wings from a plastic bottle. Get an adult to help as this part can be tricky.
- Paint the wings light green.
- For the antennas, stick two green craft sticks together at an acute angle.
- To create the legs, stick two green craft sticks together at a wider angle. Try to make both legs the same angle to make sure each side of the grasshopper is even.
- Stick the wings to the top of the can and the antennas to the front of the can (the Face).
- Stick the legs to either side of the can.
- Lastly, stick two wiggle eyes to the face of the grasshopper and draw a smile.
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