Trained Seal
Trained seal
• Materials
Seal templates (can be downloaded at Family Fun)
Craft foam
Pencil, scissors, and stapler
14 inch long piece of clear vinyl tubing
Permanent markers
Googly eyes and tacky glue
1 ½ inch diameter Styrofoam ball
Pushpin or thick sewing needle
18 inch long piece of 22 or 24 gauge floral wire
• Instructions
Download the seal templates
Trace the templates on to the craft foam and cut them out as shown
Cut 1 inch slits along the lines marked A and B
Bend the seal over lengthwise and insert flippers into the body by sliding slits A and B together
Thread the tubing over the fins and out of the mouth. Then staple the body together at the seals chin
Decorate the seals face with markers or googly eyes and color the Styrofoam ball with markers
Using the pushpin or needle poke a hole into the tubing about ¼ an inch from the end. Then thread a little of the wire into the hole and wrap it around the tip of the tubing a few times. (Don’t do it too tight as that can crimp the tubing)
Holding the ball over the mouth of the tube very loosely wrap the rest of the wire around the bottom half of the ball