Seven Sleepy Dwarves by Belinda Mooney

A fun, fairy tale craft. Great for preschool, kindergarden classes or daycare.

Seven Sleepy Dwarfs

a craft to go with SNowhite and the Seven Dwarfs

Materials:
2 cardboard egg cartons
pink & blue poster paints and a paintbrush
7 small red pom poms
red construction paper
corrugated cardboard box
14 small wiggly eyes
7 different pieces of fabric scraps
rickrack, sequins or other trim
fiberfill or cottonballs

1.You are going to use the entire egg section from one egg carton and cut a two section piece from the other one. Glue and tape the two piece end to the end of the whole carton.

2.Turn the egg carton upside down. This forms the head and bodies of the dwarfs.

3.Paint this side of the egg cups pink.

4.From your cardboard box cut a headboard and a foot board a little longer than the row of dwarfs. The head should be twice as talla s the foot. Paint blue and let dry.

5. Cut a square of fabric for each dwarf. Glue a blanket over and around the bottom egg cup of dwarf.

6. Glue 2 wiggly eyes and a pompom nose on top each egg cup to make a face for each dwarf. Add cotton around head and chin for hair and whiskers.

7.Glue the headboard across the top and the footboard across the bottom.Cut a heart for each dwarf and glue over their head. Decorate the bottom with whatever you want!