Make a dinosaur collar

Carnival resources
Written By Hopeton Walker

You may have already made a dinosaur carnival headdress - if not check out our tutorial here. This tutorial will show you how you can make a matching collar to complete your costume. Read on for the instructions, or click the button below to download the full instructions and templates for both the dinosaur collar and the dinosaur headdress.

You will need

  • A4 Paper

  • Glue

  • Scissors

  • Pens or paints to decorate

Print out your templates

First you can print out your templates using the PDF download below. If you don't have a printer, don't worry, there will be pictures below which you can copy on to pieces of A4 paper to make your own templates.

Making your collar base

You will print out four pieces, or alternatively draw them on paper, cut them out and then clue each piece together. As you can see in the picture below, there are 4 shape - A, B, C and D. If you fix them together, by folding and using the tabs in the template, then you will end up with the correct shape!

Cut out and decorate your dinosaur designs

There are a range of designs you can choose from. A lovely diplodocus, some volcanos, palm trees, dinosaur eggs and even dino footprints! Colour them all in, cut them out and then use them decorate your collar. This is your chance to get really creative.

We hope you like making this collar. If you haven't already, why not make a dinosaur headdress to go with it?

Hopeton Walker
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