Materials

• White or tan construction paper
• Scissors
• Pencil
• Crayons or markers
• Pattern (included)
• White glue or transparent tape.

Procedure

1. Print out pattern and color it with crayons or markers. (If your printer won’t take construction paper, cut out pattern and trace around it onto construction paper).

2. Cut out pattern. Fold on dotted lines for center of head.

3. Write the person's name in neat letters on one side of duck.

4. Fold bases in toward each other. Glue or tape A over B. Let dry. If desired, you can tape back edges together from the inside, “tent-like,” and insert a little glue along the side edges.

5. Stand on table near plates. Pretty cool!

Melani Roewe is a former news editor, Girl Scout Leader and Adult Trainer and K-12 educator who enjoys alpine wilderness hiking, birdwatching, fishing, snow- and water-skiing, swimming, and camping. She directs her church's Youth and Adult Choirs and lives in Oklahoma with her husband and two children. She is also owner of the Glass Carver.