Colorful Newspaper Snail Craft

If you havent tried watercolors on newspaper yet, it’s crucial that you try it pronto!

Read our how-to instructions below for how to make your own colorful snails.

Supplies needed to make this newspaper craft:

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Snail craft made out of green cardstock, painted newspaper and markers laying on a pink background with craft pom poms scattered around.

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Instructions for how to make your own colorful snail craft

1.

Paint newspaper with liquid watercolors

Start by painting your newspaper with your liquid watercolors.

Four image collage showing a woman painting a piece of newspaper with watercolors, assembling the snail craft together, and using markers to draw a mouth and lines on the snail shell.

The newspaper will be saturated but dont worry.

Let it dry for about 12 hours or overnight and it will dry and harden back up again.

Prepare craft pieces and cut them out

Download and print out oursnail printable template.

Horizontal image of finished newspaper snail craft laying on a pink background with colored craft pom poms scattered around in the background.

Cut out each of the pieces of the template.

Now trace the circle snail shell on your painted newspaper and cut it out.

Assemble snail

Glue your newspaper snail shell onto the end of the snail body.

Vertical close up image of finished snail craft laying on a pink background with colored craft poms scattered around and metal tin of chalk markers in the top left corner. Words “Newspaper snail craft” are in the top left corner.