How to make a turtle from a plastic bottle cap

You can make it easily by using a milk carton and a plastic bottle cap.

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Japanese page : How to make a turtle from a plastic bottle cap

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How to make it

Cut out one side of the milk carton. Then cut it in half.

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Draw a circle to the carton with the cap.

Draw it bit lower that the center.

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Draw the face and the tail of the turtle.

Draw the neck and tail bit long because you push it in the cap.

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Draw arms and legs long too.

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Cut along the line.

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It’ll be like this picture above.

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Put the turtle in the cap.

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Push it in tightly.

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Draw the face. Finished!

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The turtle is made of the milk carton, so it is waterproof.

You can play with it in the bath.

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Know-how and the points

When there is no ditch inside the cap, the milk carton turtle won’t come off easily.

So, the non-ditch cap is useful.

In the picture above, the left two caps don’t have the ditch, and the right two have.

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Variety of the game

You can play “Scooping Turtles Game.” with a plastic spoon like the picture.

Please see “Scooping Turtles Game.”

Things we use

A plastic bottle cap, a milk carton, scissors, a pen

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