2. A Little History about Dragons…
Dragons are legendary creatures, typically with serpentine
or reptilian traits.
There are two distinct cultural traditions of dragons:
European dragon related to Greek and Middle Eastern
mythology and the Chinese dragon with counterparts in
Japan, Korea, and other East Asian countries.
3. European Dragons Vs Asian Dragons
Asian Dragons resemble
European Dragons have large snakes and are
Bat-like wings growing wingless serpentine
from its back. creatures with clawed feet.
European Dragons are Asian dragons usually have
a pearl that gives them
often seen in Medieval power and allows them to
wall murals. ascend into the heavens.
Dragons are often held to have major spiritual significance: primal
force of nature, religion and universe. Associated with wisdom and
longevity.
4. Chinese New Year
The Chinese New Year is one of the only times we see
full size three dimensional dragons. The dragon is a
symbol of strength and sometimes used to scare off evil.
5. Body parts of a Dragon…
European Dragons have wings, breathe fire,
scales, claws, horns, can have two or more
heads, more than one tail, two/four/or more
legs
Asian dragons have serpentine bodies, four
legs, and usually without wings. Antlers of a
deer, talons of an eagle, soles of a tiger, scales
of a carp, eyes of a demon, four toes
6. What is a sculpture?
A sculpture is a three dimensional artwork
which can be realistic or abstract.
Some sculptures you can walk around. These
are called “in the round”.
Some only have one three dimensional
surface. These are called “relief”.
A sculpture can be made out of
ANYTHING…
Our dragons will be made from paper.
8. Patterns in Nature
Patterns in nature are regularities of form
found in nature. These patterns can be
spirals, trees, arrays, cracks.
9. A dragon is a mythical creature but it has
many features of a natural reptile.
One of these features is scales.
A dragons scales are a pattern.
11. Step 1: Choose one color
of 12 x 18 piece of paper
and fold in half like a
“hotdog”.
Step 2: Open folded paper
and fold both sides into
the middle fold.
Step 3: Unfold paper and
refold into original
hotdog fold.
12. Step 4:
When paper is refolded,
you will notice a line
created down the
middle. Cut even
vertical lines which
pass this line but not
all the way. This will
ensure that your
dragon moves.
Step 5: Once you have
cut all the way down
your paper, fold into a
triangular shape and
glue together. Body is
all done!!!
13. Step 6: You will
need a new piece
of 11 x 18 paper for
the tail. Fold like a
“hot dog”.
Step 7: Draw a
diagonal line from
one corner to the
next and cut on
that line.
Step 8: Fold corners
into middle. This
shape resembles an
airplane.
14. Step 9: Unfold
“airplane” shape
and refold like a
“hot dog”. Cut past
the line in the
middle just like
you did with the
body.
Step 10: Create a
triangle shape and
glue together. Tail
is complete!
15. Step 11: Connect tail
and body together
Step 12: Trace top and
bottom of head
template on a 8x
11 sheet of paper.
Step 13: Glue bottom
head shape into
the open side of
the body.
16. Step 14: Add eyes, teeth
and other decorations
to top shape for the
head. Make sure you
color your pieces
before attaching them
to your dragon body.
Attach top shape to
the top of open side of
body.
Step 15: You can add wings,
teeth spikes to your
dragon once it is all
assembled.
