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Yee haw! These three crafts are inspired by , because the Cowgirl is a Patsy Montana Award Winner! The award is named after Cowgirl Honoree Patsy Montana, who was the first woman to sell a million records with her song, “I Want to Be a Cowboy’s Sweetheart.” Jessie the Cowgirl continues to entertain others through the tradition of the cowgirl. We will be making three crafts: a pipe cleaner snake based on ’s signature line, “There’s a snake in my boot,” a slinky dog paper chain, and a Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head paper doll.

MATERIALS: PIPE CLEANER SNAKE Pipe Cleaner Googly Eyes Beads Hot glue or glue

MATERIALS: SLINKY DOG PAPER CHAIN White, brown, and Googly eyes black construction paper Stapler or glue Scissors M ATERIALS: MR. POTATO HEAD PAPER DOLL Construction paper Optional: Googly Scissors eyes, fabric, tissue Glue paper.

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1. Take one pipe 2. Start to string cleaner and twist the beads on the pipe end so that beads cleaner. Make a cannot fall off the pattern or make it pipe cleaner. random!

3. After putting 4. Twist the pipe beads on the pipe cleaner back into cleaner, leave 3 the last bead on inches of pipe the pipe cleaner to cleaner free. create a loop. This is the face of the snake.

5. Put two beads of hot glue on either side of the face. Place the googly eyes down on the hot glue beads. Your snake is complete! SSLLIINNKKYY DDOOGG PPAAPPEERR CCHHAAIINN

1.Cut a dark brown strip 2. Put the two ends of the of construction paper 1 paper strip together to inch wide, and 9 inches create a circle. long. Make 5 strips, or as long as you would like your chain to be.

3. Staple the ends of the 4. Put the second strip strip to create the loop. If through the first loop and you do not have a stapler, create another circle. use glue and wait for it to dry completely.

5. Staple or glue the 6. Continue making loops second loop. until your chain is created.

7. Out of construction paper, 8. Glue the face together cut out a light brown circle and let dry. for the face, two dark brown ears, a white nose bridge and black nose. Additionally, you can cut out two light brown strips for feet and a dark brown strip for the tail. 9. Attach the face, legs, an tail! Your slinky dog chain is complete! MR. POTATO HEAD PAPER DOLL

1. Cut out the potato template from our website. Trace onto a brown piece of construction paper and cut out.

2. Cut out a mouth, nose, ears, lips, eyebrows. Be creative! These can be whatever you would like—you don’t even have to follow those guidelines. Adding a hat, bandana, earrings, or necklace is also a fun addition. Have fun making your potato head unique.

3. Glue down the face onto your potato. Your potato head is complete!