Styracosaurus was a plant-eating dinosaur that lived about 75 million years ago in the part of the world we now call North America.

Styracosaurus means 'spiked lizard' after the long horns on its neck frill and nose. It even had small horns on its cheeks.

Its body resembled a rhinoceros and would have been about 5.5 metres long.

Download and assembly instructions

1. Download the cut-out puppet of Styracosaurus in colour 409 KB pdf or in black and white to colour in 261 KB pdf
2. Cut around the six parts of the model — you may need to get an adult to help you
3. Spikes: fold flaps inwards
4. Head, horn and lower jaw: fold in half along line
5. Glue horn to inside end of nose
6. Glue spikes to inside of head using tabs
7. Finger loops: bend into a cylinder and glue or tape
8. Pierce black dots with a pencil, then attach lower jaw and head with split pins
9. Glue or tape a finger loop to the top jaw and another to the lower jaw

What you will need: printed copy of pdf glue or sticky tape scissors split pin paper fasteners
Folding and assembling the model: cut out all six parts of the model
Fold flaps on the neck frill ('spikes') inwards
Fold head, horn and lower jaw in half along the dashed line
Glue or tape horn to inside end of nose
Glue or tape neck frill ('spikes') to inside of head using tabs
Attach lower jaw to head with split pins
Glue or tape a finger loop to the top jaw and another to the lower jaw
Finished Styracosaurus model

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