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6 steps. Tap one when it's done.
Fold a paper plate in half, cut a zigzag along the fold for the plates on its back, and the rest of the dinosaur is just paint and a couple of cut-out legs. It stands up on its own.
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Nothing sharp, nothing hot, nowhere far. Tell someone what you're up to, then go ahead and do it on your own.
6 steps. Tap one when it's done.
A folded plate stands because the fold gives it two sides leaning on each other, like a roof. Flat paper falls over; bent paper holds itself up. Real stegosaurus plates probably worked as heaters, soaking up sun and warming the blood running through them.