Soap Box Alligator Puppet

You can either use soap boxes, green tea to go (as shown below) to go
or similar sized boxes.  Carefully open the box along the glued side slits. 
Turn the box right side out refolding it.  Now glue it again with the inside now
on the outside.  Now paint it green.  By turning the box inside out, the paint
with adhere and cover the box.  After the paint is dry, glue two large
pompoms to the top along with two wiggly eyes.  Now give the children
a strip of paper that is 3/4 inch x 11 inches.  have the kids cut v's along
one side.  Glue the strip around the box as shown.