Mishelle is a very friendly turtle you can make with Chinet paper plates and construction paper. (Paul Tople/Akron Beacon Journal/MCT)

Here’s a riddle for you.

Why did the snapping turtle cross the road? If your answer is to get to the other side, you would be partially correct.

Sometimes, a turtle will cross a busy road to find sandy soil to lay her eggs. Other times, it might cross the road because it’s the path of least resistance.

Lisa Warner, naturalist for the city of Fairlawn, Ohio, says that occasionally, the snapping turtles that live in Schocalog Run at Fort Island Park in Fairlawn like to sun themselves on the warm concrete. Other times, they take the overland trip to avoid the swift moving water rushing through the culvert at the park rather than battling the rapids.

“Snapping turtles can be very nasty, mean and dangerous,” Warner says. “Aquatic turtles can move very fast and get very large.”

Mishelle is a very friendly turtle you can make with Chinet paper plates and construction paper.

Here are directions for her, found at www.mychinet.com/uploads/crafts/Kids_Crafts_Mishelle.pdf. There’s a menagerie of other animals there, too.

Supplies you will need: 1 Chinet classic white platter; 1 Chinet classic white dessert plate; green and brown construction paper; wiggle eyes; scissors; glue; green paint and brush; yarn or ribbon.

Fold the platter in half. Glue the edges together and paint the platter and dessert plate green. Set aside to dry.

Cut out hexagons (six-sided shapes) from the green and brown construction paper and attach to the folded platter. You can also draw them on if that is easier.

Leave the bottom of the platter green.

When dry, glue on wiggle eyes. Draw on eyelashes, nose and mouth.

Attach the head to the body.

Cut out legs and a tail from the green construction paper and attach to the body.

Make a bow out of yarn or ribbon and glue above the eyes.