There are two things most little kids go crazy for: (1) animals; and (2) arts and crafts. Why not combine both for a project your kids are sure to love? These steps will take you through the process of make a toilet-paper animal. You can use this guide to make just about any type of animal you wish on a roll of toilet paper.
Instructions
1. Take out your paper and pencil and create a plan. Having a plan on paper makes it much easier to assemble your project later. Draw a toilet-paper roll first. Now decide what type of animal you wish to create. Take a look at your everyday household resources and draw on your picture what you think you can use to create the animal of your choice. For this example, you will learn create a toilet-paper dog.
2. Get out your scissors and cut out the big pieces from fabric or felt. For a dog, you'll need to cut out two flappy ears, two round eyes, a little nose and a pink doggie tongue.
3. Glue your big pieces on. You can use a glue stick or a glue gun. Glue guns work best for heavy fabrics. You will also want to use the glue gun if you are using buttons for eyes instead of fabric or felt.
4. Take out some pipe cleaners for the dog's tail and whiskers. If you don't have pipe cleaners, you can use string, yarn or just draw them in with your markers. Now take the pipe cleaners and cut smaller pieces for the whiskers. For the tail, you can bend a pipe cleaner up in the middle or make the tail curly by wrapping it around a pencil and then slowly pulling the pencil out.
5. Use your glue gun to glue the whiskers and tail into place. Regular glue will not work so well on this step.
6. Double-check if there are any other household items you can use to make your dog look better. If you used felt for the eyes, for example, you many want to add a colored bead to the middle to make the dog have an eye color rather than just a black circle.
7. Get out your markers and add finishing touches. You could draw on some front or back paws, for example. If you made a Dalmatian, then you would want to color in some black circles all around the toilet-paper roll. It really is up to you. Be creative.
