You will need...
- Cardboard tube
- Coloured paper
- Pipe cleaner
- Scissors (Grown-up use only)
- Crayons
- Paint
- Paintbrush
- A pen or pencil
- Glue
How to Make a Butterfly
- Paint your cardboard tube blue and leave to dry
- Fold your yellow paper in half and draw a butterfly wing from the centre fold
- Cut the wing out and open up to make a set of wings
- Use crayons to decorate your wings however you choose
- Glue your cardboard tube to the middle of the wings to make a body
- Stick two pieces of pipe cleaner or card into the tube to make antennae and draw on two beady eyes and a smile.
- Gently press the butterfly wings at the back to make your flying little friend come to life
How to Make an Elephant
You will need...
- Cardboard tube
- Coloured paper
- Scissors (Grown-up use only)
- Paint
- Paintbrush
- A pen or pencil
- Glue
- Draw a trunk and two ears
- Cut out the elephant ears and trunk
- Draw some eyes and cut out
- Paint the cardboard tube, ears and trunk grey and wait for them to dry
- Use some glue to stick the ears on
- Fold the trunk to make it wavy and stick it on
- Finally, stick the eyes on and your elephant is finished
How to Make a Dinosaur
You will need...
- Cardboard tube
- Green paint
- White paper or card
- Pink paper or card
- Scissors (Grown-up use only)
- Paintbrush
- Pen or pencil Glue
- Paint your cardboard tube green, leave to dry, then cut down one side to make a mouth
- On white paper, draw around your four fingers to make a set of dinosaur teeth
- Cut out your dinosaur teeth
- Glue your teeth to the inside of your dinosaur mouth like so. Use a black pen to draw on two beady eyes
- On pink paper, draw around two of your fingers to make a tongue
- Cut out the pink tongue
- Glue the tongue into the back of the tube and squeeze your dinosaur to make him talk
How to Make a Frog
You will need...
- Cardboard tube
- Green card
- Blue card for the pond
- Pink or red paper
- Green paint
- Paint brush
- Glue stick
- Sticky tape
- Pen and pencil
- Scissors (Grown-up use only)
- Paint the cardboard roll green.
- When it's fully dry, use some sticky tape to stick down one end of the cardboard tube.
- Now, using some green paper, draw four legs for your frog. Ask a grownup to cut them out.
- Stick them on with glue or sticky tape.
- With a grown-up's help, cut out two small white circles and stick them on to make the frog's eyes. Finish them off by drawing a little black dot in each one.
- Ask a grown-up to help you cut out a long strip of red or pink paper and curl it around a pencil to make the frog's tongue.
- Use some glue or sticky tape to attach it.
- If you want to make a pond for your frog to sit on, ask a grown-up to cut out a pond shape from the blue card, you can also add a few lily pads using the leftover green card.
