Or for more googly eye action, you might like these Fruit Mummies.Īnd you can find all our other toilet paper roll crafts here.Get arty with these Sponge Monster paintings.These Babybel Cheese Monsters are fun for a monster-themed party or just as a healthy treat.(I know monsters aren’t strictly only for Halloween – but that’s where they’ve ended up!) I have some more monster ideas on our Halloween page. It’s also easy enough to do with 3 and 4 year olds (although older kids could do them too – even we as adults had lots of fun)! More monster ideas #DIY PAPER MONSTERS FREE#There is no “right” way for a monster to look, so kids are free to use whatever colours, patterns, or crazy embellishments that they like. The best part about this craft is that it’s so open-ended. Roughly paint the inside top section of the tp roll with the glue.Glue on googly eyes – as many as you’d like!.(It doesn’t have to be neat.) Add an extra dab of glue to the end of the yarn to make sure it sticks down. Wrap wool or yarn around the outside of the toilet paper roll.Roughly paint the outside of the toilet paper roll with glue.toilet paper rolls (or other cardboard tubes).This post includes affiliate links * below. She chose all the design aspects of her creations.) (She made these almost completely by herself, the only thing we did was roughly explain how she could make them, cut the yarn and hold the tp roll steady. My friend made the middle one, and her 4.5 year old daughter made the two on the left. Low and behold, her daughter wandered over to see what we were doing, and asked if she could join in. (She’s thinking about doing this as a craft activity with her Grade 2 kids, pairing it the book “Where The Wild Things Are.”) Working on the same “if you start, they will join in” theory, my friend made a tp roll monster of her own, testing them out to see if they could work in a classroom setting. □Ī week or so later, a dear teacher friend and her awesome daughter came over for a play. I made the outside two, and my 3.5 year old daughter Bee was curious enough to come over to see what I was doing. The first crafting session yielded these three little tp roll monsters. Crafting is therapeutic, and I think more adults should give it a go! And you know what? I’m totally OK with that. Now, this theory does run the risk that you might end up crafting with toilet paper rolls all by yourself on a sunny winter’s afternoon, while the kids play happily inside. These are the result of two separate backyard crafting sessions – both working on my theory that if you want to get kids playing (or crafting), the easiest way is to just start playing (or crafting) yourself, and sooner or later, they’ll come over and want to join in. (If you don’t want to use toilet paper rolls, you could use kitchen paper towel rolls or other cardboard tubes.) They’re the latest in our toilet paper roll crafting obsession. Perfect for a monster theme or Halloween.Īren’t these little monster critters cute!! These yarn and toilet paper roll monsters are a fun and easy craft for kids.
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