Toilet Paper Roll Giraffe

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Posted by Merryn | Posted in Animal Crafts, Craft from Recycled Materials, Crafty Crafted Friends, Giraffe, Toilet Paper Roll | Posted on 29-03-2011 | 50,325 views

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We had a very fun time making this giraffe today ๐Ÿ˜€

Toilet Paper Roll Giraffe

You will need four toilet paper rolls and one kitchenย paper roll

Draw a giraffe head and cut. Draw another slightly bigger head, cut and paste to the smaller head.

You’ll get a giraffe head as shown above.

Cut the remaining rolls as shown above.

Glueย them all together to get the giraffe.

Paint the giraffe yellow

While waiting for the yellow paint to dry, cut a strip of paper for the giraffe’s mane and paint it brown.

Paint the spots brown

Glueย the eyes,ย mane and tail.

The giraffe is done ๐Ÿ˜€

Crafty-Crafted Friends, Our Little Corners submitted an equally awesome giraffe craft too.

Click here for the full instruction.

Painting an elephant

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Posted by Merryn | Posted in Animal Crafts, Elephant, YouTube tutorial | Posted on 22-03-2011 | 8,565 views

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Our poster boy now loves painting pictures. He has graduated from colour pencils and crayons and is now loving water paints.

I’ve done this video of him painting an elephant. Enjoy ๐Ÿ˜€

Fruity Cheerio Rainbow

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Posted by Merryn | Posted in Crafty Crafted Friends, Food craft | Posted on 22-03-2011 | 7,461 views

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Jamie of Hands On : As We Grow submitted this yummy looking Fruity Cheerio Rainbow craft.

Fruity Cheerio Rainbow

For full instruction on how to make this interesting rainbow, click here.

Thank you Jamie for sharing this craft with us ๐Ÿ˜€

Paper Plate Pig

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Posted by Merryn | Posted in Animal Crafts, Craft from Recycled Materials, Crafts by Materials, Egg Carton, Paper Plate Crafts, Pig, Toilet Paper Roll | Posted on 20-03-2011 | 19,377 views

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Feeling a little Oink Oink today so we will be making a paper plate pig! ๐Ÿ˜€

Paper plate pig

You’ll need a paper plate, two cups from the egg carton and a ring cut out of toilet paper roll

Paste a piece of paper on one side of the toilet paper roll ring and cut out the excess

Glue the egg carton and toilet paper roll ring onto the paper plate. Let dry.

Paint the entire surface pink

Leave it to dry

Paste eyes and nose. I used hole punch and punch out black construction paper for the nose.

Your pig is done ๐Ÿ˜€ Oink Oink!

St. Patrick’s Four Leaf Clover

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Posted by Merryn | Posted in Craft from Recycled Materials, Crafts by Materials, Crepe Paper, Festive Crafts, Toilet Paper Roll | Posted on 17-03-2011 | 10,688 views

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It’s St. Patrick’s today and let’s celebrate by making a four leaf clover out of toilet paper roll ๐Ÿ™‚

Four Leaf Clover

You’ll need to cut the toilet paper rolls into rings. You’ll need four rings

Press and shape them until you get 4 heart rings

Paint the heart rings green

It can get pretty messy on the fingers ๐Ÿ™‚

Cut green crepe paper and paste onto a paper plate

Once the four heart rings dry, paste them onto the paper plate too.
Happy St. Patrick’s to all craftiers out there ๐Ÿ˜€

Craft Tips – Brush holder

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Posted by Merryn | Posted in Craft Tips and Tricks | Posted on 16-03-2011 | 6,057 views

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Painting is so much fun. What do you do if you need to put down your brush for a moment while you take a break or two?

Don’t just put them on the table and risk them rolling off or anything similar to that. Cut an egg carton and use it as a brush holder. This way, your brush is kept in place until you are ready to resume your painting. Don’t even bother to paint or decorate the egg carton as after sometime, it will have its own unique mixture of colours ๐Ÿ˜€

Egg Carton Elephant

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Posted by Merryn | Posted in Animal Crafts, Craft from Recycled Materials, Egg Carton, Elephant | Posted on 14-03-2011 | 18,303 views

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It has been sometime since we last did an egg carton craft. Today, let’s make an elephant! ๐Ÿ˜€

Egg Carton Elephant

You’ll need a head with huge ears and a body with legs.

Cut them out

Paint it whatever colour you like ๐Ÿ™‚

Paint the ears and eyes and your elephant is done ๐Ÿ™‚

 

Paper Plate Chick

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Posted by Merryn | Posted in Animal Crafts, Crafty Crafted Friends, Paper Plate Crafts | Posted on 10-03-2011 | 13,099 views

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Finas of My Learning World did this cute paper plate chick ๐Ÿ™‚

She painted 3 paper plates (of different sizes)ย yellow.

Glue the small plate to the bigger plate.

Cut the beak, wings and feet from the remaining paper plate and glue.

Shred tissue paper and paste as the feathers.

Paste eyes and cottons and there you have it, a cute paper plate chick ๐Ÿ˜€

Thank you My Learning World for sharing this simple craft with us ๐Ÿ™‚

Toilet Paper Roll Flower

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Posted by Merryn | Posted in Craft from Recycled Materials, Toilet Paper Roll | Posted on 08-03-2011 | 20,427 views

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Let’s make a flower out of toilet paper roll today ๐Ÿ™‚

Toilet Paper Roll Flower

Draw lines and cut as shown above

Paint it

Punch a hole and poke a wooden chopstick through and glue.

Your flower is done ๐Ÿ™‚

Craft Tips – Apron

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Posted by Merryn | Posted in Craft Tips and Tricks | Posted on 02-03-2011 | 7,625 views

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Art time is so much fun. To prevent your clothes from paints, wear a smock or an apron.

On the other hand, you can turn an over-sized old tee into an art apron.

That way you can make as much mess as you like ๐Ÿ˜›