Giraffe Toilet Paper Roll Craft

This is a cute three dimensional giraffe craft that is fun for young children to make and to play with.

Materials:
 toilet paper roll,
 a printer,
 something to colour with,
 scissors,
 glue, and
 paper

Instructions:
 Print out the template of choice.

 Colour (where appropriate) and cut out the template pieces.

 Glue the large rectangular piece on first to cover the tube. Toilet paper rolls come in different sizes, so if you
find the rectangle is a bit too big, just trim it down. If you find it's a bit too small, just cut out another small piece
to fill in the gap.

 Glue on the head, legs and tail

 We typically make the crafts as if they're sitting up on their haunches as it's easier to construct them and my
children are young. However, you can make them so they stand on all 4's (use a straw, cardboard, toothpick or
stir stick glued to the back of the legs for extra support).

Templates:
 Close the template window after printing to return to this screen.

 Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE,
PRINTER SETUP in most browsers).
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You can treat this as a sea otter or a river otter. I was thinking sea otter when I designed it
which is why I have the clam and rock to go with him, but you can discard those and have
your children draw a fish for a river otter (or just leave him with empty hands).

Materials:
 toilet paper roll
 printer,
 something to colour with,
 scissors,
 glue, and
 paper

Instructions:
 Print out the template of choice.

 Colour (where appropriate) and cut out the template pieces.

 Glue the large rectangular piece on first to cover the tube. Toilet paper rolls come in different sizes, so if you
find the rectangle is a bit too big, just trim it down. If you find it's a bit too small, just cut out another small piece
to fill in the gap.

 Glue on the head, legs and arms (see photo on this page if you get stuck)

 Glue the rock into one hand and the clam into the other. You can talk about how sea otters balance a rock on
their tummy and then crack open clams, oysters and other mollusks on the rock.

 Cut out the tail and fold it in half so it's colored on both sides
o Glue the halves together
o Bend the tab and glue to the back of the tp rolll (using the tab to make a 3D effect)

Templates:
 Close the template window after printing to return to this screen.

 Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE,
PRINTER SETUP in most browsers).