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A quick and easy school holiday project your kids can do / help you to make.

Material

1 toilet roll
paint, paintbrushes and a black texta
small lengths of coloured yarn

Method

Paint the toilet roll and set aside to dy.
Once dry, make small holes around the base of the roll. Thread a small length of coloured yarn through each hold and secure with a knot.
Paint a face and you're done!

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- mom19782016
- 17 Jun 2016
  8:26 pm

103 Comments
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- - mom472417 said
  - 05 Feb 2021
    2:32 pm
So easy and looks really cute.

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- - mom157643 said
  - 03 Feb 2021
    9:03 pm
Love it. Great fun and easy to do.

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- - Kate Sander said
  - 15 Jan 2021
    7:13 pm
I’m thinking go to a thrift store and buy some wool, the girls can choose what colours and this will be a fun project for them.

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- - mom363826 said
  - 06 Jan 2021
    8:44 pm
One to make fairly easily as we always have spare toilet rolls in the house!

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- - mom466923 said
  - 25 Dec 2020
    8:42 pm
That’s a good idea and I always have heaps of toilet rolls .

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- - mom470069 said
  - 06 Dec 2020
    9:17 pm
My son would love this. The octopus is his current favourite animal.

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- - CassLee83 said
  - 06 Dec 2020
    3:24 am
Great idea, thanks for sharing. Something fun and easy to do

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- - mom384089 said
  - 02 Nov 2020
    7:20 am
What a great idea!
Might give this one a go today

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- - Kylie said
  - 20 Oct 2020
    11:06 am
Cheap and easy. Great idea.

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- - mom19782016 said
  - 15 Oct 2020
    12:56 pm
We have so many cardboard tubes around the house, this would be great!

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- - mom418449 said
  - 31 Aug 2020
    9:28 pm
Another great toilet roll activity! Thank you for sharing ????

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- - deannepritchard said
  - 15 Jul 2020
    11:49 am
Love being able to recycle things in the house to make craft time cheap!!

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- - DaffyD said
  - 30 Jun 2020
    11:36 pm
Looks amazing thanks for sharing your project

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- - Brittany said
  - 07 Jun 2020
    12:23 pm
Perfect! One I can do with my 4 year old and have all the items needed to do it ????
Thank you xo

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- - mom330666 said
  - 10 May 2020
    12:56 am
Very easy. My toddler will be happy to do it

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- - Petal53 said
  - 29 Apr 2020
    1:01 pm
Easy to make a whole aquarium with different seat creatures using similar materials. Lovely idea.

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- - mom207052 said
  - 21 Apr 2020
    10:35 pm
A great activity with things we already have at home!

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- - mom454032 said
  - 19 Apr 2020
    9:13 pm
Oh how cool do they look! Can’t wait to try making these with my girl!

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- - mom462038 said
  - 07 Apr 2020
    10:15 am
Oooohhhh, cute. One thing we will always have is the cardboard inserts from toilet rolls lol

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- - Jennifer said
  - 17 Mar 2020
    2:39 am
Such a cute idea. I may use this idea with my little ones

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