Halloween toilet roll craft - Pumpkin, Monster, Ghost & Cat

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Description

Make Halloween characters out of toilet/kitchen roll tubes


Resources

Toilet/kitchen rolls tubes
Coloured paper/tissue paper
PVA glue
Pens

Instructions

The basic construction of these toilet roll Halloween crafts is the same.
Cut a piece of coloured paper or tissue paper approx. 3 cm taller than your toilet roll tube. If you’re using tissue paper you want it to be long enough to go round the tube twice. If you’re using coloured paper then it only needs to go around once. Wrap the paper around the tube leaving approx. 1.5 cm at the top & bottom.

Secure secure the paper with PVA glue. If you are using coloured paper it’s best to secure the top & bottom with a paperclip whilst the glue dries. I personally prefer to use PVA and tissue paper, but you’ll need to wait for the glue to dry before decorating, so it might be worth covering the toilet roll tubes before you start making these Halloween crafts with the children.

Fold the paper over the top & bottom ends of the toilet roll tube & glue down. If you’re using coloured paper then you’ll need to make a few slits in the paper before folding so that it sits inside the tube properly.

Decorate depending on which one you have chosen:
Pumpkin - draw on a face.
Monster - Glue a narrow jagged strip of black paper around the top to look like hair. Draw on eyes, a mouth & some stitch marks.
Cat - Before covering in black paper pinch together the top & push down to make ears. Secure with a little glue before covering. Decorate using metallic acrylic pens so they stand out against the black paper.
Ghost - This works better with tissue paper so that it flutters correctly, but you can use paper on the top part. Cut 10cm long strips of paper. Secure these to the inside of the tube. Make two small holes in the top & thread some black string to hang the ghosts from. You could make lots & hang them from the ceiling.


Tags

  • halloweeen crafts
  • halloween decorations
  • Halloween sleepover

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