Easy DIY Craft: Toilet Paper Roll Butterfly

This adorable toilet paper roll butterfly craft is so fun and easy to make. Given below are the steps courtesy of thebestideasforkids.com.

Supplies required are: Toilet paper roll, Small googly eyes, Colored buttons, Cardstock– pink, purple, yellow or any color you want your wings to be, Acrylic paint, Pipe Cleaner, Small pom poms, and Black sharpie.

Fold a piece of cardstock in half. Trace the template from our new book or draw your own wings.

Cut out the wings.

Glue colored buttons to the butterfly wings. Or have fun decorating the wings however you’d like! You can use pom poms, craft gems or even just color on your own designs.

To make the antennae, bend the pipe cleaner into the shape of a “V”. Curl the tips of the “V” down. Glue two small pom-poms to the tips.

Glue the antennae to the inside top of the paper roll. Glue the googly eyes near the top of the paper roll and draw a mouth with the black marker.

Finally, glue the wings to the back of the paper roll.

Easy DIY Crafts: Paper Roll Fish

Here’s a super easy paper roll fish craft you can make at home. This is a fun recycling craft idea for kids of all ages, preschoolers included! Below are the steps courtesy of thecrafttrain.com.

You will need one painted recycled cardboard tube per fish (you can use a paper towel roll cut down to size or a toilet roll, both will work), paint to decorate, googly eyes, glue, permanent marker and scissors for this craft.

First flatten your cardboard tube. Then cut a rounded end for the fish’s head and two slits at an approximate 45º angle for the tail.

Fold the angled cut inwards both forwards and backwards.

Then tuck the angled cut inside the fish to create the tail.

Decorate your fish with paints and allow to dry. Glue a googly eye onto each side and draw on a mouth with a marker. Your paper roll fish is ready!