9 November 2009
Making : Toilet-Paper-Roll Flowers
Category : Activities for kids, Arts & Crafts Permalink
The other day, we found out how we could actually make nice flowers using … toilet paper rolls.
Simple activity idea for preschoolers using simple everyday things we find at our home!
Check this out!
What we used:
- Toilet paper rolls
- Watercolour
- Scissors
- Satay sticks / wooden chopsticks (the latter is ’safer and less sharp’, better for younger kids)
What we did:
- Draw straight lines on both ‘ends’, leaving about 1cm in the middle. See top picture.
- Cut out the straight lines
- Fold the lines outwards
- Colour the ‘petals’ with watercolour
- Put aside to dry
- When it’s all dried up, poke the middle part with the stick (and it’ll serve as the ’stem’)
That’s it!
Simple and do-able, yes?
Happy crafting, everyone!
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Posted by nic
9 November 2009 @ 4:56 pm
simple n nice! will try it out with Will!
Posted by Siska
10 November 2009 @ 5:30 am
hmm… might try this today if I can find any spare toilet rolls around. thx for d idea
Posted by carrin
10 November 2009 @ 9:44 am
this is nice and easy to do !! thanks for sharing.
hmmm … wonder if you keep all their craft works or discard them after some time ?
Posted by Leonny
10 November 2009 @ 12:20 pm
Nic:
Sounds great!
Posted by Leonny
10 November 2009 @ 12:21 pm
Siska:
Welcome
(usually I keep one or two spare toilet rolls around though I have no idea when I’ll use them, hehe… junk-keeper!)
Posted by Leonny
10 November 2009 @ 12:25 pm
Carrin:
Yes, sure is easy to do …
Usually after arts and crafts, we display what the kids have made for a while (like, 2-3weeks?), eg. in our living room.
If it’s a drawing or something that we can stick on the well, then it goes to our ‘creative works wall’ for a while. When the ‘wall’ gets crowded, then I’d take down the old ones.
Sometimes I take photos of the works first, if I haven’t already, before discarding them.