DLTK's Crafts for Kids
Cow Toilet Paper Roll Craft

I've had a lot of requests for farm animal crafts.  This cute cow is made with a toilet paper roll (he's one of the few cows I'd allow in the house).

A different looking cow tp roll craft can be found here.  

Materials:

• a toilet paper roll,
• a printer,
• something to colour with,
• scissors,
• glue,
• 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, tail, legs and bell.
  • We put her together as if she was sitting on her haunches -- they don't do this of course, but this is the simplest way for young children to construct the craft.  It also gives the animal a "cartoon" feel which the kids seem to like.
     

  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).
     

  Template    (color)   or   (B&W)

   

   

  Print friendly version of these instructions

   

   

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