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DLTK's Animal Crafts for Kids
Otter Craft

You can treat this as a sea otter or a river otter.  I was thinking sea otter when I designed it which is why I have the clam and rock to go with him, but you can discard those and have your children draw a fish for a river otter (or just leave him with empty hands).

Materials:

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toilet paper roll

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printer, 

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something to colour with, 

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scissors, 

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glue, and 

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paper

Instructions:

bulletPrint out the template of choice. 
 
bulletColour (where appropriate) and cut out the template pieces. 
  
bulletGlue 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.
  
bulletGlue on the head, legs and arms (see photo on this page if you get stuck)
 
bulletGlue the rock into one hand and the clam into the other.  You can talk about how sea otters balance a rock on their tummy and then crack open clams, oysters and other mollusks on the rock.
   
bulletCut out the tail and fold it in half so it's colored on both sides
bulletGlue the halves together
bulletBend the tab and glue to the back of the tp rolll (using the tab to make a 3D effect)
  

  

Templates:  

bulletClose the template window after printing to return to this screen. 
   
bulletSet 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)

 

 

Printable version of these instructions