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DLTK's Crafts for Kids
Peacock Fan Toilet Paper Roll Craft
This is a cute three dimensional peacock craft suitable for
an India theme, birds theme, animals theme or letter I theme.
This particular project uses a fan as the tail... that
makes it a bit more complicated than my typical Toilet
Paper Roll Crafts but it looks really cute!
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Materials:
 | Fan:
 | white paper |
| blue, green and purple paint, markers or crayons |
| stapler or glue
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| Body:
| toilet paper roll, |
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something to colour with, |
| scissors, |
| glue, and |
| a printer, |
| paper |
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Instructions - Fan:
| Lay your white paper in front of you so the longest edge faces you
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| Divide your paper into three sections
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| Color or paint the top section purple, the middle section green and
the bottom section blue |
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| Again, with the long edge facing you, fan fold the paper:
| fold about 3/4 inches up (older children can fold a tighter
fan... as small as 1/4 inch) |
| flip your paper over |
| fold the same distance up |
| flip your paper over |
| fold the paper |
| flip the paper |
| fold, flip, fold, flip... until you've folded all the paper
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| Note: Fan folding is one of the most challenging
"crafting" skills you'll bump into when working with young
children (I still supervise my 8 year old when she starts a fan
fold). The most common error is that they'll forget to flip
the paper over between folds. |
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| Crease the paper in the center to make a nice big fan
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| Staple the paper in the center so your fan doesn't flop open |
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Instructions - Body:
| Print out the template of choice.
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| Colour (where appropriate) and cut out the
template pieces.
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| Glue the large rectangular piece on first to
cover the tube.
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| Trim the tube to be the same height as the rectangle (I've made the turkey
short so you can see the fan)
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| Glue on the head, feet, wings and crown
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| Use tape and a bit of glue to attach the fan to the back of the peacock
(this step will likely require adult assistance)
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Templates:
| Close the template window after printing to return to this screen.
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| 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). |
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