DLTK's Crafts for Kids
Ox or Bull Toilet Paper Roll Craft

Contributed by Leanne Guenther

This is a simple, three dimensional bull craft that young children enjoy making and playing with.

Zita wrote:
"I read my children The Story of Ferdinand (the bull), and then we did the TP roll craft.  It fits perfectly the moment in the book when Ferdinand sits on the bee!"

Materials:

• toilet paper roll or cardboard tube,
• a printer,
• something to color with,
• scissors,
• glue, and
• paper.

Instructions:

• Print out the craft template of choice.
• Color (if using the black and white version of the craft) 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 and legs.
  • We put him together as if he was sitting on his 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)