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Batman Toilet Paper Roll Craft

I always shudder when I have to make a craft that's pretty much targeted to boys.  Not because I don't enjoy designing them, but because I don't really have any "testers" (both my children are girls and weren't overly interested in making Batman).  I had my husband scrutinize this one to make sure it's "cool" (even though he's old *grin*).  Hopefully we did ok!  By the way, I'm sure some girls might love batman, just not mine at the moment... *wink*.  Kaitlyn (age 2) looked at him and said "oooh, scawy" (scary... she uses w's for r's).  Tasha (age 6) looked at him and said "mommy, that's a BOY thing".  

Batman craft
  
Batman is a simple color, cut and paste paper craft that uses a toilet paper roll as a base to give it a three dimensional effect.  My children love to play with toilet paper roll crafts as much as they like making them.

Materials:

bullet toilet paper roll, 
bullet printer, 
bullet piece of paper, 
bullet some crayons, paint, markers or pencil crayons, 
bullet scissors,
bulletglue

Instructions:  

bulletPrint out both templates of choice.  (Template 2 has the legs and cape)
 
bulletColour (where appropriate) and cut out the template pieces.  
 
bulletGlue the large rectangular piece on first to cover the tube.
 
bulletGlue on the bat, belt and cape.
 
bulletGlue on the head, legs and the arms.  (We did the legs so it looked like Batman was sitting down)
   

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 1   (color)   or   (B&W)

Template 2   (color)   or   (B&W)