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Harpy or Evil Fairy Toilet Paper Roll Craft

This is a fun and simple color, cut and paste paper craft that uses a toilet paper roll as a base to give it a three dimensional effect.

You can use this craft as a harpy (from Greek Mythology) or as an evil fairy (from stories like Sleeping Beauty).  

In Greek mythology, the harpies were winged death spirits who stole food from Phineas the prophet.

Materials:

bullet a tp roll, 
bullet printer, 
bullet glue, 
bullet scissors, 
bullet something to colour with 
bullet a piece of paper 

Instructions:

bulletPrint out the template of choice. 
 
bulletColour the pieces as appropriate and cut them out.
 
bulletGlue the large rectangular piece around the toilet paper roll
    
bulletGlue the arms to the sides of the toilet paper roll.
  
bulletFold the tabs on the feet and glue them inside the toilet paper roll to give it a three dimensional effect.
  
bulletGlue the head onto the top of the toilet paper roll.  
  
bulletGlue the wings onto the back of the toilet paper roll
 
 
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 - wings:  (color)   or   (B&W)

 

 

Printable version of these instructions