DLTK's Crafts for Kids
Perseus
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.
Perseus is the Greek hero who beheaded
Medusa (the Gorgon with the hair of
snakes). He received many gifts from
Athena and the nymphs to help him
defeat Medusa. His helmet gave him invisibility and his
winged sandals allowed him to travel very quickly. Anyone
who looked at Medusa would be turned to stone -- so Perseus
looked at her using his mirrored shield and as soon as he had
beheaded her, he popped her head in a sack.
Perseus used Medusa's severed head to turn the cruel King
Polydectes to stone in order to save his mother Danae from having
to marry him. (the generic mermaid,
king and
queen crafts in the can be used to
represent a nymph, Polydectes and Danae if you would like all
the characters)
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Materials:
- a tp roll,
- printer,
- glue,
- scissors,
- something to colour with
- a piece of paper
Instructions:
- Print out the template of choice.
- Colour the pieces as appropriate and cut them out.
- Glue the large rectangular piece around the toilet paper roll (the
bottom 1/3 is the legs, the top 2/3 is his tunic.
- Glue the thin rectangle around the middle of the tp roll (this is
his belt)
- Fold the tabs on the winged sandals and glue them inside the tp
roll to give it a three dimensional effect
- Glue the arms to the sides of the toilet paper roll
- Glue the head onto the top of the toilet paper roll.
- Glue the sack onto the belt.
- Glue the sword and shield into his hands.
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).
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