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!
Materials:
- Fan:
- white paper
- blue, green and purple paint, markers or crayons
- stapler or glue
- Body:
- toilet paper roll,
- something to color with,
- scissors,
- glue,
- a printer,
- paper
Instructions - Fan:
- Lay your white paper in front of you so the longest edge faces you
- Divide your paper into three sections.
- Color or paint the top section purple, the middle section green and the bottom section blue
- 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
- 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.
Crease the paper in the center to make a nice big fan- Staple the paper in the center so your fan doesn't flop open
Instructions - Body:
- 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.
- Trim the tube to be the same height as the rectangle (I've made the turkey short so you can see the fan).
- Glue on the head, feet, wings and crown.
- Use tape and a bit of glue to attach the fan to the back of the peacock (this step will likely require adult assistance)
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).