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Toilet Paper Roll Octopus Craft

Want to take a dip in the ocean? Join us and make a handmade octopus from a toilet paper roll.

This little friend will be completed in a few minutes and when the kids are done, playtime will begin.

Octopus toilet paper roll craft

What you need

Toilet paper roll
Orange paper (can also use white paper and orange paint)
Wiggle Eye Stickers
Drag
Glue
Black Marker Pen

Paint the toilet paper roll orange or cover it with orange paper. Cut 8 strips of orange paper to make tentacles.

Bend the strips of paper in half lengthwise. There are many ways to bend them, younger children can wrap them around a marker while older children can use scissors to bend the strips.

It’s time to start assembling your toilet paper roll octopus craft.

Add a little glue to the unrolled part of the paper strip and glue it to the inside of the paper roll. Do the same with all the paper strips. This little roll of paper is starting to look like an octopus, isn’t it?

Stick two eye patches on and draw a line for the mouth.

Your cute paper-rolled octopus is ready to play. Isn’t it the cutest octopus ever?

More octopus crafts for kids

Octopus paper plate

Octopus Puzzle

Octopus shaped straw head

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