Upcycle an old paper roll with this cute tp roll giraffe craft for kids! This sweet little fella is really simple to make and only requires a few basic materials. We had so much fun with him and can’t wait to make him some other little safari themed friends!
Here’s what we used
A clean tp roll
Card (yellow and brown)
Paper (white and orange)
Sticker eyes
Scissors
Glue
How to make our easy tp roll giraffe craft
Start by cutting out a rectangle of yellow card that is the same height as your tp roll and long enough to wrap around and cover the entire roll. Glue the card around the roll.
Now we’re going to make the giraffe’s head. Cut out a yellow arched shaped piece as can be seen above and then a brown oval for the nose. Glue the two pieces together to make the head.
Next, you’ll need to cut out two yellow outer ears and two slightly smaller brown inner ears. Glue the brown ears in place on the yellow ones, then cut out the two T shaped horns.
Attach all the pieces onto the giraffes head and then give it two big eyes.
Add any optional face details such as our little white nostrils and then make two little brown hooves. Glue the hooves onto the bottom of the tp roll and the head onto the top
Finish off your adorable and super easy tp roll giraffe craft by adding some orange patches to its body. We just love this little cutie!
This adorable paper cup giraffe puppet is not only fun and easy to make but can also provide hours of fun imaginative play too. we made ours using card scraps and my daughter just loves him!
Here’s what we used
Coloured card (yellow, orange and black)
Coloured paper (orange)
String
2 Paper cups
Googly eyes
Scissors
Glue
How to make our paper cup giraffe puppet
Take your yellow card and cut out two large outer ears and then two smaller inner ears from the orange. Glue the pieces together to make the ears and then fold a small tab at the bottom of each ear and glue it in place inside the paper cup. next cut out two long giraffe horns and glue them in place between the ears as above.
Add two Googly eyes to the top of the head paper cup and two round black nostrils to the base. Then cut out several orange paper splotches and glue them all over both cups of the giraffe.
Next you’ll need to make five paper springs (4 legs and 1 neck). To make a spring take two equal length strips and glue them together at a right angle. Take turns folding the strips one over the other and then secure the end with glue.
Next cut out four round card circles for the feet and glue one to the end of each spring leg.
Attach the head and body together using a spring as above and then glue the 4 legs in place on the underside of the body cup.
To finish your paper cup giraffe puppet cut a fair length of string and glue one end just inside the rim of the head cup and the other inside the body. Once dry your adorable giraffe is finished and ready to dance!
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