Owls crafts make for a perfect autumn or Halloween activity! Help celebrate the season and holiday with your young child by making a simple but fun Halloween owl toilet paper roll craft.
Materials
- Toilet paper rolls
- Nontoxic paint
- Blank paper
- Paintbrush
- Scrap cardboard
- Black permanent marker
- Scissors
- Glue
Instructions
- Fold in the tops of the toilet paper rolls.
- Paint the folded toilet paper roll.
- While the paint dries, draw two wings (pointed ovals) and a beak (triangle) onto the blank paper with the black marker.
- Paint the wings and beak.
- White the paint dries, pour some white paint onto the cardboard.
- Use a cotton ball to spread a thin layer of white paint on your child’s fingertip.
- Press two white fingertip prints near the top of the toilet paper roll under the folded part. Reapply the paint as needed.
- Wash the paint off your child’s finger.
- Turn the paper with the painted shapes over and cut out the wings and beak following the marker outline.
- Glue the wings onto the sides of the toilet paper roll.
- Glue the beak under the two white fingertip prints.
- Use the black marker to draw pupils in the centers of the white fingertip prints.
- Display the Halloween owl toilet paper roll craft!
For another owl craft idea, try my Autumn Halloween Owl Footprint Craft, O Is for Owl Handprint Craft, Halloween Owl Handprint-Footprint Craft, and Snowy Owl Paper Plate Craft.
Image Credits
Halloween Owl Toilet Paper Roll Craft © 2014 Heather Johnson
Folding the Tops of the Toilet Paper Rolls © 2014 Heather Johnson
Painting the Folded Toilet Paper Roll © 2014 Heather Johnson
Drawing the Beak and Wings on the Blank Paper © 2014 Heather Johnson
Painted Beak and Wings © 2014 Heather Johnson
Adding White Fingertip Prints to the Painted Toilet Paper Rolls © 2014 Heather Johnson
Gluing the Wings and Beaks on the Painted Toilet Paper Rolls © 2014 Heather Johnson
Halloween Owl Toilet Paper Roll Craft © 2014 Heather Johnson
Displaying the Halloween Owl Toilet Paper Roll Craft © 2014 Heather Johnson
