You might have a lot of extra craft tubes laying around these days. Instead of tossing them collect them for your kiddos to craft with. Recycled items like boxes, scraps of paper and craft tubes are some of my favorite craft supplies. I am continuing my partnership with Crayola to help inspire their community with at home crafts during my bi-weekly live broadcasts on their Facebook page. This week I am sharing three crafts you can make with recycled craft rolls. I even snuck in a craft for moms!
Watch the live broadcast replay:
Craft Tube Mermaid
Materials:
- Craft Tube
- Crayola Construction Paper
- Crayola Markers
- Crayola Metallic Markers
- Scissors
- Crayola Glue Stick
Directions:
- Cut a piece of green construction paper long enough to wrap around the craft tube x 2" wide. Use the scissors to scallop one side of the strip.
- Draw a tail that is about 4" long.
- Use the Crayola Metallic Markers to draw scales on the strip and the tail.
- Glue the strip around the bottom half of the craft tube.
- Glue the end of the tail to the back so it is sticking out of the side.
- Draw and cut two small shells and a thin strip of black construction paper for the bikini top.
- Draw texture lines on the shells with markers.
- Glue to the craft tube right above the green scales.
- Cut a another strip of construction paper long enough to wrap around the craft tube x 1" wide. Use the scissors to scallop one side of the strip and glue around the top of the craft tube. This is the mermaid's hair.
- Cut 7-8, 1/4" x 2.5" strips of the same color of construction paper as used in step 9.
- Glue the strips around the top of craft tube. Use a pencil or paint brush to curl the ends of the strips aka the hair.
- Trace and cut the opening of the top of the craft tube in the same color of construction paper as the hair. Glue over the opening of the top of the craft tube.
- Cut two more thin strips of construction paper, curl with a pencil and attach the top for a fun hair style.
Craft Tube Rocket Ship
Materials
- Crayola Construction Paper
- Crayola Markers
- Craft Tube
- Paper Straw
- Crayola Glue Stick
Directions:
- Cut and glue a piece of construction paper around the craft tube.
- Cut 2 triangles for the rocket wings. Cut two smaller triangles in a different color for inside the rocket wings. Glue together and glue the wings to the side of the craft tube.
- Cut a door and windows and attach to the front of the rocket.
- Use the markers to add accents to the door and windows.
- Create and create a cone for the top of the rocket and attach with glue.
- Cut 4 pieces of paper straw that are 1/2" long and glue to the inside of the bottom of the craft tube leaving half of the straw exposed to create rocket launch feet.
- Cut small jagged pieces of orange and red construction paper. Glue inside the bottom of the rocket leaving a small amount hanging out to simulate the rocket fire.
Craft Tube Flower Canvas
Materials:
- Crayola Washable Paint (I used metallic purple and blue)
- Craft Tube
- Scissors
- Canvas
- Glue
- Paint Brush
Directions:
- Paint half the canvas metallic blue and the other half metallic purple.
- While the paint is still wet use a clean brush to blend both colors together and into one another.
- Slightly squeeze the craft tube and cut into 1/2" rounds.
- Use your finger so lightly squeeze the circles into a petal/leaf shape.
- Once the canvas is dry arrange the pieces of craft tube into groups of 6 and form flowers.
- Apply glue to each petals and press onto the canvas.
Tune in to Crayola's Facebook Page every Tuesday and Thursday at 1:00pm EST to catch me sharing three crafts you can make at home!
xoxo- Lynn