Crafting with Felicia {Toilet Paper Roll Butterfly}

This past Monday, you may remember, I was *waving* my white flag at Mother Nature. It was one of those days where I was just not feeling well, combined with a snow day that was filled with freezing rain that made it impossible for the kids to get out and play. As a result, we had LOTS of bickering and one very grouchy momma. I was in no mood to organize anything crafty. Especially a craft that required me to clean up after. That's when Felicia took over. She promised to do a craft with her sisters AND clean up the resulting mess! Believe me,  my expectations were not so high, considering Felicia tends to be on the mess side and not always willing to clean up. But, I let her go and this is what she came up with:

 Pretty good if I do say so myself and she actually DID clean up the mess! She even asked if I wanted her to wash Stella's shirt because she got some paint on it!

Toilet Paper Roll Turkey

I love making any project that I can add my kids’ handprint to. It’s fun to pull these little keepsakes out every year and remember just how tiny they once were.

This one is super easy and made mostly with recycled materials.

1. Stella painted a toilet paper roll with some brown paint (and did a little tasting as well).

2. Then, using a brown paper bag, Stella and I printed several  handprints with different colors of paint. (After all that hard work, Stella took a nice long nap!)

3. While sleeping beauty got some rest, I added the feathers and face to her turkey. First, I fanned out the handprints and glue them together.

Then I glued on the body of the turkey (the toilet paper roll).

And finally, I added some google eyes and a beak.

I'm linking up here:

Toilet Paper Roll Leprechauns

1. Paint a toilet paper tube green.

2. When it dries, trace the end of it onto green paper.

3. Make a bigger circle around the area you traced and then cut it out to form a doughnut shape.

4. Slide the circle over the top of the toilet paper tube to create a hat.

5. Paint an oval for the face, just below the hat.

6. Glue on some pieces of yarn to form a beard.

7. Add some arms cut from construction paper.

8. Draw a face on and you have yourself a "wee little Leprechaun"!

Love Bugs

After a week of snowman crafts,  I think it's time for something with a little more color. So we are moving on to Valentine's Day crafts. Although, I might still sneak in a few more snowmen because they are just so dang cute. But for now, it's a Love Bug!

{You will need}
a toilet paper roll
construction paper
paint
pipe cleaners
tape, crayons, and anything else you want to embellish your Love Bug with

1. Paint the toilet paper roll. Madelyn chose red, but pick whatever color you like!
2. Cut out 2 hearts for wings.
3. Decorate your wings.
4. Tape the wings to the back of the toilet paper roll and attach some curled pipe cleaners to the inside of the top part of the roll.

Just add a face and you have your very own love bug. (Wiggly eyes would really look cute, but that's another thing we are out of here. I really need to re-stock!)