An ibex is basically a wild goat who lives in the mountains.  I made the Ibex so that I'd have a Letter I toilet paper roll animal for the Alphabuddies section.

Adult Ibex are brown in color, average 27 to 43 inches high at the shoulder and weigh approximately 200 pounds.  The male's horns can grow up to 56 inches in length forming a semicircle over its back, whereas the female of this species has shorter horns that only grow up to 15 inches in length.  Older males have a long beard.

Materials:

• toilet paper roll or cardboard tube,
• a printer,
• glue,
• scissors,
• something to color with,
• a piece of paper.

Instructions:

• Print out the template of choice.
• If using the B&W template, this is the children's chance to get creative. Color it in however you like using colored pencils, crayons, markers, pastels or paints.
• Cut out the craft template pieces. Some of the pieces may require the help of an adult or older child.
• Glue the large rectangular piece on first to cover the tube.
• Glue on the head, arms and legs (see photo above).  
  • We put him together as if he was sitting on his haunches -- they don't do this of course, but this is the simplest way for young children to construct the craft.  It also gives the animal a "cartoon" feel which the kids seem to like.

Templates:

• Close the template window after printing to return to this screen.
• Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers).

Template    (colour)   or   (B&W)

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