DLTK's Crafts for Kids Mermaid Toilet Paper Roll Craft This is a fun and simple color, cut and paste paper craft that uses a toilet paper roll as a base to give it a three dimensional effect. The craft can be used to accompany many fantasy themed books and movies or it can be made just for fun.   Materials: a tp roll, printer, glue, scissors, something to colour with a piece of paper

INSTRUCTIONS

• Print out the template of choice.
   
• Colour the pieces as appropriate and cut them out.
   
• Glue the large rectangular piece around the toilet paper roll
  • on the color template, the top half is pink (the body)
  • on the color template, the bottom half is green (the tail)
  • if using the B&W template you can color these as you prefer.
     
• Glue the seashells onto the body as a bikini
    
• Glue the arms to the sides of the toilet paper roll
   
• Glue the head onto the top of the toilet paper roll.  It is ok if the hair overlaps the bikini somewhat.
   
• Glue the tail onto the bottom of the toilet paper roll.  You can fold the tail so it sticks out of the bottom if you like.
   
• Glue the crown onto the head.
   

• 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:   (color)   or   (B&W)

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