Shhh, don't tell...  I made the one in the photo, not the girls *laugh*.  Kaitlyn was in the mood to free-draw some pictures and I decided I wanted to color, so I made Cera while she doodled.  I had loads of fun trying out my fancy new pencil crayons!

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.
• Color the pieces as appropriate and cut them out.
• Glue the large rectangular piece around the toilet paper tube.
• Glue the head, legs and tail onto the toilet paper roll.  
  • I've done it so she's standing on all fours
  • I used toothpicks glued to the back of the legs for a bit of extra support
  • but you can do it so she's rearing up on her hind legs as that is sometimes easier for younger kids.
  • see photo of Blue's Clues to get an idea of what this way looks like.  Close photo window when done viewing to return to this screen

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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