This is a cute three dimensional peacock craft suitable for an India theme, birds theme, animals theme or letter I theme.

This particular project uses a fan as the tail...  That makes it a bit more complicated than my typical Toilet Paper Roll Crafts but it looks really cute!

Materials:

• Fan:
  • white paper
  • blue, green and purple paint, markers or crayons
  • stapler or glue
• Body:
  • toilet paper roll,
  • something to color with,
  • scissors,
  • glue,
  • a printer,
  • paper

Instructions - Fan:

• Lay your white paper in front of you so the longest edge faces you
• Divide your paper into three sections.
• Color or paint the top section purple, the middle section green and the bottom section blue
• Again, with the long edge facing you, fan fold the paper:
  • Fold about 3/4 inches up (older children can fold a tighter fan...  As small as 1/4 inch),
  • flip your paper over
  • Fold the same distance up
  • flip your paper over
  • Fold the paper
  • flip the paper
  • fold, flip, fold, flip...  Until you've folded all the paper
• Note:  Fan folding is one of the most challenging "crafting" skills you'll bump into when working with young children (I still supervise my 8 year old when she starts a fan fold).  The most common error is that they'll forget to flip the paper over between folds.
• Crease the paper in the center to make a nice big fan
• Staple the paper in the center so your fan doesn't flop open

Instructions - Body:

• Print out the craft template of choice.
• Color (if using the black and white version of the craft) and cut out the template pieces.
• Glue the large rectangular piece on first to cover the tube.
• Trim the tube to be the same height as the rectangle (I've made the turkey short so you can see the fan).
• Glue on the head, feet, wings and crown.
• Use tape and a bit of glue to attach the fan to the back of the peacock (this step will likely require adult assistance)

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:    (color)   or   (B&W)

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