11 imaginative crafts to make adorable little animals using cardboard tubes
A little cardboard, some colored paint and a lot of imagination: these things alone are enough to have fun for hours doing light-hearted craft projects, spending an afternoon in a cheerful and productive way with the kids. After all, it takes very little to stimulate the imaginations of the little ones, and even adults can relax doing something creative, simple and fun together with the children.
So, cardboard tubes of of all types are a precious resource to have ready whenever you want to spend some time doing crafts. With markers, paints, scissors, glue and some other materials that you probably have at home or can easily find, you can create many colorful animals. From cats to crocodiles, see how many you could make:
Tutorial via lookwerelearning.com
An adorable chick: equip yourself with scissors and glue, and start cutting out and coloring each piece. It will almost make itself!
Tutorial via easypeasyandfun.com
Irresistible foxes with voluminous tails and heart-shaped muzzles: they're really cute!
And you can even fold and glue the pieces of cardboard to create more defined paws and snouts!
How about a turkey with colored tail feathers? You could create these either with scraps of paper or with real feathers!
Very cute ladybugs, which are said to bring good luck. The iconic polka dot wings can be made both with other cardboard cutouts taken from tubes, or perhaps with paper objects that are already circular, such as cupcake liners.
For a lion's mane, on the other hand, you could use paper discs with lots of radial cuts, or remnants of balls of wool of the right color.
Frogs and toads: even these can be made with a little imagination using cardboard tubes.
Making with markers: this elegant cat is irresistible - even for adults!
Tutorial via frugalfun4boys.com
These puppies, on the other hand, seem ready to wag their tails! For the eyes, try to get some adhesive ones!
An elephant with large ears and a long trunk: it could be the first in a whole family of savannah animals!
Tutorial via makingmum.blogspot.com
And how about a crocodile wandering around the room like this one? Nothing too scary, though!
Ready to transform cardboard tubes into lots of colorful animals?
