My girls love these sweet little owls – they love making them and they love adding them to their ‘owl gallery’ collection on the shelf in their bedroom. This is the kind of craft that the girls can happily make together without much input from me (always a bonus) and they love surprising me with their latest creation. No doubt about it, my kids really love a collection. Why have one when you could have 14?
We save our toilet rolls to use for crafts like this, but you can also cut kitchen paper roll to size if you prefer. Toilet rolls for craft are allegedly a no-go in many households these days. They were banned from the Badoo’s preschool back in the day. Are they really that icky? I honestly reckon everyone just uses them like they used to and it’s only the preschools that have gone a bit mental. But I digress.
You can use any kind of paper to make the beak and wings and if you haven’t got any googly eyes, draw some black dots onto some white circles and you’re good to go.
I hope your kids love these owls as much as mine do.
What you need
- Recycled toilet roll holders (or use kitchen roll holders, cut to size)
- Googly eyes (or draw your own)
- Patterned or plain coloured paper
- Glue
- Scissors
- Paints
What you need to do
1. Cut your toilet rolls to the size you’d like your owls to be – we cut one to be the smaller ‘baby’ owl.
2. Paint the toilet rolls any colour you like. We chose red, green and blue.
Set aside to dry.
3. Once the paint is fully dry, push down one side of the top of the toilet roll and fold the other side over the top. This makes the owl ‘ears’.
4. Cut out two arch shapes to be your owl wings and a triangle to be the beak.
5. Glue on the googly eyes, beak and wings.
6. All done! Here’s a mumma owl, daddy owl and little Penelope owl. Enjoy playing with your new owl family.
Do your kids collect things like mine?
This craft was originally published on Kidspot.
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Zoe Meunier says
Cute! My brother and I used to have a ‘toilet roll people’ collection… we didn’t paint them or anything fancy like that, just drew on some faces, gave them names and away we went. I think we then played ten pin bowls with them. Poor toilet roll people.
Maxabella says
Poor toilet roll people. Now you’ve got me thinking about all the stuffed animals and all the dollies and all the… sigh. Childhood is harsh, man. x
katiecrackernuts says
You should sooooo be a Girl Guide leader.
Rach @ Mogantosh says
Ooh I agree!
Maxabella says
You reckon? But what about the whole ‘hanging out with kids’ bit, Katie… you know I’d fail miserably. x
KezUnprepared says
So cute and simple! Love it! Definitely will keep this in my arsenal x
Maxabella says
This is what I call a craft with a lot of bang for your efforts, Kez (please don’t read any innuendo in that statement!) x
Erin says
Seriously can’t get my head around toilet rolls being banned!! Okay moving on… so cute and actually inspiring which for me the non-crafty mama is amazing.
Maxabella says
These are so easy they are practically NOT CRAFT, Erin. x
Holly says
What a fun collection to invest in! They are just adorable. I can definitely see myself making these with the kids in school. Thanks for the great idea!
Maxabella says
It’s a collection we add to again and again, Holly. If you make them in class I would LOVE a picture of all the owls together to show my girls. They would be so happy. Pop back and upload one if you get a chance. x
Rach @ Mogantosh says
Another top-shelf post from you Bron. You’re on fiyah! I love this one. xx
Maxabella says
Thanks Rach. They’re pretty cute, aren’t they? I’m enjoying bringing my crafty side over to my blog. x
Jules says
Great activity. I will definitely be making these with my class this week. 😀
Maxabella says
It’s a fab one for a class, Jules. Enjoy! I’d LOVE to see a picture of all the little owls together, so if you get a moment to pop one over here in the comments I’d be delighted!! x
Lauren @ Create Bake Make says
These are too cute. We use toilet rolls for craft in our house, I think the world has gone a little mad to be honest.
Maxabella says
Definitely! We love these owls, Lauren. They are so simple. x
Kristy @ Loulou Zoo says
Eeek too cute! I’ve got a tonne of toilet rolls saved for craft, but at this stage Miss H just pulls apart whatever we make…so I’ve accepted that’s where we are at for now! At least we get to reuse the rolls! x
Maxabella says
I think ripping toilet rolls apart should qualify as a craft, Kristy. She’s a natural! x
dianne says
Superb!!! – ive printed this out for my daughter – the craft queen! xx
Maxabella says
She’ll soon have a large family of owls and be all the happier for it, Dianne. x