HOW TO MAKE: A CARDBOARD TUBE FAMILY

You may not think much of this activity, but I did it with Ottilie (Age 3) this morning and she loved it! Check out the pics below.

All you need is… cardboard tubes or toilet rolls (one for each member of your family), PVA glue (or even better, a glue gun) and lots of crafty bits or anything you have around your house. You really can make them with anything!

Here are some of the things we used…
Tissue paper or paper towel
Ribbon or string or wool
Paper or card
Buttons or googly eyes
Pipe cleaners or lolly pop sticks or paper straws

Check out our step-by-step guide below and pics of Otts enjoying her family!

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Here’s Otts enjoying her cardboard tube family!

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CHECK OUT OUR step-by-step guide…

Step 1: Find cardboard tubes or toilet rolls. One for each family member.

Step 2: Fill the top of the tubes with wool, ribbon or string for hair! Or design a hat for the top of the tube

Step 3: Cut a circle out of paper or card , find some buttons for eyes and make a face

Step 4: Pop the cut out faces on to one side of your tube

Step 5: Add arms using lolly pop sticks. Make a whole in the tube and push them through. Or stick pipe cleaners to the side of the tube and bend them into shape!

Step 6: Have fun making clothes out of ribbon, paper or fabric pieces and stick them on to your tubes to finish them off!

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