How to Make a Flower From a Toilet Paper Roll

Don't know what to do with your left over toilet paper roll? Why not let your kids make a craft out of it. Making a flower from a toilet paper roll is not only easy for the youngest of children, but it uses items you are sure to have on hand. That means you can make it on a whim. Your child can even use these toilet paper flowers to create a flower garden to place under their window.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Construction Paper (Green, White, Yellow)
• Glue
• Scissors
• Tape
• Marker
• Toilet Paper Roll

1. Wrap your green construction paper around your toilet paper roll so you know how much construction paper to cut off. Now cut your construction paper to fit the toilet paper roll. You may need an adult to mark what needs to be cut in pencil for you. Then just cut along the lines.

2. Use your glue to paste the green construction strip you just cut on to the toilet paper roll. This is going to be the step of the flower.

3. Now cut out two large oval shapes with the leftover green construction paper to make some petals. Glue the ends on to the bottom of the toilet paper roll or near the bottom of the toilet paper roll.

4. Now take your yellow piece of construction paper and lay it out flat in front of you. Fold it in half. Tape the ends that are not folded shut. Draw 5 lines beginning at the folded side almost up to the tape. Cut along those 5 lines.

5. Pull the taped edges of your yellow construction paper together and tape closed. Use a stapler if you think this would help it to stay better. Now unfold the edges so that they poof out and slide them on the top of the toilet paper roll. If they don't stay be themselves you can glue them in place or use a staple gun.

6. Measure the circle at the top of your toilet paper roll and cut out a white circle to match it from your white construction paper. Glue the edges and put in to place.

7. Let dry.

Tips & Warnings

• If you would like to make a different kind of flower you can use different colored construction paper.
• If you are to young to use scissors you may want to have your mom or dad do the cutting.