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Toddler Craft Activity Octopus Toilet Roll Craft

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We had lots of fun this week with our book inspired toddler craft activity. We have been reading one of our favorite books - Commotion in the Ocean by Giles Andreae. If you haven't read his books before you need to buy or borrow them now! They're fabulous for toddlers and preschoolers and you'll find them in almost every early learning classroom.


We're taking part in Read it, Make it - a book inspired craft challenge, and my girls decided that they wanted to make the Octopus and the Jellyfish from Commotion in the Ocean. The advantage of having a toddler craft box is that we had all of the items we needed ready to go. They are all easy to find if you don't have them already.

Toddler Craft Activity - Octopus

Octopus - What you need:

Toddler Craft Activity - Octopus and Jellyfish

What to do:

toddler craft activity octopus

  1. Make 8 cuts in the toilet roll (stop at the top ¼ of the roll)
  2. Paint the toilet roll purple and wait for it to dry
  3. Tear off small strips of crepe paper and scrunch them up into small balls (tearing and scrunching are great fine motor activities)
  4. Glue the scrunched up crepe paper onto the tentacles
  5. Glue on Googly Eyes
  6. Draw on a mouth

Toddler Craft Activity - Octopus and Jellyfish

We were originally only going to make the octopus, but I was talked into making the jellyfish too! You can find the instructions for these here, and we changed the colors to match the book (well sort of... my 2 year old absolutely wanted orange crepe paper instead of white, so that is what we got!)

You can find more fantastic Read It- Make It activities here. 

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Wednesday 2nd of November 2016

[…] Toilet Roll Octopus from My Bored Toddler […]

Emma

Tuesday 10th of May 2016

How is this not the most adorable octopus ever?! I just love those googly eyes!

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Thursday 5th of May 2016

[…] love crafts made from recycled materials – and this Commotion in the Ocean Octopus Craft is fantastic – and cute as […]

Jennifer | The Deliberate Mom

Wednesday 27th of April 2016

Oh my goodness, is this ever ADORABLE! I love it! So fun and whimsical!

Thanks for sharing (and for linking up to the #SHINEbloghop).

Wishing you a lovely evening. xoxo

Hil

Sunday 24th of April 2016

This is so cute! I participated in this event too. Such a fun way to get more craft and book ideas!

Thanks for sharing at #everythingkids!