Toilet Paper Roll Monsters

Do you want to learn how to make toilet paper roll monsters? Recycled craft projects are a great way for children to practice fine motor skills, following step by step directions, and being creative. All with materials you have around your house! This activity even comes with a free monster parts printable for you to help you get started. You can download it for free at the bottom of the post.

How Does the FREE Toilet Paper Roll Monsters Printable Work?

Want to get started right away using recycled toilet paper rolls to make crafts?

1. Sign up to download the freebie at the bottom of the post.
2. Download and print the monster parts template.
3. Kids can color, cut, and paste the monster parts onto the toilet paper roll to make unique monsters.

Kids love hands-on projects where they can use their imagination!

What Supplies Will Your Need for The Recycled Toilet Paper Roll Crafts?

To make the toilet paper roll monsters you will need:

• recycled toilet paper rolls – the cardboard tube at the end of the toilet paper
• printable monster template (at the bottom of the post)
• markers or crayons
• paint (optional)
• scissors
• glue stick or liquid glue

How Do You Make a Colorful Monster Out of Toilet Paper Rolls?

Here are the instructions for this toilet paper roll monster craft:

Step One

Give each child one toilet paper roll and one of the printable templates. Provide them with the markers, scissors and glue stick. If you choose, you can paint the cardboard roll a bright color and let it dry. You can skip that step or wrap the tubes in colored construction paper.

Step Two

Use crayons or markers to color in the eyes, mouth, hair, wings, horns, etc. on the template. Want to make it your own? Cut out colored paper for the hair, monster arms, monster wings, or horns and make your own crazy shapes to add to your monster.

Step Three

Cut out the monster parts and glue them onto the cardboard tube. You can choose to cut along the fine lines on the hair example to give the monster’s hair a 3-D look. If you do not have glue you could use double-sided tape. Let it dry.

Other Options – Monster Extras

If the kids can not use scissors yet to cut out the complex shapes of the monster features, you could use the template for ideas and draw the monster eyes and mouths onto the tubes. Another option is for an adult to cut out the shapes and the child could glue it to create the toilet paper roll monsters.

Kids love googly eyes. You can just glue those on if you want or grab sticker craft eyes. That is an awesome pincer grasp challenge to glue those onto the cardboard tube.

Twist pipe cleaners around your tubes to add lots of monster arms to your creation!

When is a Good Time to Use the Toilet Paper Roll Monster Free Printable?

This recycled monster toilet paper roll craft is great for any time you need to keep the kids busy at home. Of course, it might be fun for Halloween, but monsters are always fun and cute!

At school, you can use this craft at:

• fine motor station
• classroom party
• Occupational Therapy session
• art project

What Skills Are Kids Working on with This Project?

Children are working hard on the following skills with this toilet paper roll monster:

• fine motor skills – picking up the cut out shapes and gluing them to the tube
• visual motor skills – coloring in the lines
• scissor skills – cutting out the monster parts
• bilateral coordination – holding the cardboard tube with one hand and pasting on the monster part with the other hand
• creativity

Allow the kids imagination to run wild when they create their very own monster.

Do You Need More Helpful Ideas Using Recycled Materials?

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What Else Can You Do With These Toilet Roll Monsters?

Need more ideas for this cute craft? The monster toilet paper roll craft guys can be used for many more games instead of just sitting on display. How about try some of these activities:

• Bowling – line up the tubes and knock them over with a small ball
• Stack the Monsters – how many monster tubes can you stack before they fall over
• Hide and Go Monster Seek – one player hides the monster and the other player has to go find it. You can give clues to describe where you hid it. Need to work on handwriting? The child has to write down the clues.
• Kick the Monster – put the monster in the middle of the room. Two players stand behind a starting line and wait. When you say the phrase “MONSTER TIME” the two kids run and try to be the first player to kick over the monster. Playing with more than two kids? Assign them all numbers. When you call their number they have to run and kick the monster.
• Carry the Monsters – place 2-3 monsters on a tray. Make a relay race and have each team member walk around a few chairs carrying the monster tray. You must walk during the race and you can not let the monsters fall over on the tray. If they do you have to start over.
• Speed Monster – make a bunch of monsters and put them on the floor next to a desk. Start your timer. How quickly can you squat down, grab one monster, put it on the desk and repeat the squatting until all the monster tubes are on the desk?

Ask the kids to come up with other games to play with their homemade monsters!

Download Your FREE Toilet Paper Roll Monsters Printable Here

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