Activity Overview
Create unique and animated characters out of cardboard tubes and cupcake liners. These little people are simply adorable and I think it might be the fringed cupcake liner hair that makes me adore them more. This is a very user friendly craft to make for a wide variety of ages.
Make one or make a family of cardboard tube characters with all different expressions on their faces. This makes a great activity as well for learning about facial expressions and feelings. Add a little sign and fold the fingers over to have your characters identify seats at mealtime or at a party table.
Materials Needed
- Cardboard Tube
- Paint
- Paint Brush
- Sharpie Marker
- Construction Paper
- Scissors
- Cupcake wrapper
How to Make It
- Paint a cardboard tube. Allow to dry.
- Draw a face on paper and glue the face to the tube. The paper for the face should consume about 2/3 of the paper tube and curl around slightly.
- Cut out and glue paper arms and hands to the back side of the card board tube.
- Take a colorful cupcake liner and cut the crinkles edges upward all the way around to form a fringe of hair.
- Glue the cupcake liner hair upside down on the top of the cardboard tube.
