Funky Tube Monsters

Posted 2013-08-31 by Mina Keenan ⇒ follow

Make these

Recycle some cardboard tubes and make some to pop on your desk, drawers or window sill and generally brighten things up.

Time: 30 minutes
Age: Any Age
Level: Easy

Materials

Cardboard tubes

Cardboard

Paints

Black marker

Wiggly eyes

Glue

Gather your supplies

Method

Grab some cardboard tubes and paint them in bright, funky colours. A piece of sponge to paint with covers quickly and will to speed things up.

Add patterns with a black marker or add coloured dots. Try zigzags or stars.

Funky Tube Monster faces and patterns

Glue on wiggly eyes. Use a black marker to finish the faces. A few well placed lines will give the faces good expressions.

Cut a base from cardboard for the feet or use these downloads. Glue the bottom of the tube and place onto the base.

If you want your to have arms, cut a strip of cardboard and glue to the back of the tube as shown in the photos.

Plain Funky Tube Monster bases

Download Funky Tube Monster Feet

Colour these Monster Feet yourself...

Coloured Funky Tube Monster bases

Download Funky Tube Monster Feet

...or use Coloured Monster Feet

Resize the downloads if you need to.

at work

I suppose these should earn their keep! Put them to work and pop some pens, pencils or crayons into them. They could even be your study buddies!

Have fun! :)

For more cardboard tube critters see Cute Cardboard Tube Blue Cat Family or Cardboard Tube Jungle Critters

Categories
#recycled
#cardboard_tube
#monsters
#downloads
#craft
#easy
#under_5s
#5_to_10s
#over_10s
#any_age

%mykidcraft

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