Creative Cardboard Creatures

Cardboard tube

Coloured paper

Pipe cleaner

Scissors (Grown-up use only)

Crayons

Paint

Paintbrush

A pen or pencil

Glue

Paint your cardboard tube blue and leave to dry

Fold your yellow paper in half and draw a butterfly wing from the centre fold

Cut the wing out and open up to make a set of wings

Use crayons to decorate your wings however you choose

Glue your cardboard tube to the middle of the wings to make a body

Stick two pieces of pipe cleaner or card into the tube to make antennae and draw on two beady eyes and a smile.

Gently press the butterfly wings at the back to make your flying little friend come to life

Cardboard tube

Coloured paper

Scissors (Grown-up use only)

Paint

Paintbrush

A pen or pencil

Glue

Draw a trunk and two ears

Cut out the elephant ears and trunk

Draw some eyes and cut out

Paint the cardboard tube, ears and trunk grey and wait for them to dry

Use some glue to stick the ears on

Fold the trunk to make it wavy and stick it on

Finally, stick the eyes on and your elephant is finished

Cardboard tube

Green paint

White paper or card

Pink paper or card

Scissors (Grown-up use only)

Paintbrush

Pen or pencil Glue

Paint your cardboard tube green, leave to dry, then cut down one side to make a mouth

On white paper, draw around your four fingers to make a set of dinosaur teeth

Cut out your dinosaur teeth

Glue your teeth to the inside of your dinosaur mouth like so. Use a black pen to draw on two beady eyes

On pink paper, draw around two of your fingers to make a tongue

Cut out the pink tongue

Glue the tongue into the back of the tube and squeeze your dinosaur to make him talk

Cardboard tube

Green card

Blue card for the pond

Pink or red paper

Green paint

Paint brush

Glue stick

Sticky tape

Pen and pencil

Scissors (Grown-up use only)

Paint the cardboard roll green.

When it's fully dry, use some sticky tape to stick down one end of the cardboard tube.

Now, using some green paper, draw four legs for your frog. Ask a grownup to cut them out.

Stick them on with glue or sticky tape.

With a grown-up's help, cut out two small white circles and stick them on to make the frog's eyes. Finish them off by drawing a little black dot in each one.

Ask a grown-up to help you cut out a long strip of red or pink paper and curl it around a pencil to make the frog's tongue.

Use some glue or sticky tape to attach it.

If you want to make a pond for your frog to sit on, ask a grown-up to cut out a pond shape from the blue card, you can also add a few lily pads using the leftover green card.