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Guest Post: Cardboard Tube Giraffe

Are you looking for some craft ideas for your child? Children love making different things. When they are busy making some craft items, they don’t concentrate on any other thing. This increases their concentration as well as their creativity. You can also help your child to make the craft items. In this way you will be able to share quality time with your kids. 

If you are looking for some unique craft idea for your kid, try the Cardboard Tube Giraffe. Making a cardboard tube Giraffe is very easy and you need few things to make this craft items. 

Things Required for Cardboard Tube Giraffe
* Cardboard tube – 1
* Sheet with giraffe print felt – ½
* Sheet tan felt – ½
* Wiggle eyes – 2
* Scissors
* White glue
* Scarp of brown felt
* Black marker or ball pen 

How to make Cardboard Tube Giraffe
Cardboard Tube Giraffe can be made quite easily. This is one of the easiest crafts your children can enjoy. 
1. First you need to take the giraffe print and cover the cardboard tube with it. Use white glue to do this. Let it dry. 

2. Once the body is done you will have to make pattern for ears and head. Cut these patterns from the tan felt. The next step is to make the forelock hairs. Use the brown felt to make the forelock hairs. You can cut small slits to fringe the top of the forelock. 

3. Now fold the head piece of felt in half. Press it to make crease. Open it and then lay it flat on the ground or table. Use the crease as your guide to glue the ears as well as the forelock. The ears and forelock should stand straight up. 

4. Once the head, ears and forelock are ready, you should glue the eyes onto the face. You should fix the eyes an inch below the crease. They the glue dry. Now use a marker to draw the nostrils. 

5. As soon as the face is ready glue it onto the front of the tube.

Your Cardboard Tube Giraffe is ready.
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About the Author: Edina Jones is a self published author writes articles on various topics like craft ideas, easy crafts for kids and so on. For more information on crafts ideas she recommends you to visit: http://www.womansday.com

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2 COMMENTS

  • royalegacy

    Thank you for sharing. I have an art project to do with my son this Friday.

  • royalegacy

    Thank you for sharing. I have an art project to do with my son this Friday.