Butterfly from Tubes

 Toilet Paper Roll Butterfly 

ADAPTED FROM Where Imagination Grows

Save those toilet paper rolls you usually throw away to make these cute little butterflies! They are super easy, and it only takes a few steps and a creative kid to turn old cardboard paper rolls into colorful butterflies.

YOU NEED:

TOILET PAPER ROLL,    PAINT,     PIPECLEANER,     STAPLER.   SCISSORS

1. CUT THE ROLL INTO 4 EVEN PIECES.

2. PAINT THE INSIDE ONE COLOR AND THE OUTSIDES ANOTHER.

3. WHEN THE PAINT HAS DRIED, TWIST A PIPECLEANER LIKE IN THE PICTURE.

4. SQUEEZE THE ROLLS GENTLY TO MAKE THEM MORE OVAL THAN ROUND.

4. HAVE AN ADULT HEL[ TO STAPLE THE PIPECLEANER TO THE PIECES OF THE ROLL.

NOW YOU HAVE A BUTTERFLY!