Toilet Paper Roll Groundhog Day Craft

Happy Groundhog Day!  Here's a really fun craft that we did last year.  We made a pop-up groundhog who could come in and out of his toilet paper roll hole.

Paper Towel Roll Giraffe

 Giraffe Supply List: 1 paper towel roll, yellow & brown paint, google eyes, glue, scissors, pipe cleaner

 Start by painting your paper towel roll yellow and allow to dry.

 Paint some brown spots on your paper towel roll.

 Cut some feet out of the bottom of your paper towel roll.

 On the top of your paper towel roll so that it looks like the head of a giraffe sticking up.

 Add your eyes, pipe cleaners and a scrap of paper towel roll for a mouth.

Book Suggestion: In Giraffes Can't Dance, Gerald the giraffe just wants to dance.  He overcomes his akwardness with a little help and a new beat.  This is a delightful book that teaches children that everyone can unique and dance to the beat of their own drummer, or cricket.

Cardboard Tube Guitar

 Guitar Supply List: 1 wrapping paper roll, empty tissue box, scissors, rubber bands, packing tape

 Begin by tracing your cardboard tube on each end of the tissue box and cut out the circle.  Make sure to cut your circle flush with the back of the box.

 Thread your wrapping paper tube through the box so that about an inch sticks out the bottom.  Cut the plastic off the hole in the tissue box.  Take a few pieces of tape, reach inside the tissue box and tape your tube to the back of the box.

Stretch a few rubber bands around the tissue box and play your little heart out!

Toilet Paper Roll Groundhog

Tomorrow is Groundhog Day!  Here is a fun little activity that we really enjoyed.  Cole loves popping his groundhog out of the hole.  We even used the reading light in his room to show the groundhog's shadow on the wall and did a mini lesson on shadows and light.

Groundhog Supply List: 1 toilet paper roll, brown paint, scissors, glue stick, crayons, popsicle stick, crayons, groundhog printout

Start by painting your toilet paper roll with brown paint and allow to dry.

 Print out a picture of a groundhog.  I got mine from here.  I printed it at 30% and it was the perfect size to fit in my groundhog hole (toilet paper roll). 

Cut out your groundhog and glue him to the popsicle stick.  Once he is dry, your groundhog is ready to pop in and out of his hole.

Book Suggestion: We are crazy about non-fiction books in this house.  Each week at the library Cole picks out at least 1 non-fiction book.  Groundhog Day is a great book to introduce young children to the holiday.  It has wonderful pictures that kids will love.