Toilet Roll Animals

I've made (another) owl and an octopus out of toilet rolls.  They're rather cute and very easy to make.

Here's what you need for the owl:

• Toilet Roll
• Gesso or white acrylic for undercoat (or paint 2 coats of poster paint for good coverage)
• Double sided sticky tape
• Paint brush
• Poster paint
• Felt pens
• Old wrapping paper/wall paper/origami paper/anything with a pattern

First of all undercoat the toilet roll in white acrylic paint or gesso.  This isn't essential, it just makes the colour you paint on next cleaner and brighter looking.

Next paint the tube in your preferred owlie colour.  Leave to dry.

Fold the top of the tube over as shown to give your owl her ears.

Draw eyes, a beak and some claws onto a piece of white paper and colour in.  Cut some wings out of fabric or patterned paper.

 Stick'em all on and there you have it!