I'm guessing most of you don't have plaster strips at home. I know I don't! An easy papier mache recipe would be just a mixture of flour and water. Dip strips of torn newspaper into the mixture and use that as your plaster. The mixture should have a paste-like consistency. No measurements required!
Did you know you can make a castle with toilet paper tubes? My fourth graders created these beauties one year and loved it! All the lesson details here.
What the world needs now is LOVE LOVE LOVE! You can create all kinds of prints with a toilet paper tube but printing hearts is probably my favorite. You can learn more about it here as well as some fun guided drawing projects!
Got paper towel tubes? Well, you can make crayons too! Here's how the armature was created:
And if you have cereal boxes, you could even make some decor for your art room!
I have these hanging in my art room and my kids love them. I added a little spot of velcro to the backs of the crayons so they could be removed and shared with my students.
Last year we had an INSANE Pirate Art Show (like, it was the coolest thing ever, I'm not even gonna try to be humble about it. The kids ROCKED it). One of the projects we did was make pirate ships with toilet paper tube sails. Kids could create the ships with air dry, homemade or even modeling clay! A straw and tubes were added for the sails. Here's more of our art show.
Want a seriously simple TP craft? Well, check this one out:
I also did this project with my students and it was a hit! Here's the demo video:
This was apart of a collection of handmade art supplies from our art show a couple of years ago. Here's a tour:
I hope that gives you some fun ideas for creating with TP tubes! Have fun, y'all!
