DLTK's Educational Crafts for Kids
Jack Toilet Paper Roll Craft

Jack, from the nursery rhyme Jack and Jill, is a cute and simple color, cut and paste craft that children can make using a toilet paper roll as a base to give it a three dimensional effect.

Materials:

• a toilet paper roll or cardboard tube,
• printer,
• glue,
• scissors,
• something to colour with
• a piece of paper

Instructions:

• Print out the template of choice.
• Color the pieces if using the B&W version.  Give the kids the chance to be creative and let them use their favorite tools -- colored pencils, crayons, markers, pastels or paints.  Whatever inspires them today.
• Carefully cut out the craft templates.  This may require some adult assistance for some of the tougher pieces.
• Glue the large rectangular piece around the toilet paper tube.
• Glue the smaller rectangular piece around the bottom of the toilet paper roll as pants.
• Glue the head onto the top of the toilet paper roll.
• Glue the arms on the side.
• Glue the feet onto the bottom of the toilet paper roll, bending the tabs to make a 3D effect.
• Glue the pail into one of the hands.

Templates:

• Close the template window after printing to return to this screen.
• Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers).

Templates      color  or  B&W

Printable version of this instruction page