Design a forest with animals using toilet paper rolls

Gather all your materials and clear a flat table to make your forest.

Lay one large sheet of plain paper flat on the table to be your forest base.

Cut some toilet paper rolls to different heights with scissors to make tree trunks and stumps.

Paint each roll brown or green to look like tree trunks bushes or logs.

Set the painted rolls aside and wait until they are completely dry.

Draw leaves grass and other background shapes on plain paper using your coloring materials.

Cut out the leaves grass and background shapes carefully with scissors.

Draw simple animal shapes on paper and color them with your coloring materials.

Cut out the animal shapes carefully with scissors.

Glue the paper leaves and background shapes to the tops and sides of the painted rolls to make treetops and bushes.

Glue the finished rolls upright onto the base paper to arrange your trees logs and habitats.

Fold tiny paper tabs and glue them to the backs of your paper animals to make little stands.

Place and glue each animal into a habitat on the base near trees water or grass.

Add extra details with crayons like a sun a pond paths or labels for each animal.

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