Toilet-Roll Animals
Arts and Crafts

Toilet-Roll Animals

Those empty rolls you keep meaning to recycle? They’re a whole zoo waiting to happen.

Time
30 min
Age
3–8 years
Energy
Calm
Where
At home

Each cardboard tube becomes an animal – a lion with a paper mane, an owl, a pig, a snake – and together they fill a zoo on the windowsill. Snipping, folding and gluing small parts is exactly the kind of hand work that builds the finger strength preschoolers need for holding a pencil.

The steps are in the app

Step-by-step instructions, tips and an easier and a harder version are waiting in the Hopsa app – along with 300 more ideas matched to your kids’ ages.

Coming soon to the App Store and Google Play

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