Toilet Paper Tube Snake! {kid craft}

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True story: this weekend my husband was sitting at the computer and my son walks up to him with his arms full of a giant wad of toilet paper with a 15-foot tail trailing behind him.  It was one of those moments where we probably should have scolded my son but we couldn't help but laugh (which means this scenario will probably be repeated).  The trail of TP was pointing towards our room so we went in there and looked in the bathroom and sure enough, there was an empty roll of TP with a sippy cup on the ground under it!  Ha!

Needless to say, between my son finding entertainment with toilet paper (only when we forget to shut the bathroom door), and me being 6+ months pregnant (uh-hum), we go through a lot of toilet paper around our house.  It didn't take me long to save up 6 rolls for this cool project!

I love this project because not only is it fun to make, but it is very fun to play with too!  It slithers like a snake!

You will need:

6 toilet paper rolls

green, yellow, and blue washable paint

paint brush

2 pipecleaners

scissors

school glue

2 google eyes

 1 small piece of red or orange ribbon, fabric, or felt

We started by painting the toilet paper tubes.  I covered our little art table with butcher paper, put some paint on a plate, and showed my little artist how to paint the tubes.

Older kids could paint cool snake patterns but we were lucky to just get some paint on the tubes.

Once we got all the tubes painted I let them dry completely.

When they were dry I cut the ends into points.

I used the tip of my scissors to poke holes in the ends of each tube (except the 2 for the ends of the snake- those only need holes on one side).

I stuck a pipe-cleaner through the holes...

Then I folded the ends back to make right-angles and clipped off the extra pipe-cleaner (leaving at least 1/4" folded over).

Next I glued on some google eyes...

And a ribbon tongue.

Once the glue dried he was ready for some snakey, slithery fun!

I did this craft with my toddler but it can be adapted for all ages of kids.  Bigger kids can do it all by themselves but I did all of the assembly for my little guy.

If you like crafts for kids, you should check out my growing collection of alphabet crafts:

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