OCTOPUS CRAFT

For the octopus, you will need a toilet paper roll, a printer,  something to color with, scissors, glue, and paper (I prefer construction paper). 

 Octopus craft
  • Print out the template of choice. 
     
  • Color (where appropriate) and cut out the template pieces. 
      
  • Glue the large rectangular piece on first to cover the tube.  I found a full tp roll was a bit too tall for the octopus, so cut it down a bit (use the height of the rectangle as a guide).
      
  • bend about 1/4 inch of each tentacle and glue to the inside of the tube.
      
  • Younger children can count the tentacles (8).  
      
  • Slightly older children can count the suckers on each tentacle (4) and the tentacles (8) and then sort out that 4 x 8 = 32 either by multiplying or by counting all the suckers.
      

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). 

Template