Toilet paper roll octopus

The theme of the week is Ocean. Today, each kid made a toilet paper roll octopus.

The supply list is easy:

Toilet paper roll (or paper towel roll cut down)

paint/paintbrush

First, each child picked a color and painted their toilet paper roll (and their own hands).

We let them dry for an hour, and then I cut one end into 8, 1.5" (or so) strips), and curled them up a bit. Then the children painted the underside of these newly made tentacles. 

After lunch when they were dry Lucian and I added eyes and dots with a q-tip (you could use a paint market or even a brush) to create eyes and finish the tentacles. 

Once they were dry they played with them a bit, but mostly we will keep them on display for a week or two.