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.
