![]() You'll also need a pair of scissors, glue, and double-sided tape. You may need to buy some additional black and white cardstock to create the eyes. Larger packs may cost a few more dollars, but cardstock is great to keep around for other projects! Make sure your pack includes the colors you need. You can usually get a pack of colored card stock for $5 or less with a coupon. Keep a lookout for coupons to your local craft store like Michaels or Hobby Lobby. Once you decide on how many and which sea creatures you want to make, you'll be able to select the colors of pom poms you need and how many packages to purchase. Monster Rocks – these rocks glow in the dark! They would be a lot of fun to place around as décor for a spooky Halloween party.For this project, we made 13 Under the Sea creatures: 2 sea turtles, 2 crabs, 2 octopus, 2 fish, 1 whale, 2 whales, 1 shark, and 1 seahorse. Monster handprint cards– cute to give for Father’s Day/Mother’s Day or to make as a Halloween invitation card! ![]() This is one of the 60 crafts in our book – Fun and Easy Crafting with Recycled Materials – see more of the projects in our book here. Give your monsters a little more character by gluing some large pom-poms to the top of the tissue boxes.Īren’t these monsters just so cute? We love how easy they are AND the fact that you can recycle a tissue box to make them! You could even use granola box and to make similar ones. Glue the teeth to the inside of the tissue box mouth.Ĩ. Cut out large teeth from paper or white cardstock. You can add one, two, three or more eyes!ħ. Glue large googly eyes to the top of the tissue box. Make a small slit mark at the top of the box with the craft knife (adults should help with this part) to push the sticks in.Ħ. Paint the pieces purple and let them dry. For the purple box, cut 1 popsicle stick in half. Outline around the “mouth” of the monster (the opening of the tissue box) with a black marker. Once dry, paint the outside of the tissue box a color of your choice, and paint the inside a different color.Ĥ. ![]() Adding white will make sure the design of the tissue box doesn’t show through the paint.ģ. Paint the outside of the tissue box with white to prime the box. Pull out any plastic inner lining inside the tissue box before you start.Ģ. But not only that, it is all recycled crafts for kids too – paper rolls, egg cartons, cardboard, popsicle sticks, jars and more!ġ. Just make sure to let it thoroughly dry and press and hold for the glue to take.Īnd don’t forget to check out our NEW book which has this craft in it! Fun and Easy Crafting with Recycled Materials is bursting with easy cardboard crafts for kids like this one. – Glue – hot glue is always going to work best when working with large googly eyes and pom poms, but you can also use an extra-strong glue like this one. – 1 popsicle sticks (optional for the purple monster) – Googly eyes – extra large ones can be found at Michaels, different sizes work best and small ones are needed for the purple box. – Colored acrylic paint – we used two different colors, one for the outside of the box and one for the inside – Tissue Box – preferably one with a round opening so that it looks more like a mouth but a square opening could work too! ![]() Here are the Supplies You’ll Need to Make These Tissue Box Monsters If you’re looking for a fun Halloween craft, monster craft or just an easy recycling craft for kids – you have to try to make these tissue box monsters! Kids can paint them and easily glue on the googly eyes, teeth and pom poms. This craft is from our new book – Fun and Easy Crafting with Recycled Materials.
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