Can’t go to the beach?  Can’t go the water park?  Want to make something fun? 

This silly octopus is enjoyable for kids of all ages.

 

Supplies:

Yarn  any color, but you’ll need about a half of a roll/package

White plastic bottle  a large vitamin bottle works great

Permanent marker

“shaky” eyes

Large magazine or strip of heavy cardboard

Scissors

Tacky glue  

 

 

 

1. Wrap yarn snug, but not tight around the large magazine   or cardboard.   The length of the legs is determined on how long your wrapping are.  The wrap will be divided in to eight parts for the legs, so don’t skimp.

 

 

 

 

2. Tie a piece of yarn around the yarn wrapping at one end.

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Cut the other end.  Holding the tied end, wrap another piece of yarn around the hanging yarn strands to form a head several inches down from the tied end.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Divide the hanging strands into eight equal parts.  Braid each “leg” and tie each end with yarn.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. Decorate the white plastic bottle with a face.  We drilled a hole at the top for hair. 

 

You can add fake fur, foamie shapes, or whatever you want.  If you don’t have a white bottle, wrap a colored bottle with paper or masking tape so you can add the face.

 

6. Push yarn “head” into the bottle and apply a bead of glue to attach.   Kids love to select their color yarn from the store.  The creativity definitely gets going with the faces. 

 

We hope you have fun with this one.    

 

 

 

Have an idea for a craft?  Know a funny joke for kids?  Have a fun thing for the whole family? Send it to us at contact@catholicbc.com We try to have new things every month