When I was going through my stickers to find a teensy heart for '
The Kissing Hand' raccoon, I came across some opossum (possum?) stickers I'd forgotten I had. There aren't a lot of opossum (possum?) crafts out there, so I decided to make one. I'm always on the lookout for topics that aren't represented on
Fun Family Crafts and a quick search determined we had neither opossums nor possums on the site. Once I did the research to learn
the difference between an opossum and a possum, I proceeded, confident that the stickers were opossums and that's what I'd be making.
Cardboard Tube Opossum
Materials:
- cardboard tube
- grey paint
- scissors
- white cardstock
- grey cardstock
- glue
- pink colored pencil
- pink mini pom pom (or white pom pom + pink chalk)
- googly eyes
- pink pipe cleaner
- tape
Start by painting the cardboard tube grey. While it is drying, cut a narrow, elongated heart from white cardstock. When the paint is dry, glue the heart onto the end of the tube. A rubber band holds it in place while it's drying.
(See the opossum stickers?)
Cut a pair of skinny arms and a pair of skinny legs from the grey cardstock. Cut two rounded ears from the grey cardstock and use the colored pencil to add pink shading to the centers. Bend them up slightly. Glue the arms, legs and ears in place. Add the googly eyes and the pink pom pom nose. Finally, bend the pipe cleaner to make a tail. Secure it inside the tube with tape or hot glue.
This is ADORABLE! I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteYou are rocking those toilet roll tubes! This one's a cutie!
ReplyDeleteYour Opossum is SO cute! I've featured it in a roundup post at: http://www.heartfeltbalancehandmadelife.com/2017/05/18-colorful-fun-cardboard-tube-crafts.html
ReplyDeleteHope you have a wonderful weekend! Thanks for the inspiration!
We didn't have the googly eyes, pom poms, or grey paper... So we improvised! This was a perfect craft for our nocturnal animal study.
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