In the Percy the Park Keeper children’s story One Snowy Night by Nick Butterworth a variety of woodland creatures visit Percy when it starts to snow to ask for some warm shelter in his wooden hut. We had a pile of loo rolls in the craft box at home, so we decided to make some woodland creatures using toilet rolls to act out the story and re-tell our own versions.
To make the Percy the Park Keeper Woodland Animals you will need:
- Toilet Rolls
- Coloured card or paint
- Scissors
- PVA glue
- Black pen
- Printed animal templates (see link below)
First, take your toilet rolls and either paint them or cover them in coloured card. We covered ours in card and used:
- Percy the Park Keeper (blue)
- Squirrel (grey)
- Two rabbits (white)
- Fox (orange)
- Badger (black)
- Two ducks (yellow)
- Hedgehog (brown)
- Mouse (buff/yellow)
- Mole (black)
Next, print the faces, tails and paws from the One Snowy Night Templates and paint them or draw around them on coloured card and cut them out.
Once the paint is dry you can add details with a black marker pen, or you could stick on goggly eyes. Stick the faces, tails and paws onto the toilet roll bodies using glue or sticky tape.
We also added some wool as tails for the mice and some cotton wool as tails for the rabbits.
Once the glue is completely dry you can start playing with your Percy the Park Keeper Woodland Animals or use them to re-tell the story of One Snowy Night. We even used them to practise counting!
You can read more about the story that inspired us One Snowy Night by Nick Butterworth or discover some more snowy crafts and activities. It is lovely to see Burt playing with toys that we have made together as I want him to learn that you can have fun with home made toys too, especially when they involve recycling some old toilet roll cardboard tubes. What toys have you made at home that get lots of attention from your kids?
These are amazing, so very cute. Coming from a novice crafter they look nice and simple to make too
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They are really simple, give them a try!
Oh my, those are so sweet!!!
Thank you, they are a real hit here. He is playing with them again this morning!
I love the illustrations from those books, and your little characters are just lovely you talented thing you!
xx
Thank you.
These are so cute and easy to make.
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Oh my, I just love, love, love these. A great idea Kirsty.
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Oh, i have to do these with my girls. It’s a firm favourite in this house and we love crafting! Thank you for sharing x
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This is just what I have been looking for, these are fantastic, I have been looking for loo roll art and yours is the best, thank you so much for sharing xxx
Incredibly creative, I wish my kids were still into this kind of crafting.
Oh Aaron would LOVE this - they are so so so very cute.
Did you draw them freehand or trace them? And is the book a craft book or a normal story book that you’ve done craft alongside? VERY interested as I am yet to try craft with Aaron.
Liska x
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Thank you. I drew them freehand and you can download the template from the blog post. The book is just a normal children’s story book and we did the craft alongside
Very impressed xx
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So cute! Am pinning. I do love a good TRH craft!
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I do like that mole and slightly surprised-looking cat. They would look good on a shelf in a child’s room.
I have a whole bag of toilet rolls because of Maggy. We we’re in middle of completing a loo roll zoo before Christmas.Time to get back to it now you’ve inspired me.
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they look great and loads of fun
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They are gorgeous! My children love using props to act out a story while we read it.
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Oh my goodness, our toddler loves Percy the Park Keeper! What a wonderful idea this is and they look brilliant. Thank you so much for sharing
I used to really enjoy sharing the Percy stories with my children when they were small. They would have loved this craft project then but are too big now!
How sweet, kid’s will love making them.
Eek! How cute! BB and I loved Percy when he was younger, this may well prompt a revisit because I think he would love making these!
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That would be lovely! The templates are there to use so have some fun and enjoy!
eep these looks so cute! has reminded me to do more fun craft things with Wilf like this
x
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Wow these look amazing.. my Jacob loves doing craft things. x
i love how you do the activities and link it into your books, and these are soo cute! really want to do more activities linked to what we are reading when i see all your great ideas!
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Thank you x
What a fun craft idea! We must try this on the next rainy day - thankfully it has stayed sunny here today *crosses fingers* x
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Those look just GORGEOUS… and completely do-able! Thank you
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We love One Snowy Night and the girls will definitely want to make these when I show them this post!
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These look so much fun - the fox wants to come and live with me I think x
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The fox is my favourite too (shhh don’t tell the hedgehog he is very nervous).
These are so cool! We haven’t got any of those books, I must buy some for Little Man!!
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My eldest (now 16!) LOVED “Percy Parky” when a toddler, he would have loved these! We had an amazing Percy 3D book when he was little, can’t find it now
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These look amazing…….must try and do it
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Ah these are so cute, I’m going to sit at home one day while the kids are at school and make them! Very creative
What a great craft, I’ll have to look out for the book too.
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MEGA CUTE! Oh I love these SO much - and Ozzy loves that book too - must do these x
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These are so cute! Makes me want to get crafting
Have Pinned to try with the kids soon x
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How amazing are these and I have a huge bag of toilet roll holders too waiting for more crafting!
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LOVE these! I’ve pinned x
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Jo says
Hi - would really love to make these but can’t find the templates link on the page. I’ve signed up too so can anyone help please?
Hi, the link to the template is under the list of coloured card and its uses (just above the second photograph).