Volume 35

Activities from Teacher Bea

Construction Paper Octopus

Step 1: Assemble Your Bits

You will need:

1. A sharpie marker (other markers are available and useable)
2. A pen (color doesn’t matter)
3. Googly eyes (if you don’t have them, you can draw them on!)
4. A ruler
5. Regular piece of paper (mine is pale blue but it looks white on my pictures)
6. Sticky tape

Step 2: The Body

Take your piece of paper and fold in half.

Mark 8 strips. You’ll notice you have a small piece left at the end. A “skinny” 9th leg.

Don’t worry! That will be addressed in the next step.

Step 3: Cut the Legs

Carefully cut the lines to separate the legs and fully cut off the ninth leg.

You can get your children to do this but remember that scissors are sharp (unless using child scissors).

Step 4: 1st Set of Features

Get your child to draw a nice big smile half way on the top side and three circles on each of the legs.

Alternatively you could use colored sticker dots if you have them or want to make them.

Step 5: Fold and Stick

Fold the octopus round until the tab on the top half is hidden behind the overlapping part and stick with tape.

Curl the ends of the legs by wrapping them loosely around the pen.

Step 6: Give It Eyes

Stick on the googly eyes and enjoy(if you don’t have googly eyes, you can draw them on). Your octopus is complete!