At the moment we’ve got a whole heap of foxes that run back and forth across our garden, over the fence, and into the park or onto the neighbours. They seem to love Little Buttons trampoline, and occasionally leave us unwelcome presents in there. Nice *NOT. But anyway, it looks as though this family of foxes are here to stay, and what a sight they are. Feeling inspired, we decided to make our own little family of foxes.
I’m not particularly ‘crafty’, so don’t worry, I promise that this fox family make is super-easy (even for me!) and very doable for little hands.
You will need (things you most likely already have *phew)
4 empty toilet rolls (to make the 6 foxes)
Orange paint
White card
Cotton wool (optional)
Glue
Step 1
Using scissors, cut 2 of the empty toilet rolls in half (or thereabouts). You should end up with 2 full sized toilet rolls, and 4 mini ones like this.
Step 2
Paint them inside and out with your orange paint. They may need two coats depending on how bright you would like them to be. Leave these to dry for a few hours.
Step 3
While your fox bodies are drying, you can make your fox heads and tails. Draw out 6 heads and 6 bodies from the white card. Paint them with the left over orange paint and leave to dry. We found that these dried much faster than the toilet rolls. Once dry, cut them all out.
Step 4
To make the foxes tails look more bushy, we stuck cotton wool to the tips of their tails.
Step 5
Now it’s time to put them together. Working on one fox at a time, first glue on its head. We used bog-standard prit stick and everything held fine.
Next, stick on your fox tail. How cute do they look!
Step 6
Repeat until you have your family of 6 foxes!
We’ve had so much fun making our foxes. We’re going to leave them on our kitchen windowsill for the Autumn.
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These are so lovely!
Thank you xx
What a great craft! I bet any child would love making their own fox family!
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Thank you!
Verey cute! #DreamTeam
thank you!
These are so cute and so easy to make.
I wonder if I could persuade my 81 year old mother to make her own little fox family and stop annoying the neighbours by feeding the local foxes peanut butter sandwiches!
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Haha! Well they do say that crafts are therapeutic x
So cute!
Thank you Michelle
Love this post partly because I love foxes but also because it is so real and not all straight lines and boring perfect if you know what I mean. That’s a compliment by the way #DreamTeam
Thanks Kate! That’s really kind of you x
These are lovely, have pinned them to my toddler group ideas board for future use! #dreamteam
Thanks so much Josie
we’ve currently got 2 empty paper towel rolls on the kitchen counter waiting for inspiration. This just might be it #dreamteam
go for it Jeremy!
What a cute craft to do for autumn x # dreamteam
Thanks Sam x
Cute! They look really simple to make too.
They are so simple to make Sophie – and you could always draw out the shape of the heads for littler ones x
How cute your fox family is, I would love to get my kids trying this, we have plenty of loo rolls! I’ve not seen any foxes yet, but I have heard them.
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Yay! You should definitely try them – they are super easy x
Can’t beat Autumn crafts, always been one of my favourite times of year for toddlers craft.
I agree. It’s great to have some easy makes to hand for when the chillier, wet weather arrives.
These are so cute and so simple to make. Even I might manage it! #dreamteam
These are gorgeous Annette, I am definitely going to give them a try with my two girls. They will absolutely love it. Only a few days ago my 5 year old asked could we paint at the table so this is a perfect autumn activity. I was also thinking of gathering leaves from the park and doing some paint imprints with her too. Thanks for the idea, they are lovely! #dreamteam
This is an absolutely adorable craft to do with kids! #DreamTeam
Such a lovely craft idea and will definitely keep the kids busy #dreamteam
We have a very bold fox on our allotment which brazenly watches me work – I think it knows the kids leave lots of crumbs behind! #DreamTeam
These are just the cutest thing ever. They are on my things to do in half term list #DreamTeam