Papercraft Octopus

By: Amanda A form frostingandglue.com

"This Papercraft Octopus is the perfect summer pal for your kiddos this summer! Follow these four simple steps your kids will have to cute new pals to play and adventure with! This sea creature craft is the perfect summer craft with all the warm weather and any beachy plans you may have! It also opens up an opportunity to learn with one another about all the kinds of sea creatures you may encounter this summer!! "

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Primary TechniquePaper Crafts

Easy

Materials List

Construction paper
Craft glue
Sharpie
Pencil
Scissors

Instructions

To start this craft, choose the colors of construction paper you’d like to use. For this tutorial, I used three different shades of purple for each part of the papercraft octopus. The template includes a head base, head spots, tentacles, blush (small round shapes) and eyes. You can cut the eyes from the template. Trace the rest of the patterns onto your desired colors of paper. Once they’re all traced, cut each of the pieces out.
Now it’s time to start gluing the pieces together. Start by gluing the head spot cutouts in a cluster near the top side of the head base cutout (the big round cutout).
Next, glue the eyes and the blush cutouts on the head cutout as well. I attached the eyes around the middle of the head and the blush cutouts along the bottom side of the head.
Finally, glue the head pattern on the curved side of the tentacles cutout. Use a sharpie or a gel pen to draw the mouth of the papercraft octopus.