Opps, I haven’t had a chance to tell you how the rest of Bee’s Wiggles birthday party went. I already told you about the Dorothy the Dinosaur egg carton rose and paper plate rose craft ideas. Here’s a third craft idea that I thought would be fun for a bunch of kids to do together – stick the clothes on Henry the Octopus!
So I made this cute, but very naked Henry the Octopus! What a rudie nudie!
Actually, I can’t take ALL the credit. JJ did help paint. After all, purple is one of her favourite colours…
Henry’s made from sturdy recycled cardboard. I cut out and put together all the pieces over the next couple of nights. The bowtie and shoes are glued on black upcycled fabric. The yellow part of the hat is repurposed fabric too. The facial expressions are drawn on with black permanent marker and liquid paper. The arms (or legs) are attached with paper fasteners (which are sometimes called split pins). The ‘clothes’ are just red, blue and yellow pieces of paper that have been cut into rough squares or rectangles for the kids to glue on with glue sticks.
Before the party, I stuck a few of the coloured squares on to give the kids the idea, and then left them to decorate Henry however they wanted. Apparently they thought he needed some rosey cheeks and a yellow tongue. After the party, Henry still had a few bare arms, so the kids and I finished dressing him over the next few days.
Once Henry was fully clothed, he became a fun homemade toy! He’s light weight enough that he’s easy to carry around. The kids especially like the moveable arms and legs.
I thought he could double as our ”elf on the shelf’ this Christmas, but I have a feeling Henry might be hard to hide. 🙂
xx Danya
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Very cute!
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Hahahaha. Rudie nudie. Haven't heard that in ages… now it'll be bouncing around in my head all week. Love this Danya. Looks great. Another possibility a kinder orientation I have coming up soon. Thanks hun. xo P
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What a great nude Henry 😉 I bet he was a hit with the kids. And what a fun party 🙂
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Cute idea!
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He's awesome!
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He is so adorable!
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Aw how cute is he! Love it.
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oh my goodness I love this craft, bet the kids had so much fun pasting all the squares on!! And the movable arms…genius!!
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What a fantastic idea! We'll have to give it a try, my girls are huge Wiggles fans. 🙂
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He looks fantastic! What a lot of fun for the kids 🙂
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My daughter would love one of these!!! pinned for future!
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Oh WOW! My little girl would absolutely love that so much. What a cool art activity that is on such a big scale.
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How cute is that! So creative! I know two little girls who would love to make one of those!
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haha, awesome! What a fun craft. Pinned 😀
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You are a cool mum!! What a great idea!
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This is amazing!
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That is awesome 🙂
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Just wondering how old your kids were here. I am looking at this for an option for my 2 year olds birthday and wondered if they would be able to do it. Thanks.
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Ooh, good question, this is an old post so I’ll have to think back! My eldest daughter JJ (who helped with the painting) would have been 4 years old, and my youngest daughter Bee was about to turn 2. Bee was certainly able to use a glue stick and glue on paper squares (pasting was one of her favourite activities at this age), but not with any precision. If you look at the finished Henry, the legs where the colours all line up would have been the ones that I did (perhaps with help from JJ), and the legs/body where the squares and rectangles are stuck on irregularly would have been what Bee did. But both girls did enjoy playing with Henry afterwards, and making his legs move around! I think we might still have him somewhere, lol.