Stuff Needed:
- A clean, empty yoghurt pot.
- Scissors.
- Paper (coloured paper or tissue paper can be used for decoration if you have them).
- Pencil.
- Glue.
- Sticky Tape.
- Ribbon or scrap fabric (if you don’t have any, paper will work fine).
- (Optional) Needle and thread.
Instructions:
1. To cover the bottom of the pot, which will become the top of the octopus, draw round the base of the yogurt pot on a piece of paper (any colour you choose), and cut out the circle.
2. If the yoghurt pot has a flat lip at the top, cut it off leaving just a cup shape. Tear off the label.
3. Decorate the pot. I chose to cover the pot in blue paper, stick the circle I cut out in step one on the base of the yoghurt pot, and decorate around it using small shapes cut from two colours of blue paper. If sticking onto plastic, a piece of tape stuck together to make a loop (with the sticky side outwards) is the easiest way to get paper to stick.
4. Cut out two small circles from white paper and draws dots in the middle to make eyes. Stick them on.
5. (Optional) Take a needle and thread. Tie a knot in the end of the thread and poke the needle through the base of the yoghurt pot, from the inside towards the outside. Unthread the needle, then tie a loop in the end of the thread so your octopus can dangle (it’s easier to do this before you put the tentacles on).
6. Cut eight lengths of ribbon, or eight strips of paper or fabric to make the tentacles.
7. Stick a piece of tape across the end of a piece of ribbon then stick it firmly onto the inside edge of the yogurt pot. Repeat for all eight tentacles.
Your octopus is ready to display or to play with. If you put a string on yours, it should jiggle up and down which makes it quite fun to dance with! Can you make up an octopus dance?
