Toilet roll mummies – a cute and easy Halloween craft for toddlers and preschoolers to make!
We’ve made countless Halloween crafts over the years and countless toilet paper roll crafts, and these toilet roll mummies are my favourite combination of the two.
These mummies are so easy to make: A little tissue paper, a toilet roll tube, and lots of winding and wrapping ’round and ’round and ’round. Kids of all ages will love making these mummies, but they’re simple enough for even the youngest little hooligans to handle!
Check out our toilet roll monsters and our cardboard witches too!
To make our toilet roll mummies, you’ll need:
Supplies
- toilet roll
- white tissue paper (or crepe paper or medical gauze)
- white yarn
- googly eyes
- glue
- How to make your mummies:
Making your mummies:
Begin tearing your tissue paper into long, narrow strips. Don’t worry if your edges are all ragged and uneven. That’s perfect! Don’t fret too much about the width either. It really doesn’t matter. Our strips were probably about 2 inches wide.
Next, cover the toilet roll a thin coat of glue. Older kids can apply it straight from the bottle, but little ones might prefer brushing it on with a paint brush.
Now it’s time to wrap your mummy.
Press an end of a strip of tissue paper into the glue. Then simply wrap the strip around the toilet roll until you get to the end of the strip. Press that end into the glue, and wrap a second strip around the tube if necessary.
Lastly, wrap a long length of yarn around the tube several times, and glue the ends in place, and attach the eyes.
How adorable are these guys?
More Easy Halloween Crafts for Kids:
Jackie is a mom, wife, home daycare provider, and the creative spirit behind Happy Hooligans. She specializes in kids’ crafts and activities, easy recipes, and parenting. She began blogging in 2011, and today, Happy Hooligans inspires more than 2 million parents, caregivers and Early Years Professionals all over the globe.
Tonya
I have been saving tp rolls just in case i ran across an idea. Thank you for the inspiration.
happyhooligans
We LOVE toilet roll crafts, Tonya! You can check out more of our favourites here: https://happyhooligans.ca/category/toilet-roll-crafts/
Shamaila
Super cute!
happyhooligans
Thanks, Shamalia! Glad you liked ’em!
Karyn
Such a simple but brilliant idea! thank you 😀
happyhooligans
Thanks, Karyn! Sometimes the simple ideas really are the best, aren’t they?
Elena
What a good idea! They show it to my daughter. Greetings from Spain
happyhooligans
Glad you liked them, Elena! Thank you for sharing!
Sarah Stanley
I think the mummies would look great combined with the toilet roll monsters from your Monster Mobile project for a mummy/monster mobile!
happyhooligans
Ohh! They would, wouldn’t they? Great idea, Sarah!
Katie @ Gift of Curiosity
Such a fun and classic craft for this time of year!
Otilia (@romanianmum)
what a cool and simple idea! have pinned!
Theresa @ Two Much Fun
Jackie, these were adorable! My little three year olds loved making them. Thank you so much for a quick and fun project. I credited you in my post. Thank you again 🙂
Courtney
Love these, Jackie! It would go perfect with one of my favorite Halloween themed books, “Where’s My Mummy?” Thanks for sharing on the Discover and Explore linky!
Jill
These little guys are indeed cute! Perfect arts and craft time project just in time for Halloween! Thank you for sharing and for linking up this week to the Thoughtful Spot Weekly Blog Hop.
Perry
This is awesome!
Perry
This is awesome!!! Thanks for sharing.
crayonboxchronicles
Hi Jackie! Too cute! Love how even the smallest hooligans could participate and it’s simple! Thanks for sharing today! How did you get the black background in your shot? Great capture!
happyhooligans
The black background is really not black at all. I took the photos in my dining room which is a cinnamon colour, and I had the mummies on the table which is mahogony. Depending on the time of day and the angle of the sun, sometimes I get lucky and it all shows up as black a photo. It just happened to for these, so it was perfect. 🙂 Thanks for asking because I thought it was pretty cool too!
Natalie
Love it! Thanks for sharing with Afterschool!
Mary Catherine
Hi Jackie! LOVE these little mummies! Great for all ages, simple materials, FUN for the kiddos, and they turned out awesome! Thanks for linking up to Share It Saturday — I’m featuring you this week.
Anna@The Measured Mom
Don’t you just love google eyes? These are just adorable. Thanks for sharing with the After School crowd!
happyhooligans
Yep! Everything is so much more adorable when you add googly eyes.
.
Love how simple these are. Thanks for joining in the Monday Parenting Pin it party
Kristen B
These are so adorable! Thanks for linking up at Artsy Play Wednesday. Pinned to our group board.
anne
I used toilet paper rolls in my classroom to make mummies I had white lace and goggle eyes my tots put glue all over wrapped the rolls in lace and glued on the eyes every one thought they were cute