Oink is very similar to Scamp the dog. I love the way they look like they're on the move!
Made from a single toilet paper roll that's quickly transformed with a few careful cuts and folds, plus a little bit of glue.
You will need:
Toilet paper roll (about 10cm long)
Scissors
Pencil
Ruler
Paint (white and red)
Craft glue
Paper clip or similar
Black felt tip or gel pen
1. Paint a toilet paper roll pink (plenty of white an a little red). Paint the inside too, at both ends, as well as a small piece of spare card (for a snout).
When the paint is dry, lightly press the cardboard tube flat, but no need to press firmly along the creases. The creases are mainly for guidance.
2. Line up the two creases you've just made in the middle, and press the tube flat again, but not too hard, so you end up with four evenly spaced, light creases.
3. While the tube's still flat, use a ruler and pencil to mark 2cms in from each end along the middle crease. Then use this mark as a guide to mark the two creases either side. And finally the one on the back.
4. Cut up to the marks, so you'll have four cuts at each end.
5. For the legs, fold two opposite end flaps down, and cut a thin, long triangle from the middle of the flaps, to define the legs.
6. For the tail end, cut a top flap into three strips. Leave the middle one (for the tail) and bend the other two down.
7. Fold the side flaps inwards, and glue them together. Use a paper clip or something similar to hold the card in place while the glue dries. Trim the card flaps if you need to, to neaten things up.
8. Roll the card tail between your fingers, from the end, right down to the pig's back, to make it curl.
9. For the ears, fold the top flap at the other end, so it points up and cut out a triangle, from each corner to the middle of the flap.
10. For the face, fold the two remaining side flaps right back.
11. Then fold each of these flaps in half and firmly press the creases.
Bend the flaps back towards each other.
12. Glue the flaps on top of each other and use a paper clip to hold them in place while the glue dries.
13. When the glue has set, you could draw on a snout and eyes straight away. Or, cut out a round snout from the spare piece of painted pink card, add nostrils and glue in place. Draw eyes either side with the black pen. Shorten the legs and bend the ears forward.
14. And Oink is ready to scamper off!
