Cardboard Roll Cactus Craft

When you’re stuck together this summer in the relief of air conditioning on a scorching hot day, the situation could get prickly. Or, you can make our fun Cardboard Roll Cactus Craft! With a Free Printable Cactus Template, too, to further keep the pricklies at bay.

We love the flowering aspect of our cactus craft. You can make the flower any color you want and our template has a few different flower patterns to choose from, as well. This would make such a fun summer decoration!

Make a Cactus Craft with a Cardboard Roll

To make our Cardboard Roll Cactus Craft you will need our Cactus Template, along with construction paper in green, brown, and other assorted flower colors.

Also needed is a clean toilet paper size cardboard roll, a green marker, glue, and scissors.

Flowering Cactus Craft Supplies Needed

Cactus Template
Construction paper – green, brown, assorted flower color
Cardboard roll
Green marker
Glue
Scissors

Cardboard Roll Cactus Craft Step by Step Instructions

Begin by printing the cactus template.

Select green colored paper for the cactus patterns and the colored construction paper of your choice for the flower pattern. Trace the template patterns and cut out.

Also, cut green paper to cover the cardboard roll. Use the green marker to draw arrows for the spines on the paper and on the 2 cactus stem cutouts.

Trace the circumference of the roll and cut out the shape on green paper. Also, cut a small strip from green colored paper. Fold the small strip in half and glue to the top of the circumference piece.

Now, cover the cardboard roll with the big green paper. Fold the small strip into half and stick it on the top center of the round paper piece.

Fold the straight ends of the stem cutouts and apply glue on the folded parts. Stick the glued parts to the cardboard roll, opposite to one another so that they can be seen from the front side.