Our little spitfires were made during our busy VE Day celebrations, using toilet rolls and a bit of scrap cardboard.
You will need:
- One loo roll
- Cardboard
- Paper fastener
- Masking tape
- Scissors or scalpel
- Paint
First things first you need to cut your wing, propellor and fail shapes out of some scrap card. I used a template to do this.
Then score some horizontal lines in to your roll to slot the wings and tail in. I checked everything fit together at this stage, the marked the spot for the tail piece to slot in vertically before making another small cut.
I used a paper fastener to secure the propellor to the circular piece of card and then used masking tape to attach this circle piece to the loo roll, making sure that everything rotated well.
I gave Arlo all the pieces and a selection of green and brown colour paints to go wild. He really nailed the camouflage print without me even helping!
We went off out for a walk leaving everything to dry before coming home to assemble all the bits.
It’s as simple as that! Here’s a little 15 second video tutorial:
Last Updated on Friday, May 2, 2025 by Lavania Oluban