Castle Card Holder

Materials Needed:

• Square tissue box
•Four paper towel tubes
•Red acrylic paint
•Paintbrush
•White glue
•Black, red and pink construction paper
•Black pipe cleaner
•Scissors
•Newspaper

1. Trim the four paper towel tubes so that they are 3 inches taller than the tissue box.

2. Cut eight evenly spaced, 1 inch slits around the top of each tube.

3. Fold in every other tab around each tube to form the castle turrets.

4. Glue a tube on each corner of the box to make the castle. 5. After the glue has dried, paint the castle red.

6. Cut a door and windows for the castle from black paper and glue them on.

7. Cut hearts from the red and pink paper to decorate the castle.

8. Cut a triangle flag and write your name on it.

9. Cut a small red heart to glue on next to your name then glue the flag to one end of a black pipe cleaner.

10. Glue the flag on one side of the castle.