Most children either have a pet or wish they did, which is why making 'junkimals' is likely to be popular.
Junkimals are animals made from junk - boxes, cardboard rolls, bottles, egg boxes, newsprint roll paper, wall paper, furs, string, wool, balloons.
Cardboard rolls or plastic bottles make sturdy legs or necks, barely inflated balloons make good feet, and egg boxes are great for the scaly backs of crocodiles as well as toothy jaws.
Scruffy moggy
You will need:
Scissors, masking tape, PVA glue, paints, paint brushes; scrap materials such as newspaper, cardboard, fabric, wool, scoobies (Scoubidou plastic string) or string, felt
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