Cardboard tubes from toilet paper rolls, paper towels, aluminum foil, saran wrap, etc., make great bases for children to create paper totem poles.
Children can cut out and color the totem pole creatures then paste or tape them onto the tubes. Snips here and there to the tubes to allow one tube to insert into the other can make them stackable.
Cut cardboard strips to make "X" shaped stands to hold the poles upright.
Draw your own totem pole creature or character with this pattern formatted to fit around most toilet paper tubes.
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