Despicable Me Minions {Crafts}

Who loves the movie Despicable Me?

ME ME ME!

It’s actually one of the few kid movies, I’m able to sit through & enjoy. Lil man {the child who doesn’t sit still} even sits down to watch a few moments of it. He always points out the Minions as they giggle across the screen. So when my bloggy friend Rebecca from Dirt Don’t Hurt posted on her Facebook page how she created minions with her child’s handprints, I was instantly inspired. {I may have even screamed out in delight because it just hit me with a crafty wave} So today I’m sharing TWO crafts inspired by the movie Despicable Me & my friend Rebecca. Ready to see them?

Here’s the first craft:

Supplies:
* Toilet Paper Rolls
* Yellow Paint
* Wiggle Eyes
* Scissors
* Construction Paper – blue/black
* Paint Brushes/Paper Plates
* Hot Glue Gun
* Black Sharpie

Directions:

First paint your toilet paper rolls – yellow. You don’t even have to cover the whole roll, but if you do – no problem! I just say the whole thing doesn’t have to covered, because one half will be covered with the blue construction paper.

Once you got the paint down, set them aside to let it completely dry.

While you are waiting, cut your construction paper pieces. I created some “hair” with the black construction paper by cutting what kinda looks like a crown. Then with the blue construction paper I cut strips for the minions pants. I somewhat eye-balled it but the strips were about 2 inches wide & 5 1/2 inches long.

Once your toilet paper rolls are dry, it’s time to hot glue it all together. The strip of paper goes around the bottom to give them pants. The eyes and hair go towards the top – where the yellow is.

Now the second craft is even easier than the first! So easy, I don’t have any pictures to show you how to create it – but it’s pretty easy to understand.

Supplies:

* Blue & Yellow Paint
* Paint Brushes
* Wiggles Eyes
* Hot Glue Gun
* Construction Paper
* Sharpie

Basically the same supplies as the first craft, so it’s easy to do these together! {Just be sure to have baby wipes close by!}

So that sums up the new crafts we recently did – inspired by the movie Despicable Me. Pretty simple, right? Hope they inspired you too! Now go make some minions of your own!