Paper Circus Tent

Color, cut out and assemble our printable circus tent template into an easy three-dimensional paper circus tent.	Safety Tips Young kids (3 to 8 years) should use child-safe scissors. Watch out for this sign . It means an adult's help is needed for the particular step.
Materials A4 or Letter size paper Construction paper Crayons or colored pencils Scissors Glue Pipe cleaner

Steps

	1.	Print out the circus tent template on A4 or Letter size paper.
	2.	Color the circus template. Circus tents commonly come in red and white or red and yellow striped patterns but you can make it as colorful as you like. Take note that the last four segments of the circle can be left uncolored.
	3.	Cut out the template pieces.
	4.	On the circular template, make a slit following a spoke that divides an uncolored section and a colored section. The slit should go all the way to the center of the circle.
	5.	Transform the circle into the tent's cone-shaped canopy: a.) Apply glue along the 4 uncolored sections of the circle. b.) Overlap the 4 colored sections adjacent to the slit over the 4 uncolored sections, transforming the circle into a cone. Press on the overlapping areas to glue them firmly together.
	6.	Fold the flaps at the edge downwards.
	7.	To make a flag at the top of your circus tent: a.) Cut a 3-inch long piece of pipe cleaner and make a small loop on one end. Apply white glue just above the loop. b.) Make a small hole at the apex of the tent canopy. Insert the pipe cleaner through the hole from the canopy's inner side. Pull it all the way through until the loop touches the canopy. The glue above the loop should fix the pipe cleaner in place. c.) Cut out a small triangle from colored paper and glue this at the tip of the pipe cleaner.
	8.	Glue the two remaining template pieces onto construction paper, positioning them side by side to make a long continuous piece. The main purpose of the construction paper is to connect the two template pieces, but it also provides rigidity to the tent body as well as serve as the interior material for your circus tent.
	9.	Cut out the entire piece including the door.
	10.	If you want to, you can decorate the interior walls of your circus tent.
	11.	Apply glue on the tab section and glue this area behind the opposite end of the template. This would turn the template into a cylindrical circus tent body.
	12.	Because of the door cut-out, the circus tent body won't be a perfect cylinder. You may mold it gently with your hands to make the body as round as possible before gluing its base onto a piece of construction paper.
	13.	While waiting for the glue to dry on the tent, you can make some characters for your circus. Draw, color, and cut out your own characters or print out this Miniature Circus Characters onto card stock. Cut out and glue an L-shaped paper tab at the back of each circus character. This will allow your circus character to stand on its own.
	14.	Once the glue has dried on your circus tent, cut around the construction paper base.
	15.	Position your mini circus characters inside the tent. Fix them in place by gluing or taping their L-shaped bottom tabs onto the tent's floor. You can also use the characters as paper dolls and have them move about freely inside or around your little paper circus. The canopy can be glued on or used as a removable lid.

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