Scorpions may not appear on many people’s list of favorite creatures, but they do make a rather interesting towel animal.

Towel Scorpion

How to Fold A Towel Scorpion

Supplies Needed to Make a Towel Scorpion

Bath Towel                                                Eyes (googly eyes or bits of felt or paper)

Hand Towel                                              8 Pipe Cleaners (AKA chenille stems or fuzzy sticks)

2 Washcloths

How to make Scorpion Legs

Leg for Towel Scorpion

Fold each of the 8 pipe cleaners so they somewhat resemble a mountain with a small bit folded over on one end for the foot and a large bit at the other to go under the body.

How to Fold a Towel Scorpion Head

Fold over 1/3 of the hand towel

Lay hand towel out flat.  Fold over 1/3 of the towel from one short end.  Fold the other short end over the first fold.

after folding the towel in thirds, fold each end over in a triangle

Fold down both sides in triangular fashion so the towel forms a large triangle.

after folding the two corners into triangles it forms one big triangle

How to Make Washcloth Scorpion Claws

roll two washcloths for claws

Lay one washcloth flat.  Roll entire washcloth from one corner to the opposite corner.  Repeat with other washcloth.  Fold into V shape at center of roll.

How to Fold a Towel Scorpion Body

Make sure the corners are even before rolling towel.

Hang the bath towel on a hook from the center of one edge of the long side, or tuck it under your chin to hold it tight.

Tightly roll the far side of the towel on both ends.

Tightly roll both sides to the middle, making sure the pointed end stays especially tight while you roll.

The rolls should be tighter than this. It’s hard to keep them tight while doing photos.

If your towel is not tightly rolled enough, unroll a bit and re-roll tighter, working your hands up and down the towel rolling each portion tighter as you go.

Set towel down with rolled side underneath

Turn the towel rolled side down.

Assembling the Towel Scorpion

set the head at the end of the rolled part and tuck the ends under the body

Place the head bit on top of the body with the triangle point to the front of the scorpion.  Tuck the ends under the sides of the body. Adjust the arm bits as needed and position as desired.  Place the legs under the body on both sides. Fold up back end of body and curl the tail over the body as desired.  Tuck one claw into the end of each arm.  Add eyes.

Finished Towel Scorpion

For instructions on how to fold many other towel animals please visit My Cruise Stories Towel Animal Page.

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towel bear on Carnival Vista

Supplies Needed to Make a Towel Bear

1 Bath towel

1 Hand towel

Eyes – eyes can be paper, felt, googly eyes, or whatever you have that works

Use white towels to make a polar bear, black towels to make a black bear, or brown towels to make a grizzly bear.

How to Fold a Towel Bear Body

fold over long sides of towel, then fold over short ends

Lay the bath towel out flat. Fold both long sides over several inches. Fold over ends of both short sides.

rolling both short ends to the center

Roll both short ends to center.

after rolling both ends to the center fold at the middle with these rolls on the outside

Fold rolled towel in half with rolls to the outside.

set the folded towel bear body with one roll on top of the other

Set folded towel with one roll on top the other. Set aside and make the bear’s head.

How to Make a Towel Bear Head

fold the hand towel in half short way across the center

Lay the hand towel out flat. Fold in half short way across center.

fold down corners from center of folded end

From the center of the folded edge, fold corners to center making two triangles on a towel with a pointed end.

flip towel over so folds are underneath, then turn up straight end

Turn towel over so folds are on underside then fold over straight edge.

fold the straight end over two more times

Roll folded straight edge 2 more times for a total of three folds on that end. At this point it should have the point sticking out beyond the rolls and the folds from the edges of the triangle folds that were turned to the underside sticking up at the back of the roll.

fold at the center with the rolled part on the outside

Fold in half at center with roll to the outside to form head.

Assembling the Towel Bear

assembled towel bear

Place head into center of folded body. Close body over the neck and position as desired.

finished towel polar bear

Add eyes and any other desired decorations to finish the bear.

More Towel Bears:

Original Towel Bear

one towel teddy bear

One Towel Teddy Bear

Original Towel Bear

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towel snowman

The towel snowman is easy in that you don’t have to make any precise folds or tight rolls. The challenging part is getting the “snowballs” to stack – and stay put. It’s OK if the snowballs aren’t perfectly round. In fact if the top and bottom are a bit flat it will help with stacking.

Supplies Needed for Making a Towel Snowman

2-3 Bath Towels

1-2 Hand Towels

Decorative Christmas Snow (sheet of cotton)

Decorations

Directions for Making a Towel Snowman

roll a towel into a ball

To make the bottom snowball start by rolling one hand or bath towel into a ball. There’s no right or wrong way to do that. For me it worked out best to start with one corner and scrunch, roll, and ball the towel up from there. After the first towel is in a ball, wrap a bath towel around it, again scrunching, rolling, and folding the towel as needed to make it somewhat round. The inner towel can be any color, but it helps if the outer one is white. The snowman pictured started with a hand towel, which did not really make the bottom ball any bigger than the middle one made from just one towel so I’d recommend using 2 bath towels for the base.

wrap fake cotton Christmas snow around the towel

After you finish rolling your snowball wrap a piece of the decorative cotton used as fake snow at Christmastime around it and cut to size.

finished towel snowball

For the middle snowball use just one bath towel, again scrunching and rolling it into a ball, then covering it with fake cotton snow.

Roll one hand towel into a ball and cover with fake cotton snow for the head.

use some of the fake cotton snow for the snowman to stand on

Stack the “snowballs” just like stacking real ones – except these don’t squish into each other or stay on as easily as actual snow. Do whatever works to get them to stay stacked, whether that means careful placement or patting the top and/or bottom of some of the snowballs into a flatter shape. If desired spread out a piece of the fake cotton snow to put the snowman on so it looks like he’s out in the snow.

snowballs stacked and ready to decorate

Once the snowballs are stacked in place you can decorate as desired. My snowman’s eyes are googly eyes, which are taped onto black felt so they stand out more against the white of the snowman. Eyes could also be made from things like felt, paper, or pop-poms. For the nose I rolled a triangle of orange felt to resemble a carrot. Double stick tape holds the eyes and nose onto the snowman. His mouth is tiny red pom-poms, which stick to the cotton on their own without tape. The buttons are larger blue pom-poms.

towel snowman

This snowman’s hat is re-purposed from a hat bought at the dollar store for a towel leprechaun, decorated with red trim previously used for making a towel reindeer.

towel snowman

Sometimes people use sticks to make arms for real snowman. Pipe cleaners (aka fuzzy sticks or chenille stems) can be made into stick shapes and tucked into the sides of the middle snowball for the towel snowman’s arms.

For more towel creations visit My Cruise Stories Towel Animal Page.

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Towel Iguana

HOW TO FOLD A TOWEL IGUANA

Supplies Needed to Make a Towel Iguana

1 bath towel

2 hand towels

eyes and any other desired decorations

Towel Iguana Folding Instructions

How to Make a Towel Iguana Body

tightly roll both ends to the center from the short side

The towel Iguana uses the standard towel animal body, same as the majority of other towel animals. Lay bath towel out flat. From short sides tightly roll each end to the center.

Fold rolled towel in half, rolled side out. Pull the tips out from the center of each roll.

Fold rolled towel in half with rolls to the outside. Pull the tips out from the center of each roll.

take the tips of both ends of one roll in one hand and the other roll in the other hand and pull – this one is partly done

Take the tips from both ends of one roll in one hand and both ends of the other roll in the other hand and pull until you have pulled the rolls into legs. Set body aside.

towel animal body

How to Make an easy Towel Iguana Tail

from one corner roll hand towel diagonally

Lay 1 hand towel out flat. Start rolling diagonally from one corner.

roll until entire towel is one roll

Tightly roll towel until the entire towel is rolled. Set tail aside.

How to Make a Towel Iguana Head

fold both sides to the middle from the short ends

Fold both ends of the towel from the short end so that they meet in the middle and both sides are even.

fold towel at the center with the edges of the prior folds to the inside

Fold towel in half with the ends that you just folded in to the inside.

fold both sides down into triangles from the open end

From the open end, fold both corners into triangles with space between them.

fold long edge under

Fold the long edge of the towel under.

fold in half with open space between triangles to the outside and fold on long edge to the inside

Fold in half with the opening between triangles to the outside and the folded under long edge to the inside.

Finishing the Towel Iguana

finished towel iguana

Place the tail in the opening between the legs of the towel body so the pointed end hangs out from one end of the body. Place the head between the legs at the other end of the body and flip it over. Shape the head and mouth as desired.

finished towel iguana with claws added

Add eyes or sunglasses and any other desired decorations like a tongue or claws.

For more towel animal folding instructions visit My Cruise Stories Towel Animal Page.