Throughout the year, people spend a lot of toilet paper, especially in large families, and even with children. 🙂 But whenever a roll runs out, we often throw it in the trash, not allowing ourselves to be creative. It turns out that these empty bushings can be of much more use than we could have imagined.
"With my own hands" I have collected several practical applications for you. Next time before you throw away that toilet paper roll, try one of these ideas:
Decor
Using a sleeve you can make an exclusive design pattern on the fabric.
Containers for seedlings
Since cardboard degrades and breaks down over time, these sleeves make a great place for your seedlings.
Office
If you need a place to store pencils, pens and other office supplies, you can make this neat organizer from toilet paper rolls. A can of spray paint plus a few sleeves glued to a piece of cardboard.
Organization of cells in a cardboard box
Designer organizers
Pencil case
To make such a pencil case, you will need to work a little, but what a pleasure it is to use something made with your own hands!
Bird feeders
Take care of your feathered friends by making a simple bird feeder. Spread peanut butter or something sticky on the roll, then roll it in the kernels.
Storage
Cords
This way, you no longer have to untangle the cable to charge your mobile device.
Yarn
Scarves
Fold the scarf or handkerchief and place it on the roll. Then all the rolls can be placed in one box.
Wrapping paper or wallpaper scraps
Crafts and toys
Toy storage container
Are you tired of toys scattered all over the house? Perhaps such a garage will interest your child, and he will be happy to put everything in it.
Even toilet paper manufacturers think about where to put the roll from the roll after using it. Someone suggests simply washing off this “waste material”... But we know that this should not be done under any circumstances, because the bushings make excellent crafts for children. Why shouldn’t manufacturers of hygiene products adopt this idea and draw a diagram of a single craft made from a sleeve on a piece of paper? And there would immediately be less garbage in the world. Moreover, crafts can be made in a variety of ways and it is very easy and simple, even small children can do it.
In this article we have collected ideas for such crafts, and You will see step-by-step master classes of the toys you like if you follow the links from the photographs.
Ideas from toilet paper rolls
The sleeve is a cylinder of thick recycled paper, approximately 10 cm high and 5 cm in diameter. It is also called a roll, cylinder or tube. Because of its shape and stability, it is well suited for making three-dimensional 3D crafts using colored paper, which is used to cover this sleeve and from which additional elements are cut out, or you can simply paint it. Paper towel tubes also work well.
This waste material makes wonderful lanterns. This is the simplest craft.
Amazing animals will also make a big splash. Cover it with brown, cut out the tail, paws and ears, and the squirrel is ready.
Let's complicate the face and make a lion.
By analogy, we make any other face, ears, paws and tail and any other animal comes out, be it a mouse, an elephant, a monkey, or even a hare.
And the insects from the sleeve look adorable too. Bee:
Let's change the wings and the design of the body, and a bright butterfly will flutter in front of you. Or ladybug:
And if your imagination boils and splashes, you can come up with wonderful monsters.
If you glue the bottom of them all, you will get beautiful pencil holders.
Let's turn the sleeve horizontally, glue the head and paws, and cute dogs and other animals are ready.
Or we attach wheels and get a sports car:
There is also a very interesting technique when one end of the sleeve is folded inward, connecting the edges. Thus, they look like ears and look great on different animals and owls. Making such crafts is a little more difficult, but the student should be able to do it himself.
Even a snowman, children on the street, Father Frost and the Snow Maiden can be made from bushings.
Well, and Santa with a deer and a gnome assistant too:
And we’ll put Christmas candles on the table, also from waste material:
And if you cut the roll in a spiral, glue on its eyes and sting, a curled up snake will look at you with a curious gaze.
If you cut cardboard rolls into rings, you can also make interesting crafts.
In short, in your hands an ordinary toilet paper roll or paper towel or foil tube can find new life in an interesting way.
Do you like crafts, but don’t have bushings on hand? You can also do it yourself. Cut out a rectangle from thin cardboard with sides 10 cm and 13.5 cm. Roll it into a tube so that the 10 cm side becomes the height of the tube. Glue with a 5 mm overlap. You can immediately make such blanks of the desired color from colored cardboard for crafts.
We hope that the ideas for such crafts made from bushings will be useful to parents for teaching their children at home, to kindergarten teachers, and to primary school teachers.
The New Year holidays are approaching, there is less and less time left, and there are more and more worries and hassles in preparing for the holiday! It is especially difficult for mothers during these pre-holiday days. Little fidgets are looking forward to the holiday, so mothers have to come up with interesting games and activities every day. If your imagination no longer works, our cool master classes on making New Year's crafts from toilet paper rolls will come to the rescue.
Such handicrafts will appeal not only to kids, but also to children of primary school age. In this article, we have collected for you more than 100 cool ideas for New Year crafts made from toilet paper cylinders. But don’t stop there, we only inspire you, and the coolest ideas come from you!
Father Frost and Santa Claus
The first thing the New Year is associated with is Santa Claus. Every year, on the night from December 31 to January 1, the kindest old man in the world delivers gifts to children all over the world, which they are looking for under the New Year tree in the morning. We won’t go far for ideas, but let’s start our New Year’s crafts with Father Frost and Santa Claus.
#1 Santa Claus from a toilet roll and a plastic cup
A very cute Santa Claus will be made from a toilet roll and a plastic cup. In addition, you will need colored paper (red, black), cotton wool, a button, eyes, a nose and glue. See the picture for how to proceed next.
#2 Santa Claus box
Here’s another cute Grandfather that even a child can make. By the way, you can put a small gift in such a grandfather, you can hang it on a New Year’s tree as a toy, or you can decorate a New Year’s gift with it.
#3 Stuck Santa
There is a popular belief that Santa Claus enters the homes of American children through the chimney. We, residents of multi-storey buildings, cannot check this. But you can make such a cute craft for yourself.
#5 Simple Santa Claus
This simple and very cute Santa Claus can also be made with children. The bushing itself needs to be painted red. While the sleeve is drying, cut out the hat, face, beard, eyes and nose (). When the sleeve is dry, glue the face to it and Santa Claus is ready!
Deer
Santa Claus, of course, does not walk around the world on foot. In one night, his faithful friends reindeer help him fly around the world. Therefore, we won’t go far for ideas, but we will make our grandfather deer helpers so that he can deliver gifts to all the children.
#1 Deer from a toilet paper cylinder
The reindeer sleigh for Santa Claus can be equipped with these stable animals. At the bottom of the sleeve we cut out the legs, cut out the muzzle and horns separately, draw eyes and a nose. Glue the head to the body and the deer is ready!
#2 Reindeer sleigh
But older children can handle such a reindeer sled. There are no applications here, the whole structure is solid. You will find step-by-step manufacturing in the diagram below.
#3 Simple deer for the Christmas tree
These cute and very simple deer can be made with preschoolers. Cover the toilet sleeve with beautiful paper, make holes on the sides and insert fluffy wire. Then wind the wire onto the marker and the horns are ready. Now all that remains is to glue the eyes, nose and, if desired, decorate the deer with bells.
#4 Deer made of two bushings
But two bushings will make a deer of impressive size, especially considering that Santa Claus is made from one. The work is quite painstaking, but interesting. However, it is worth considering the age of the child. It won’t be interesting for very young children, but for children of primary school age - it’s the best!
#5 Another deer from two cylinders
Here's another variation on the deer theme. This one, unlike the previous one, is much easier to make. But in addition to toilet paper rolls, you will need dry twigs. So during your walk you can please your little one and finally take home one of his outdoor sticks!
#6 Simple toilet roll reindeer for toddlers
Here's another wonderful New Year's craft that you can do with your kids. For the horns we use the outline of a child's hand. You can make ears or you can not. Eyes and nose can be drawn.
#7 Deer from a cylinder of toilet paper and sticks
And one more simple New Year craft to make with kids. We paint the bushing brown. Then we glue the horn sticks, eyes and nose. Rudolph is ready for service!
Christmas tree
Where is Santa Claus going? Well, of course, for the Christmas tree. Our next craft is a Christmas tree. It’s not difficult to make the main beauty of the New Year holidays from a toilet paper roll, you just need to get a little creative, and we have some cool ideas for this!
#1 Simple Christmas tree made from cylinders
Let's start with the simplest option. You will need different sized cylinders. We paint the base of the future tree brown, and the tree itself green. We wait for it to dry completely, then we glue the cylinders together, apply a little glue on top and decorate the tree with ribbons, sparkles, sequins and other things.
#2 Another simple Christmas tree
Here is another version of a simple Christmas tree made from toilet paper rolls. The difficulty is to find that many cylinders. If you have been collecting them all year, then success is guaranteed!
#3 Herringbone spiral
And here is another version of a Christmas tree made from a bushing. The sleeve needs to be cut in a spiral with scissors, then twisted and placed under a press for about 30 minutes. Then take it out, unfold it and decorate.
#4 Fluffy Christmas tree
You can also make a fluffy Christmas tree. The toilet sleeve will serve as the stem, and we will make the needles from colored paper cones. To create a fluffy effect, cut the edges of the cones with scissors and slightly curl them towards the top.
#5 Christmas tree for the office
But this beauty can be placed on your desktop. The kids will do it, and mom will put it at work: the workplace is decorated, and colleagues are jealous.
#6 Christmas tree meadow
Well, the last craft on the theme of a Christmas tree from a toilet roll is a whole Christmas tree meadow in the picture. The craft is painstaking and requires a lot of attention and perseverance from the creator. But it’s not a shame to give such a craft from scrap materials to friends and acquaintances.
Snowmen
So, Santa Claus is ready, the team is assembled, the Christmas tree is waiting. Who have we forgotten? Well, of course, the most important assistant of Santa Claus - the Snowman. How is that possible, we need to fix it! Let's make snowmen from a toilet paper cylinder!
#1 Snowmen in hats
#2 Snowmen on the Christmas tree
#3 Simple snowmen
#4 Snowmen rappers
#5 Snowmen with a scarf
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Angels
Another symbol of the New Year can be considered angels. But this is more likely not the New Year, but Christmas, which Catholics celebrate before the New Year, and Orthodox after. In any case, regardless of religion, it is possible and even necessary to make an angel from a toilet sleeve. The angels turn out to be very cute and we have several ideas for this.
#1 Angel with a candle
#2 Angel with golden wings
#3 Angel with wings from hands
#4 Angel with a halo
#5 Bible story
Elves
A whole army of good-natured elves helps Santa Claus in making New Year's gifts. Don’t forget about them when making crafts for the New Year, especially since toilet paper rolls make excellent elves. We have a couple of ideas.
#1 Elf made of colored paper
#2 Santa's Helpers
#3 Happy gnomes
#4 Felt elves
Penguins
When talking about the New Year, we shouldn’t forget about penguins. At this time of year they feel great in our latitudes, so you can safely invite comrades from the far North to your holiday.
#1 Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Prapor
#2 Dressy penguins
#3 Penguin family
#4 Simple penguin
#5 Punk penguins
#6 Master class on making penguins from toilet rolls
Owls
Of the winter characters, owls are especially popular during the New Year holidays. Toilet paper rolls make excellent owls. There are many techniques for performing such crafts. You will find some of them in our article.
#1 Owl applique
A very beautiful owl will be made from a toilet paper cylinder, decorated with circles of colored paper. The circles can be glued with glue, or you can use double-sided tape.
#2 Retro owl
#3 Bright owl
An owl doesn't have to be brown or gray. We have New Year holidays, a time of magic, which means an owl can be bright and shiny. See the step-by-step master class below.
#4 Owl box
And you can put a small trinket or candy in such an owl and give it to friends, colleagues or loved ones. Original and with soul.
#5 Owl with feathers
This is an ideal New Year’s craft for fans of J. Rowling and her famous wizard, Harry Potter. Make an owl with your young wizard and go to the magical world of magicians and sorcerers.
#6 Rainbow owl
You can also make such a colorful, cheerful owl. To create volume and a fluffy effect, the edges of the paper need to be cut and curled with scissors. 
#7 Owls in minimal style
If you have absolutely no time, as well as pencils, paints and colored paper, you can draw an owl with a marker. In general, simple and tasteful!
#8 Owl House
For a little owl, you and your child can make such a cute and cozy house.
Other animals
With the onset of winter and winter holidays, other animals from the forest do not disappear anywhere. Therefore, in continuation of the New Year's theme, you can make a wide variety of forest and domestic animals.
#1 Angry wolf and fox
Why wolf and fox? Well, of course, they are the ones who sometimes run under the Christmas tree in the famous children's song.
#2 Polar bear
Which other animal is associated with winter and winter holidays? Well, of course a polar bear. And, by the way, an excellent one about Umka is also worth watching.
#3 Brown bear
The cousin of the polar bear is the well-known brown bear. They never meet in the wild, but under our Christmas tree they will finally be able to see each other!
#5 Squirrels
You can also plant baby squirrels made by yourself under the New Year tree. By the way, we have several master classes on making squirrels, which are described in detail below.
#6 Dog
The symbol of the outgoing 2018 will be a dog, so it’s logical to make a New Year’s craft in the form of this animal. Of course, you can’t make such a character with kids, but school-age children will be happy with both the process and the result!
#7 Dragon
New Year is a time of miracles, so why not add a little miracle to our crafts. You can make a wonderful fire-breathing dragon that will be completely tame. By the way, although he is fire-breathing, he is completely harmless.
#8 Fish
Fish are made in the same way as the dragon. If you move the stick quickly, the fish will actually swim through the air. The kids will love it! And a magical fish that can make wishes come true will never be out of place at the New Year's party!
#9 Rats / Mice
Rats or mice (whichever you prefer) will not become unnecessary guests. You can hang the mouse by its tail on a Christmas tree, on a doorknob or anywhere else. These little mice are so restless.
Here is a step-by-step master class on how to make a loving couple of mice from toilet paper rolls. If even kindergarteners can handle the first two mice, then professionals will have to work with this couple. Study the steps carefully and create your masterpiece!
#10 Wrist Parrot
Planning a pirate New Year's party for the kids? Then don't forget about the parrots. The captain of a pirate ship cannot live without his faithful feathered assistant.
#11 Three Little Pigs
Children will love crafts in the form of their favorite fairy tale characters. We suggest you an idea with three little pigs, and you can reproduce your baby’s favorite fairy tale. All you need is a little imagination, toilet cones and a good mood!
Christmas decorations
You can also make Christmas decorations from toilet paper cylinders. By the way, very practical.
#1 Flashlights
Think back to your kindergarten. Do you remember? Do you remember on New Year’s Eve we all made Christmas tree lanterns out of paper? So, today we will make these lanterns from toilet paper rolls. Such a toy, unlike a paper one, retains its shape and appearance longer.
#2 Volumetric star
A beautiful three-dimensional star, decorated with sparkles and sequins, can be made from an ordinary toilet cylinder. How? See below.
#3 Flower
You can make a New Year's flower from a regular paper cone with your own hands. The idea is suitable for those who want to decorate the New Year tree with toys from scrap materials.
#4 Flashlights
Here’s another idea for decorating your apartment with your own hands: New Year’s lanterns made from toilet paper rolls. Beautiful and practical.
#5 Candy
You can decorate the New Year tree and interior with candies. It’s just that the real candies are a little small in size, but the homemade ones, made from toilet cylinders, are just right! By the way, you can put small candies and other sweets in this candy and then give it to friends or acquaintances.
And some more ideas
In general, the number of crafts that can be made for the New Year using a toilet paper cylinder is incredible. You just need to use your imagination and together with your children you will create real masterpieces that will delight the eye for many years.
#1 Nutcracker
Perhaps not a single New Year is complete without this fairy-tale character. Maybe you don’t watch the cartoon itself anymore, but the music from Tchaikovsky’s famous ballet sounds everywhere. Why not be inspired by this wonderful work and make your own Nutcracker?
#2 Grinch
Fans of foreign cartoons about Christmas will appreciate the idea of ​​making the Grinch who stole Christmas.
#3 Gingerbread man
Another symbol of the Christmas and New Year holidays among our western neighbors is the gingerbread man. You can make it from a regular toilet paper cylinder. By the way, in this case it would be nice to make a gingerbread house for him!
#4 Another master class on making a gingerbread man
#5 Christmas wreath
It’s somehow not customary for us to hang Christmas wreaths on our front doors, but this Western tradition does not bypass us. From scrap materials, or rather from toilet paper cylinders, you can make a wonderful Christmas wreath, which, by the way, will serve faithfully for many years!
#6 Ninja
And the ninja turtles
#6 Bird feeder
#7 Crown
#8 Mini hat
#9 Hello Kitty
#10 Christmas Singers
#11 Paintings in a top hat
#12 Megapolis
#13 City of Elves
#14 Advent calendar
To brighten up the anticipation of the New Year holidays and long-awaited holidays, you can make an Advent calendar or Advent calendar for your child. On each of the houses are written numbers from 1 to 24, which indicate the day when one or another box needs to be opened. Each of the houses is a box in which a small surprise is hidden, so until the 25th, every day the child will receive a small gift hidden in one of the houses.
#15 Home games
You can make improvised skittles from toilet rolls and use a sock rolled into a ball to knock them down. A great game to play at home when the weather outside is bad. It is also fashionable to paint several cylinders in different colors, roll balls out of colored paper and use chopsticks to quickly collect the balls by color into the corresponding sleeve. Very funny.
#16 Beefeaters - guards of the Tower of London
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Cardboard tubes left over from toilet paper are ready-made blanks for making any kind of crafts: animals and birds, fairy-tale characters, “actors” of a tabletop mini-theater; rockets, mushrooms, cacti; Christmas tree toys and decorative elements. And toilet paper is an excellent raw material, a “building material” for papier-mâché. What is characteristic and important is that crafting from cardboard tubes is not only a pleasant activity, but also quite simple. Even the youngest preschoolers can cope with this task willingly and with pleasure.
In this section you can find many proven ways to work unconventionally with waste material. Which you can and should take note of!
Craft from toilet paper and cardboard tubes, it's fun and easy.
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All civilized people know what toilet paper is for. But what do you do with a cardboard core whose only purpose is to serve as a base for the roll while it lasts? website knows at least a dozen ways to use this item in the household and we will not hide these secrets from you.
Pot for flowers and seedlings
We cut and fold the edges so that a bottom is formed. We fill in the earth and plant our plant. The sleeve is made of paper, and this is the same cellulose - a biodegradable material, so you can bury the pots in the ground and forget about them.
Bird feeders
Feeding the birds in winter is a sacred task. Coat the bushing with oil or anything sticky and edible. Sprinkle with grains and seeds, cereals. We hang it out the window and have fun.
Alternative to curlers
You don’t wear curlers to the store or for a walk in the park, do you? And if everything happens at home, then why stand on ceremony - you can also use bushings, fortunately, the size is suitable.
Toy Warehouse
We remember that the bushing is very durable, right? Therefore, even without any fasteners, they can be used to build a honeycomb structure inside a certain frame-base for storing a variety of small items.
Cable box
Some people tie the cables in a knot so they don’t get tangled, but we’ll just make a separate case for each from an old grommet. Cheap, cheerful, convenient. And there was a use for the shoe box.
Cable sorting
Cardboard is also easy to write and draw on, so we can very easily sort all the wires and label the storage for each one. There’s no need for a box here, you can just put it in a corner.
Packing lock
If you have a roll of something that tends to unwind, you can simply thread the roll into the sleeve. And that’s it, it will hold and look neat. Profit.
Incinerator
You can put smoldering coals inside the sleeve, in the absence of other devices for transporting fire. And if you need to light several fires in succession, for kebabs or barbecues, this can become a lifesaver.