Toilet Paper Roll Crafts

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From puppets and pencil holders to bracelets and butterflies, making toilet paper roll crafts is fun for kids and kids at heart.

Holiday elf made from a toilet paper roll

Crafts for all Ages

Turning empty toilet paper rolls into crafts that are fun, decorative or functional requires imagination, creativity and a few basic craft supplies. Many toilet paper crafts are simple enough for preschoolers to make without too much assistance. Others are perfect for children in kindergarten through elementary school.

However, there are also beautiful craft items that teenagers and adults will enjoy creating once they let their imaginations run wild. A lovely example is a detailed holiday house made completely from recycled material shown at Play Library. The entire brick house design of this unique holiday decoration is made from toilet paper rolls placed in different directions.

Popular Toilet Paper Roll Craft Ideas

The following are several of the more popular crafts made with toilet paper rolls:

  • Toilet paper roll puppets of all types are among the favorite crafts of many children. Depending on how the empty roll is painted and decorated, it can become almost any type of animal, character or person.
  • The template for an adorable dog named Wags, complete with four paws and a floppy ears, is available at the DLTK Growing Together site.
  • Make a lovely toilet paper roll bracelet using old magazines, sequins, glitter and glue.
  • Another beautiful bracelet idea is a faux silver and turquoise Native American style cuff bracelet. To create the look of the stones, use lima and pinto beans.
  • Using a toilet paper roll, crafts sticks, rubber bands and tacky glue, you can make a useful pencil holder. Personalize and decorate the pencil holder to suit your style.

Holiday Crafts with Toilet Paper Rolls

There are many craft projects that use toilet paper rolls as the foundation for beautiful holiday decorations. The following are several of these holiday crafts:

  • An adorable Santa Claus looks cute decorating your table, mantle or holiday tree.
  • Festive candles are easy to make for celebrations such as Kwanzaa, Christmas or Advent.
  • Decorate your Thanksgiving table with a cute turkey.
  • The Easter bunny makes a fun toilet paper puppet.

Tips

The following are a few useful tips for making crafts from toilet paper rolls:

  • If you are not comfortable with recycling toilet paper rolls for reasons of hygiene, simply cut the cardboard tubes from empty wrapping paper or paper towel rolls into approximately the length of toilet paper rolls.
  • If you don't have a toilet paper roll, or any other preformed cardboard tube, roll your own using poster board or the cardboard from food boxes such as cereal, wrapped snacks or pasta.
  • Turn any toilet roll paper figure into a puppet by gluing a craft or popsicle stick to the roll.
  • Many of the toilet paper roll figures and decorations that are made for a specific holiday or occasion can easily be adapted to the look of a different holiday by simply changing the paint and decorations that are applied.

Resources for Toilet Paper Roll Crafts

The Internet has many excellent Web sites that offer instructions, ideas and templates for crafts designed around an empty toilet paper roll crafts.

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