While it's great to recycle paper and plastic products, it can be more fun to reuse and repurpose packaging like toilet paper rolls into something that can be used around the house. Save those toilet paper tubes for some fun, crafty storage projects or decorating ideas.
Organizing Wires
You can paint the toilet paper tubes and label them to slip over extension cords or the tangle of wires behind your computer desk. Whether you get incredibly crafty or keep them plain and simple, toilet paper tubes are a great organizational tool to gather loose wires.
Desk Items or Craft Supplies
Instead of searching for the perfect pen holder or paper clip cup, you can create your own desk caddy. All you'll need is a few toilet paper tubes and an empty …show more content…
From butterflies to leaves and flowers, you can create beautiful quilled art with toilet paper tubes. Cut the tubes at one inch intervals then shape the parts into leaves by pinching the ends, or cut the one inch strips to create curls and glue them to another surface. You're only limited by your imagination. After you've created your masterpiece, you can spray paint it black to look like an intricate scroll of wrought iron art.
Bird Feeder
This is a great project for the kids in your home. Poke a hole in your toilet paper tube and insert a piece of twine or yarn. Spread a thick layer of peanut butter on the tube and roll it in bird seed. Kids will love the messiness of this project, but they can also spend hours finding the perfect tree to hang their feeder. Birds will love the bird feeder too.
Scary Halloween Decorations
If you want to really scare trick-or-treaters this year, you could cut eye holes in a few toilet paper rolls, attach them to a piece of cardboard and insert glow sticks into the tubes. Slide the tubes into the bushes to scare people coming to your house this year. The eyes could be silly, scary or demonic depending on the shape of the eyes and the color of the glow
Organizing Wires
You can paint the toilet paper tubes and label them to slip over extension cords or the tangle of wires behind your computer desk. Whether you get incredibly crafty or keep them plain and simple, toilet paper tubes are a great organizational tool to gather loose wires.
Desk Items or Craft Supplies
Instead of searching for the perfect pen holder or paper clip cup, you can create your own desk caddy. All you'll need is a few toilet paper tubes and an empty …show more content…
From butterflies to leaves and flowers, you can create beautiful quilled art with toilet paper tubes. Cut the tubes at one inch intervals then shape the parts into leaves by pinching the ends, or cut the one inch strips to create curls and glue them to another surface. You're only limited by your imagination. After you've created your masterpiece, you can spray paint it black to look like an intricate scroll of wrought iron art.
Bird Feeder
This is a great project for the kids in your home. Poke a hole in your toilet paper tube and insert a piece of twine or yarn. Spread a thick layer of peanut butter on the tube and roll it in bird seed. Kids will love the messiness of this project, but they can also spend hours finding the perfect tree to hang their feeder. Birds will love the bird feeder too.
Scary Halloween Decorations
If you want to really scare trick-or-treaters this year, you could cut eye holes in a few toilet paper rolls, attach them to a piece of cardboard and insert glow sticks into the tubes. Slide the tubes into the bushes to scare people coming to your house this year. The eyes could be silly, scary or demonic depending on the shape of the eyes and the color of the glow