It's hard to believe, but interesting things you can do with your own hands from the most ordinary items, sometimes even intended to be ejected. For example, an interesting material for creativity is a cardboard base from toilet paper or paper towels. Admit how often you throw these items in the trash? We suggest starting today to stop this waste and learn how to make original crafts from a roll of toilet paper.
Children's creativity
Making
crafts from waste material perfectly develops the child and makes creative activities affordable. Every mother knows that ready-made sets for creativity are not cheap, and if you buy them daily, an impressive amount will be released in a month. Quite another matter is junk material. Crafts from a roll of toilet paper can be done daily, without prejudice to the family budget. Without changing the shape of the workpiece, you can make figures of various animals and fairy-tale characters. Even the smallest child will cope with this task. Paint the existing cylinder or glue it with colored paper. Draw a face or face, you can also make an applique. Add ears, paws and clothes. If desired, you can decorate the figures with textile elements, sewing accessories or some other little things. In this technique, you can make a whole table theater.
New Year's ideas
Invite your child to make interesting figures and decorations for the interior on the eve of the holidays. Santa Claus from a toilet paper roll can be made in the same way as the animal figures described above. To make the main New Year's wizard, paint the cylinder with white paint or glue it with paper. Draw grandfather's face and costume. An outfit can be made from pieces of fabric or colored paper. Do not forget about the hat - to create it, also use the same material as for the costume. All you need to do is sew a cone or glue it and decorate it with a pompom. Santa Claus from a roll of toilet paper must have a beard, it can be formed from cotton and glued to the base. Your Christmas craft is almost ready, you can additionally decorate it - make buttons for a suit, depict your hands with separate strips of fabric or paper. If you plan to hang a toy on a Christmas tree, do not forget to attach a loop. By the principle of Santa Claus, you can make other New Year's crafts from toilet paper rolls, for example, figures of the Snow Maiden and the snowman.
Organizers for stationery and small things
From toilet paper rolls you can make quite useful and functional things. Great idea - desktop organizer. If you glue the bottom of a thick cardboard to the cylinder, you get a cup in which pencils or felt-tip pens fit perfectly. It will be much more interesting if you install several of these “containers” on a common stand. How to make such useful crafts from a roll of toilet paper? Everything is very simple: glue each cylinder with toilet or gift paper. You can also use a self-adhesive film with a suitable pattern, fabric or some other interesting material. You can make the organizer more convenient by cutting the rolls at different heights and adding some jars or cups of other sizes.
Decorate the interior
If the cardboard base from a roll of toilet paper is cut into thin rings, you can collect beautiful flowers and a variety of patterns. In this technique, it is even possible to emit forging qualitatively. The manufacturing technology of such crafts is simple: we cut the rolls into thin rings, collect patterns from them and glue them. Finished decorative elements are painted in the desired color. Consider the technique in more detail using the example of creating flowers or snowflakes. Take 5 or 6 rings of the same thickness. Give them an oval shape and fasten them together with corners. For the glue to dry well, attach one petal and fix the place of gluing with a clothespin while the glue dries. The finished flower can be painted to any color, and if you add a little sparkle, you get a simple and beautiful Christmas tree toy in the form of a snowflake! In this technique, you can make whole
decorative panels, frames for mirrors and other interesting items for decorating your interior from DIY paper rolls.
What else can be done from cardboard cylinders?
The simpler the source material, the more interesting crafts you can make from it. From toilet paper sleeves interesting houses for home decor or children's games are obtained. It is very simple to make them: cut through the doors and windows and paint or glue the blank with colored paper. Do not forget to make a cardboard roof and stand if necessary. An interesting idea for adult creativity is packaging for small gifts. Bend the edges of the cylinder so that you get an envelope with a closed edge. Decorate the blank to your liking, put your present inside and present the other side as well. Try to make different crafts from a roll of toilet paper, and you will be surprised how simple and interesting this kind of creativity is!