Finally, real summer has arrived! But on a sunny summer day it can be so hot that you have to hide in the shade. In southern countries, these midday hours are called siesta. What to do with children at this time? We suggest making simple crafts that do not require expensive materials from cardboard capsules (sleeves) from paper towels and toilet paper. Additionally, you will need acrylic paints, glue, scissors, colored paper, and thread.

For children's games, binoculars are a must! It requires 2 pre-colored capsules. After the paint has dried, secure them with a rope or rubber band. You can use glue or double-sided tape to join, but in this case we leave the joint of the parts without painting. On one side of the binoculars, we make holes in each viewing tube with an awl and tie a ribbon to wear the binoculars around the neck. Small plastic bottles are also suitable for binoculars; we secure them with tape or colored insulating tape.

In order not to get bored, we will make many different heroes: circus performers, minions, Batman, Superman, girlfriend dolls. We will draw the eyes or glue ready-made ones, and make the hair from threads. We'll draw clothes, glue on decor and decorations.

If you read scary stories at night and are not afraid of the dark, make a company of monsters! Bright colors, funny spring hair, pom-pom mustaches will turn monsters into kind and cheerful ones.

If you find multi-colored feathers and fluffy (chenille) wire, you will get wonderful birds - an owl and parrots. At the bottom of the paper capsule we will make two holes through which we will thread the wire. Now the bird can sit on your hand, since the wire fastening reliably fixes its position.

Paper tubes are an excellent base for butterflies of various shapes and colors. Bright, striped, polka dot and flowered insects will not leave anyone indifferent!

Surprisingly, the capsules can be used to produce any wild or domestic animal. We cut out paws, ears, horns and tails from colored paper of a suitable color and glue them in place. Draw or glue eyes. There can be many animals, a whole zoo!

And here are the sea creatures: fish with colorful tails, mermaids, octopuses. You can make them in a garden gazebo or even in the shade under a canopy on the sea coast.

The technology will also be very diverse: paper capsules will turn into racing cars, trains and trailers of any color, with different inscriptions and decor. We organize car races, transport cargo and passengers. Are there not enough carriages? We'll do as many more as we want!

If you like to build something, make a mill, a castle or a hill in the form of towers. Children will be able to push balls down the slide and have a competition to see whose ball can roll the farthest. Such unusual and unique toys will keep kids occupied for a long time.

Empty sleeves can be used to make not only toys, but also useful things. For example, pencil organizers, wire holders. And if there is an extra bushing left, make a rocket.

Looking for new creative ideas? Then pay attention to toilet paper rolls. Once you see what you can do with them, you will stop throwing away this useful item.

Everyone has heard the joke that half of your salary goes down the toilet. In addition to food costs, you can add the purchase of toilet paper. To somehow compensate for expenses, enterprising crafters use bushings to create all kinds of crafts. So, what crafts can you make from a toilet paper roll with your own hands? Get inspired and create, because it’s not at all difficult and absolutely inexpensive, but original and practical!

Stands for pencils and cosmetic accessories

By digging up a few bushings, you can make a stylish organizer for stationery or an original stand for cosmetic brushes, pencils and mascara. By varying the height of miniature storage units, you can easily get a customized accessory that can hold everything you need.

To make your own toilet paper roll organizer, you first need to decorate each piece. This can be done in different ways:

• paint with acrylic paints in one tone or in different colors;
• decorate with decoupage;
• cover with colored paper or vinyl self-adhesive film;
• cover with fabric, burlap, lace or leather (natural from old things or artificial);
• decorate with multi-colored buttons;
• “dress” in knitted covers;
• wrap with jute rope or satin ribbons;
• decorate with strips of colored tape (it looks more impressive if they are of different colors).

The bottom of the sleeve organizer can be sealed with cardboard, plywood or wood - choose from what you have at hand.

If you don’t have the time or desire to decorate or need a large organizer, take a box of the desired size, fill it with sleeves and use it! In such storage you can keep chargers, hair ties, hairpins, buttons, scissors, and screwdrivers.

You can also toss this idea to your husband to clean up his garage, closet or balcony. It is advisable to glue the outside of the box, after all, you are a needlewoman.

Toys and crafts for home decoration

If you don’t know what to do with your children, then start making crafts from toilet paper rolls with your own hands. The result of this simple activity will be funny toys, funny figures and unique decor worthy of decorating your home, because in some works it is difficult to guess toilet paper waste.

Kids can be asked to decorate the sleeves with felt-tip pens, paints or pencils. Older children will be happy to decorate them with appliques made of colored paper or fabric. Yarn, faux fur, buttons and anything your imagination suggests can be used as additional decor.

Be sure to think about crafts made from toilet paper rolls on the eve of the New Year holidays. These raw materials make wonderful Christmas tree decorations, garlands, decorations for the festive table and gift packaging.

Original interior decor

If you don't know what to make from toilet paper rolls to surprise your friends, try creating a spectacular one with their help. To do this, the bushings need to be cut into fragments of the same width, having previously been painted in the desired shade from a spray bottle. From the resulting elements it is easy to create design compositions of any shape.

It is not much more difficult to build a lamp from bushings, but it is important to remember that paper does not like strong heat, so LED bulbs should be used.

Let these photos be the beginning of your creative activity! Surprise your friends, delight yourself and decorate your home with unusual crafts made from waste materials.

Take a look at the section, perhaps you will like other transformations of unnecessary things into hand-made masterpieces.

Have you ever wondered how many useful and necessary things you throw in the trash? But they can be used for other purposes, which means that you are recycling. Accordingly, you will throw away less garbage, pollute our planet less, which means you care about the environment. One such material that often ends up at the bottom of the trash can is a toilet paper roll. But you can’t even imagine how many useful things you can make from it. I collected here the best ones with a toilet paper roll.

Are you wondering why toilet paper rolls have become the target of today's lifehacks? Because this is one of the few things that billions of people use regularly.

The first thing we will start with is the use of bushings for gadgets and their accessories.

Smartphone stand

The sleeve will also be an excellent base for a stand. In this case, you only need scissors. But if you plan to make a long-lasting stand for yourself rather than a temporary option, it would be better to decorate it with something, such as wrapping paper.

Smartphone tripod

Portable speaker

In the summer, McDonald's held a promotion, along with a cardboard drink stand, customers . A portable speaker for a smartphone based on a toilet paper roll, somewhat similar to it.
To make your own speaker, you will need one bushing, two disposable cups and glue. The cardboard roller will act as a stand, and the cups will act as amplifiers.

Container for cables, wires, cords and headphones

For those who have a lot of different gadgets at home, there are also a lot of different cables and cords from them, which are constantly getting tangled, lying around the house and eventually getting lost. Cardboard cores make great containers to help sort them. The appearance of these containers depends only on you; the sleeves can remain as is or turn into a bright accessory in which it is not possible to recognize the former toilet paper sleeve.

Organizer for cords and cables

This will require using a lot of toilet paper and a lot of glue.

Practical lifehacks using toilet paper rolls

It's amazing how multifunctional a regular cardboard toilet paper base can be.

An uneven floor often causes furniture to shake and wobble. This problem can be simply solved by placing a sleeve folded several times under the leg of a table or bedside table. In addition, bushings can be used to prevent furniture legs from scratching the floor surface.

The bushings can also become a support for a homemade shelf.

And this life hack will be useful for those who often sew. Sometimes while sewing there are long pieces of thread that are a pity to throw away and have nowhere to put them. But here again the sleeve comes to the rescue, onto which you can wind the remaining threads. Or use it as a yarn spool.

When going outdoors, don’t forget to take a bag of toilet paper rolls with you. After all, they can be used as material for lighting a fire, or as oven mitts to remove the pan from the fire.
You will also definitely need a knife and other sharp kitchen utensils. But how to transport them without harming the female? Yes, and this is where bushings come in handy, which can be used to wrap around sharp edges.

Pot for seedlings made from toilet paper rolls

If you are engaged in farming, this lifehack is for you. Sleeves make ideal pots for any seedling.

The sleeve can be used to hold rolls of paper, such as wrapping paper, or sketches that can be stored rolled up.

DIY with toilet paper roll

Home decorations made from toilet paper rolls

It turns out that cardboard rolls that are left over from toilet paper can become a very creative and beautiful decoration for the home.

For example:

And since there is less and less time until the New Year 2018 every day, here are several options for New Year’s decorations made from toilet paper rolls.

Organizer made from toilet paper rolls

Using grommets you can make an organizer for anything, not just cords and cables. This could be a sock organizer:

and other clothes:

for office supplies or cosmetics. Moreover, they can be very different, it all depends on your skill:

Or even a garage for toy cars, which your child will definitely like.

Pencil case made from toilet paper roll

In order to make such a pencil case, you will have to show patience, perseverance and the ability to use thread and needle.

Cat toy

Cats know how to choose strange things for themselves - plastic bags, boxes, a sunbeam. Therefore, you can be sure that the toilet paper roll will not be left unattended either.

Gift box

Such a gift, or rather its wrapping, will undoubtedly be appreciated by an environmental lover like you.

DIY with toilet paper roll for girls

Curlers

With the help of bushings, inventive girls can style themselves.

Jewelry holder

To do this you will need several bushings, glue and colored paper.

Eco-style jewelry

A cardboard roller can be a good base, not only for a stand for jewelry, but also for the jewelry itself.

Clutch made from toilet paper roll

This is a difficult task for a beginner in the field of life hacks and DIY, but for those who have been making all sorts of things for many years, it’s as easy as shelling pears.

DIY with toilet paper roll for kids

Crafts from toilet paper rolls for children

Toys made from toilet paper rolls

Educational games for preschoolers made from cardboard tubes

Bird feeder made from toilet paper roll

And finally, today is the first day of winter, and winter is a good opportunity to start instilling in children the desire to take care of our little friends. That is, make a bird feeder. You can use the same cardboard roller as the basis for the feeder. Lubricate it with something sticky (and edible!), such as vegetable oil or butter, peanut butter will also work if you have it. After this, sprinkle the workpiece with grain and hang it outside where the birds can find the feeder.

By the way, for all these ideas it is not necessary to use toilet paper rolls. The same cardboard rolls are found in many other products, such as paper towels or wide tape.

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Crafts made from toilet paper can become an original toy or a necessary household item. You can make real works of art from this accessible material by showing your imagination and applying your abilities. Rollers from rolls, which are considered garbage, but in fact can still serve the master, become an excellent craft material. Joint creativity between parents and children is an important stage of education and instills aesthetic perception, and a roll of toilet paper is a material that, due to its versatility and low cost, is accessible to everyone.

Features of the material

Toilet paper is soft and loose in structure, which makes it easy to impregnate it with paint or glue, or dissolve it in water to obtain a plastic mass. Small corrugation adds decorativeness to crafts.

Also of interest are the ones on which the rolls are wound.

What trends in DIY crafts are most in demand? In its flat version, toilet paper can be used for decorating walls, creating paintings, decoupage, and various applications. The softness of the structure allows the production of three-dimensional models. One of the most common methods is papier-mâché and modeling. Volumetric applications look beautiful. Bouquets made from toilet paper look natural.

Attention! The main advantages of such crafts are the simplicity and speed of production, as well as the availability of raw materials.

You can use both white toilet paper and rolls of different colors. The material is combined with cardboard, plasticine, fabric, plastic. You will need PVA glue, paints (watercolor, gouache, acrylic paints), felt-tip pens, pencils. The main tools are scissors, brushes for glue and paints. A stapler that can be used to fasten paper elements will make your work easier. When working with rollers, a knife, jigsaw or hacksaw will come in handy.

Papier-mâché - a technique for making crafts

Papier-mâché is a technique that allows you to create beautiful three-dimensional figures, and toilet paper, combined with glue and binders, becomes a material for sculpting. There are several ways:

1. Maching (multilayer papier-mâché). This is a method of making crafts from toilet paper and PVA glue. The paper is torn into small pieces, which are laid on the surface of a vase, plate or figure made of plasticine in layers and coated with glue.
2. Preparation of plastic mass. The paper is fibered or dissolved and then mixed with glue to form a thick, monolithic mass similar to plasticine. You can add putty or alabaster to this mixture for strength. Any figures are created from it that retain their shape after drying.
3. Rough mass. Toilet paper is crumpled and soaked in paste, and it turns out to be an excellent material for modeling.

They can be manufactured in thin-walled or solid (monolithic) versions. In the first case, plates, cups, vases, and masks are created. Dishes can be made by mashing or from plastic mass. To do this, several layers of paper soaked in glue are placed on the bowl. After hardening, the workpiece is removed from the base, painted, and varnished. African-style masks are impressive, which are made by applying a plastic mass to a suitable blank and then shaping the facial elements.

Creating monolithic figures is similar to modeling from plasticine. The main advantage of papier-mâché is its plasticity before hardening and strength. This material can be used to make toys and dolls of varying complexity and sizes.

Paper crafts

You can make a variety of paper crafts. You might want to think about making a rose out of toilet paper. To do this, you need to unwind paper pieces 40-45 cm long from the roll. Then they are bent in half in the longitudinal direction. One of the halves is bent to the side and down, and then again, but towards the second half. A piece of paper is crumpled to form the core of the flower. The prepared strips are twisted into a spiral around the core, forming a rosette. The outer petals are bent to the side to add splendor. The flower is secured at the bottom with glue, tape or a stapler.

Toilet paper is easily saturated with liquid, so just dilute the pigment of the desired color in water and dip the rose into it for coloring. You can highlight certain elements (for example, the edge of a petal) with a more saturated color using a brush. The stem is formed from thin wire wrapped in green corrugated paper, and artificial leaves are attached to it.

Using a similar technology, you can make a three-dimensional application of flowers. In this case, the height of the flower cup is much lower, so the paper roll is first cut in half. The core is also formed from a ball of paper and then cut along the center line. To prevent it from falling apart when cutting, it can be pre-coated with glue at the top and bottom points. Otherwise the technology is similar. The flower is attached to a plane (cardboard) or directly to the wall using double-sided tape. Green leaves are glued between the flowers, and the branches are drawn with a felt-tip pen.

Decoupage from toilet paper is also popular. Using this technique you can make a vase from a glass or plastic bottle:

1. The paper is cut into strips and painted in various colors (you can use colored toilet paper).
2. The surface of the container is wrapped in strips, and a design is applied using appliqué.
3. The vase is varnished.

Using center bushings

A cardboard sleeve can be an excellent craft material. Its popularity is due to its cylindrical shape and sufficient strength, as well as suitable dimensions.

This cardboard cylinder is easy to cut in all directions and paints well. When creating crafts, it can be covered with paper or fabric. It goes well with other materials.

Kids toys

Simple, but bright and original toys are the first thing a child wants to make from toilet paper rolls. There are many options for such crafts:

1. Zoo. You can make animal figures from the bushings. It is important to choose the right color: orange for a fox, gray for a hare, multi-colored for a parrot, etc. The necessary additional details are cut out from thick colored paper - ears, paws, wings. The tail can be made of wire or cord. The muzzle is drawn directly on the roller or glued in the form of an applique. You can use a ready-made face cut out from a magazine. For design, felt-tip pens and gouache are used.
2. Composite animals. More complex figures can be made from several rollers and inserts of other available materials. For example, a kind dog is obtained if its head is made from a small piece of bushing and secured to a threaded rod. This mount allows you to turn your head in different directions. It is better to do the animal in a lying position, i.e. glue the paws along the body from a long roller. The color must match the breed of the dog. Another option is to position the body vertically and attach a ball (for example, made of foam) on top. The head of the animal is drawn on it. A simpler method is to make a slot in the upper part of the body, into which a head cut out of thick cardboard is attached. In this case, the drawing should be on both sides.
3. Puppet show. The characters in a home puppet theater could very well be made from toilet paper rolls. The bushings are painted and the necessary parts are attached. The man's hair can be made from thread or paper strips. The arms and legs are made of thick cardboard. When movably connected to the body, the figurine can be controlled using threads. A wooden rod must be inserted from the bottom of the roller, which allows you to hold the figure at the desired height.
4. A cylindrical bushing is a ready-made body for a racing car. From above you need to carefully cut out an ellipse-shaped window with a knife. A seat and steering wheel are installed inside. You can plant a small Lego man. The wheels are cut from a similar cardboard core and attached to the body. The front end of the roller is covered with a cardboard round on which the original radiator is drawn. An aerodynamic wing can be attached above the “car”.

Practical crafts

You can make crafts from toilet paper rolls that will be useful in everyday life. One of the common areas is office organizers. The parts are assembled from rollers of different lengths, which are mounted vertically on a rigid base made of thick cardboard, plywood or plastic. The base, at the author's discretion, has a round or rectangular shape.

For small items and storing pens or pencils lying in the organizer, trays are installed. They are made by cutting a roller in half lengthwise. These elements are mounted on the base in a horizontal position.

Idea! You can decorate the stand with colored paper, apply paint and varnish.

If a child is passionate about radio engineering and electronics, then he always has many different wires that constantly get mixed up and interfere with work. You can build a kind of storage from toilet paper rolls. This is the same organizer in which the cells (bushings) are arranged horizontally, close to each other.

New Year's crafts

Home crafters have a lot of ideas for the New Year. Toilet paper rolls can serve as an ornamental material for their implementation:

1. Father Frost. Even a small child can make a Santa Claus figurine from a toilet paper roll. A face is drawn at the top. Hair and beard are formed from pieces of cotton wool. On his head is a cardboard cap. The body should be wrapped in red or blue paper. The collar of the fur coat is made of cotton wool, and the edging is made of strips of white paper.
2. . A balloon is inflated. A layer of papier-mâché 3-5 mm thick is placed on top of it. After the mass hardens, the ball is pierced and taken out. A paper ball is immersed in a solution with paint. You can decorate it with sparkles, beads, and tinsel.

Toilet paper is actively used for decoupage. With its help you can update old Christmas tree decorations or make new ones. The base can be made of polystyrene foam. A layer of toilet paper is applied on top, which is painted and varnished.

Toys made from toilet paper and toilet paper can decorate any holiday, making it brighter and more fun.

We bring to your attention a selection of New Year's crafts made from bushings. A sleeve is a cylinder (roll) made of cardboard or thick paper. The size can be any.

You can easily make such a roll yourself, but many people use rolls from toilet paper, tape, paper towels, or even linoleum.

Who would have thought that such original and useful things could be made from this waste material, which many throw away without a second thought. Do you still throw them in the trash? Then our selection may interest you! After watching, you will definitely start collecting all the bushings.

Father Frost or Santa

If you're one of those people who doesn't throw away toilet paper rolls, then you probably have one. It often happens that we start doing one thing and end up doing something else... it’s even funny. This is what happened with this Santa Claus. By the way, you can hang it on the Christmas tree. See how easy and simple it is to do.

Santa Claus from a sleeve

The roll must be covered with colored paper. Next, the ends need to be pressed inwards, follow the drawing as a guide. Please note that the bends must be rotated 90 degrees relative to each other.

Bend the bottom ends so that they look like legs. Glue the folds together on top and secure a loop for hanging a New Year's craft from the sleeve.

Now cut out a triangle from plain paper and glue it onto the craft. Use a black marker to draw a face, add boots, arms and a belt. All is ready!

Reindeer Sleigh

Everyone knows that Santa Claus uses reindeer. We have already made him, now we need to make him a vehicle. The roll must be folded in half and cuts made as shown in the figure. Unbend it and shape your back. To prevent the parts from opening, they can be glued together. Decorate the deer's face and antlers, draw eyes, and glue on a nose from a small pom-pom.

New Year's deer made of paper sleeves

Snowflakes

To make such wonderful New Year's snowflakes from bushings, you need 32 low cylinders. They can be glued from whatman paper or cut into ready-made rolls.

Pin the pieces together and then paint with white tempera or water-based paint. Let dry and decorate the ends with glitter.

Beautiful snowflakes from bushes

Snowmen

Snowmen made from bushings

Wreaths and other New Year's crafts made from bushings for the wall

Recently, the use of recyclable material has become very popular among craftsmen. Including a lot of new ideas for using bushings to decorate walls. The results are very effective elements of New Year's decor.

Making New Year's crafts from bushings is quite simple. In addition, many options are easy for school- and preschool-aged children. If you are interested in doing New Year crafts, then we advise you to take a closer look at these ideas.