Chances are, by the time you reach the end of a roll of toilet tissue, the piece of cardboard will most likely and very quickly find its home in your waste basket. But there are a number of neat and innovative uses for toilet paper rolls that will cater to both artistic minds as well as people who want handy fixes to common household problems. The really cool thing about using cardboard rolls is that there will always be a continuous supply so you can let your creative juices flow. You may, at some point, have to explain to visitors to your home why there is an abundance of rolls all over your house.Take the paper rolls, acrylic paint with the color of your choice. Bend the ends inwards on both sides. Use a pretty ribbon and you have a lovely box.
You don’t have to wait for the weather to warm up to begin your gardening. Take a glass tray, cut the rolls and fill them with soil and seeds. Make sure you write on each paper what you are growing. Place near a window where there is a lot of sunlight.
Create beautiful mini piñatas with tissue paper, glue, scissors. Don’t forget the most important supply: the candies.
Use paper rolls and lint from your clothes dryer to create firestarters.
Make sure you take time saving rolls. Cut them in various sizes from 2″ to 1/4″ and lay them on the floor creating the desired design. Hot glue all the parts together. Once ready, take the piece outside and spray paint. Choose a couple of rolls randomly to color differently for contrast. Hang up and enjoy.
Take a butter knife and spread peanut butter on the cardboard. Roll it on to the bird seed and let it hardened. Place it on a tree branch and wait for the birds to feast.
Make the shape of the heart by glueing it. Spray paint and hang it with pretty thread for a romantic room.
What a great way to keep the abundance of cords organized.
The tools are very much the same as above. Choose the design you want and let your hands do the rest of the job.
Cut the rolls in half. Glue fabric to the cardboard. Use a glue gun to add beads and string.
Paint the paper rolls in white. Whole punch in two different sizes, line the inside with different color tissue papers. Use Christmas lights and hang for a gorgeous display.
Use a wooden box to place the glued rolls in. Put the cars in the rolls and display with pride.
Electric tea lights is held by paper rolls painted in black. To get the melting wax look, just use a glue gun to create the effect.
Using scissors, cut slits halfway down the roll. Take three different paint colors and have kids dip their rolls in to the paint. They will stamp gorgeous and colorful fireworks.
Four rolls make one design glued together. Spray paint and wrap around the mirror.
Decorate the outside with whatever design you want. Fill it with confetti, cut a balloon in half to tie. Close the other end with the balloon as well. Pull from the balloon tie and let the confetti fly.
The tree trunks are made from paper bags dipped in water and twisted. Use the rolls as leaves.
Felt sheets create whimsical fairy houses .
Take your design skills to the next level by making a gorgeous and colorful peacock.
Take an old shoe box and decorate it. Place the paper rolls inside to organize your pencils, markers, crayons.
Take a toilet paper roll, dip in black paint and stamp it over paper. Let it dry, and paint inside in different colors.
Make your own spring flowers with paper rolls, glue and bamboo skewers.
A lot of the long paper rolls will be required to build this fun playhouse. After building it, your kids will think you are by far the coolest parent.
