Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Toilet Roll: What to do with them

If you have strangely amassed a huge collection of toilet rolls and you don't have the slightest idea on what to do with them, please read on.

I vaguely remembered asking my husband to keep toilet rolls for my craftwork projects. As usual, I have forgotten about them.

My stash:
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I have always felt that it's a terrible waste to throw away such a versatile material - it's hard cardboard rolled up into a short tube.

Here are some (seemingly-not-so-difficult) toilet roll crafts that I think I'm gonna try out:

  1. Angels: http://spoonful.com/crafts/cardboard-tube-angel
  2. Owl: http://www.thecentsiblelife.com/2012/11/owl-paper-roll-craft/
  3. Penguin: http://www.lasmanualidades.com/6198/animales-de-tubos-de-carton-como-hacer-un-pingueino
  4. Despicable Me Minion: http://mollymoo.ie/toilet-roll-craft-make-a-minion/
  5. Octopus: http://fiskarscraft.typepad.com/my_weblog/2010/12/kids-crafting-octopus-puppet-difficulty-rating-beginner-designer-valerie-salmon-what-child-would-not-want-t.html
  6. Angel: http://spoonful.com/crafts/cardboard-tube-angel
  7. Bat: http://www.beadandcord.com/clipper/lora/diy-hallowen-crafts-13610/101183.html

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