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Published: Mar 18, 2014 · Modified: Aug 15, 2022 by Birute Efe · This post may contain affiliate links · 5 Comments

What to Make With Toilet Paper Rolls

toilet paper roll crafts
what to make with toilet paper rolls
Paper roll craft for kids.

If you have been reading my blog for a little bit you would know that I am a big fan of crafting and creating activities using stuff around the house. Upcycling the recycled items bring me a lot of joy. Yeah, I know I am weird.

I am thankful that I finally got my family on board (OK, I will be honest, they were well trained) about collecting everything. Including toilet paper rolls. Or you can call them cardboard tubes. (It does sound nicer, doesn't it?)

So if you are a little like me and have quite few toilet paper rolls/cardboard tubes you might be wondering:

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What to make with toilet paper rolls

There are many many things, crafts and activities that involve toilet paper rolls. However, today I decide to share our recent Toilet Paper Roll Activity.

What to do with cardboard tubes poster.

It's simply building, stacking, designing and of course tearing it down. Sofia built a castle, a bridge, a house, a fence, a road and a tower. The possibilities are endless.

I loved watching my daughter stacking those rolls. She showed her big patience, motor skills and some determination (especially after the castle has collapsed numerous times).

3 images of making cardboard tube craft.
cardboard tubes craft.

Toilet paper rolls work like blocks. They are stack-able, but not too much to be very easy to do. It needs quite a steady hand, some planning ahead (since some rolls were different lengths). It can a good quite time activity. It's a simple activity, but it sure did occupy my preschooler for quite a while. And all I did, was just throw some toilet paper rolls on the floor and told her 2 inspiring words: "Build Something".

For more ideas about what to make with toilet paper rolls check out my Pinterest Board. I am constantly collecting THE MOST original and practical uses for toilet paper rolls.

This post was written as a part of series I am participating in.  It's called Project: Recycle & Create, where every month a group of bloggers create and share crafts and activities they did by recycling, upcycling, reusing materials. This month's theme is toilet paper rolls/cardboard tubes.

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  1. Theres Just One Mommy says

    March 20, 2014 at 1:03 pm

    Never thought of building with them! We have used them for tons of crafts.... Going to pin this to my cardboard tube board!

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    • Birute Efe says

      March 20, 2014 at 2:02 pm

      Thanks. We have done a tone of those crafts too, so this one was a nice break and actually a fun activity

      Reply
  2. Emma @ P is for Preschooler says

    March 20, 2014 at 6:13 pm

    This sounds like a great challenge! I love the idea of building with the cardboard rolls!

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    • Claudia says

      November 06, 2016 at 7:58 pm

      That is a great idea for all of the cardboard rolls

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  3. Randy Chorvack says

    September 23, 2019 at 5:11 pm

    I like how you said that toilet paper rolls aren't too easy to stack. That way my daughter will see it as a challenge rather than a child's craft. I have tons of empty tubes so I'll have to see if my daughter wants to build some castles with me.

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