15 ideas to creatively recycle toilet paper rolls

Over the course of a year, every family finds themselves throwing dozens and dozens of exhausted rolls of toilet paper. It might be interesting to try to keep as many as possible to put into practice different creative ideas with which to entertain your children or to try to use them by finding useful solutions to tidy up your home thanks to them.



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Each family over the course of a year finds themselves throwing dozens and dozens of rolls out of stock di toilet paper. It might be interesting to try and save as many as possible for put different creative ideas into practice with which to entertain your children or to try to use them by finding useful solutions to restore order in your home thanks to them.



We offer you some ideas for their reuse and look forward to hearing about yours.

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Building a miniserra

15 ideas to creatively recycle toilet paper rolls

With the toilet paper rolls and a resealable transparent plastic tray, like those that often accompany the fruit and vegetables on sale in supermarkets, it is possible to create a mini greenhouse for apartments to grow your plants even during the cold season. To build it, just follow the step by step our instructions and the images that accompany them. This will allow you to easily give new life to what would otherwise have become waste.

Making miniature sculptures

15 ideas to creatively recycle toilet paper rolls

If you are feeling particularly artistic and creative, you can imitate the one who has undertaken to create small sculptures in paper and cardboard inside the cardboard rolls of toilet paper. The silhouettes of objects and characters por to recreate real realistic or fantasy skits.

Remove the electrical cables

15 ideas to creatively recycle toilet paper rolls

One of the possible reuse of toilet paper rolls it concerns the electrical cables, which can be rolled up so that they can be inserted inside the tubes and be easily collected and cataloged. A similar use also applies to ropes or cables of other types, such as icavi for connecting printers or scanners. It can also be useful to use them to roll up the cable of the hair dryer, blender or other appliances, so that they can be inserted more comfortably in their drawers, boxes or doors.


For the table in piega

Those with long hair can use toilet paper rolls in replacement of large curlers to carry out the styling called “Swedish”, a technique that allows you to obtain straight and tidy hair without using the straightener. The Swedish fold can be done starting from the hair that is still damp, but after having dried it well with a towel. To stop the rolls better, spring pins can be used. Here is an explanatory image:


15 ideas to creatively recycle toilet paper rolls

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Pick up the shoelaces

Toilet paper rolls are also a great way to retract your shoelaces so they don't twist and not knot and so that they are ready to be used comfortably when needed. Each lace can be repeatedly passed from one side of the roll to the other making it adhere to its walls. Otherwise the laces can be rolled up on themselves and inserted into the rolls so that they are not lost.

In your suitcase

15 ideas to creatively recycle toilet paper rolls

In the suitcase the toilet paper rolls can be chosen as an ideal container for socks or other linen, so you can take advantage of every space inside your suitcase. They can also be used to store inside them fragile objects that need to be protected while traveling. Inside them, polystyrene or cotton wool can be added to cushion the blows.

Napkin holder

The toilet paper cardboard rolls can be painted and decorated to be used at the table as napkin holders for cloth napkins. They can also help you not to iron the napkins that you usually use. In fact, you can try to fold them, roll them up and insert them inside the rolls to obtain a comfortable "automatic" ironing.


Store your shopping bags

Whether in canvas, plastic or biodegradable materials, i shopping bags they can be folded back on themselves and placed inside the toilet paper rolls, so that they can be stored put away in a more orderly way in the kitchen drawers or in the spaces of your car, so that you always have them at hand in case of need.


Pencil holder

15 ideas to creatively recycle toilet paper rolls

One of the simplest and most immediate ideas for reusing toilet paper rolls is the imfold them to make table or desk pencil holders. All you have to do is glue them onto a base of resistant recycled cardboard, cover them with wrapping paper, newspaper or tissue paper, or paint or color them as you wish.

Paper animals

Cardboard rolls of toilet paper make up the ideal base material for building beautiful animals con which to entertain the little ones. In this way you can give life to frogs, bees, teddy bears, squirrels, owls and much more. Try to take an example from the images in these tutorials:

15 ideas to creatively recycle toilet paper rolls

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Heart shaped stencils

15 ideas to creatively recycle toilet paper rolls

Here is an activity that will certainly be loved by your children. To make a heart-shaped stencil starting from a roll of toilet paper, just shape it with your hands so that the shape of its mouth to be circular becomes ever closer to that of a heart. After that it will be enough dip them in tempera colors and use it just as if it were a stamp. The heart shape can be maintained by wrapping the cardboard tube with adhesive tape.

Archive and transport documents

Important documents, certificates or diplomas can be archived or transported more easily if they are rolled up carefully and inserted into a roll of cardboard just like those of toilet paper. This operation will ensure that no wrinkles are formed and the sheets do not crease.

Remove the hair ties

15 ideas to creatively recycle toilet paper rolls

If you want to put order in your beauty or bathroom drawer, try to gather all yours hair ties, to divide them by color or size and to use a roll of toilet paper around which to arrange them one after the other. This alternative can also be considered useful for i common rubber bands.

Musical instruments

Toilet paper rolls can be used for making musical instruments or maracas for the little ones. In order for the maracas to produce their own sound, you can fill them using pebbles, buttons, rice grains, seeds or dried legumes. You can close them on the sides using cardboard, perhaps made from another roll of toilet paper. Watch the following video to learn how to make a musical instrument called "Kazoo":

Bracelets

15 ideas to creatively recycle toilet paper rolls

The round shape of the toilet paper rolls makes them great for making bracelets for children, which can be painted, or covered with fabric and decorated by sewing ribbons, buttons or beads on them. Numerous bracelets can be obtained from a single roll, depending on the thickness you choose.

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