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Cardboard Tube Crafts – Easy, Fun, Cheap. Perfect!

April 20, 2012

As some of you know, I love love love crafting with cardboard tubes – also known as “loo rolls” here in the UK and have a great selection of Easy Toilet Paper Roll Crafts for kids for you to browse – 12 of which I am sharing here with you today! It is one of those materials that “everyone has”, is free and is there in abundance. So I thought I would do a quick round up of Loo Roll crafts you can find here on Red Ted Art! Long live the loo roll!

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Cardboard Tube Crafts for Kids

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1. Robot

2. Loo Roll Zoo inspired by “Who is Hiding”

3. Pirates inspired by “The Troll”

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4. Castles & Men

5. Crowns for Prince & Princesses

6. Friendly Monsters 

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Marionettes!
7. Giraffes

8. Birds

9. Victor van Krumm Dog

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10. Watch

11. Owl 

12. And finally, I give you – Captain Jack Sparrow!

Over 10 Fabulous Cardboard Tube Craft Ideas

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We love you, TP roll!

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Filed Under: Get Crafty, Loo Rolls, Recycling 35 Comments

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  1. Suzy says

    April 20, 2012 at 8:01 am

    Love the Castle and the men 🙂

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  2. Red Ted Art says

    April 20, 2012 at 9:07 am

    Thank you 🙂 we had great fun playing with those!!!

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  3. Jen@Plain Vanilla Mom says

    April 20, 2012 at 11:26 am

    Nice list! I’m always looking for new ideas for TP rolls 🙂

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  4. JDaniel4's Mom says

    April 20, 2012 at 11:43 am

    What fun! I love them!

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  5. Hannah says

    April 20, 2012 at 12:16 pm

    Oh my goodness the Watch for W week and Jack Sparrow looks just like him haha Come visit my blog!

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    • Red Ted Art says

      April 20, 2012 at 12:27 pm

      @Hannah aaah thanks!! And yes, will come and visit!

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  6. Red Ted Art says

    April 20, 2012 at 12:22 pm

    Thank you!

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  7. Gina (aka East Coast Mommy) says

    April 20, 2012 at 12:56 pm

    Captain Jack Sparrow is adorable! My boys would love this. 🙂

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  8. Cindy deRosier says

    April 20, 2012 at 1:34 pm

    I love your ideas. They’re so cute! The monsters and the pirate are my favorites. I make a ton of things from toilet paper rolls- nothing beats free when it comes to craft materials!

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  9. Pinkoddy says

    April 20, 2012 at 2:30 pm

    Oh they are fab. Think I will have to make some of those.

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  10. Bella says

    April 20, 2012 at 3:08 pm

    So cute and fun! I love the pirates 🙂

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  11. ArtsyCraftsyMom says

    April 20, 2012 at 5:31 pm

    We made toilet roll owls, butterfly & bunnies…. Taking pics today 🙂

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  12. Didi says

    April 20, 2012 at 6:15 pm

    This is a great list, and the round-up made my day. The monsters and robot are my favorite. 🙂

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  13. The Monko says

    April 20, 2012 at 10:05 pm

    What a great round up of TP roll ideas. I’m always wondering what to do with mine, and loath to throw them out. Thanks for sharing this on Kids Co-op

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  14. Amy says

    April 20, 2012 at 10:31 pm

    I love this idea thankyou. Just started an up-cycle project and this will be brill for it.

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  15. Kelly Wiffin says

    April 24, 2012 at 1:09 pm

    Fantastic ideas! I will have to save all our toilet roll tubes now!

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    • Red Ted Art says

      April 24, 2012 at 1:54 pm

      Hooray for Loo Rolls!

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  16. Rose :: Fine Craft Guild .com says

    April 24, 2012 at 6:45 pm

    100% adorable.

    if you want to share these kinds of things with us in future linky parties, we would love it. a new party will open tomorrow on our blog, http://www.finecraftguild.com/party/

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  17. Lisa Jay says

    April 27, 2012 at 2:08 pm

    This is a great list. The cardboard tp roll is one item no one will ever not have, so it’s great to have craft ideas ready to go.

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    • Red Ted Art says

      April 27, 2012 at 2:21 pm

      YAY! And so pleased we are in TP Roll love agreement!!! 🙂

      Reply
  18. Elaine says

    June 11, 2012 at 11:40 am

    Great list of things to do with toilet rolls – just what we need in this horrible weather!

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  19. Red Ted Art says

    June 11, 2012 at 12:04 pm

    Agreed! This rain is crazy!!!

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  20. Susanne@babyhuddle says

    September 26, 2012 at 9:05 am

    I KNEW I could count on you for some fab toilet roll crafts!! Brill ideas 🙂

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  21. melinda says

    January 25, 2013 at 1:03 pm

    Love these!
    I did my own toilet paper roll gift box craft, check it out here http://lookwhatmomfound.com/2013/01/toilet-paper-roll-gift-box-craft.html

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    • Red Ted Art says

      January 25, 2013 at 1:31 pm

      Ooh yes, I love those little loo roll gift boxes.

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  22. Beadzoid says

    February 24, 2013 at 11:29 pm

    Castles and men!!!! It’s got to be done. Wonderful ideas.

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  23. MyKidsGuide says

    October 1, 2013 at 9:17 pm

    These are such cute ideas! I was just thinking today as I threw out an empty roll “I should start saving these again for crafts.” Thanks for the ideas!

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  24. Diane Mancini says

    November 5, 2017 at 12:35 am

    Can u show me how to make a turkey out of toilet rolls thank you
    Going to try and make your reindeer live your ideas

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    • Red Ted Art says

      November 5, 2017 at 7:14 pm

      There are some great ideas here for you?! https://www.redtedart.com/20-turkey-crafts-for-thanksgiving/

      Reply

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