Spring Toilet Paper Roll Crafts
Easy Projects for Preschoolers and Toddlers to Make on a Rainy Day
Jan 17, 2009
Perfect for Mother's Day, Easter and spring themes, these toilet paper roll crafts are simple and inexpensive for preschoolers and toddlers to make.
Celebrate the arrival of spring by cleaning out the craft supply cupboard and getting creative using craft supplies saved from the recycling bin. Along with toilet paper rolls set out buttons, ribbons, yarn, beads and scrap paper, and then let the children’s imaginations take over.
Toilet Paper Roll Napkin Rings
Materials:
- empty toilet paper rolls
- sequins, beads, seeds, lentils, buttons
- ribbon and raffia
- white glue
- Have an adult cut toilet paper or paper towel rolls into 1 inch sections. Give each child four sections to decorate as napkin rings.
- Let the kids glue ribbon and embellishments onto the napkin rings using white glue.
- Once the napkin rings are dry, wrap them in a small box or basket for a unique Mother’s Day gift.
Toilet Paper Roll Easter Bunny
Materials:
- white toilet paper roll
- markers
- white glue
- cotton ball
- googly eyes
- construction paper scraps
- Cut two one inch sections from the empty toilet paper roll. With one section sitting on the table with the opening facing up, glue the other section next to it with the opening facing horizontally.
- On the section that has the hole going horizontally, glue a nose and two ears cut from scrap paper to make the bunny’s face. Let the kids draw whiskers and a mouth using markers.
- Glue two googly eyes on the head and attach a cotton ball on the body section of the toilet paper roll for a tail.
Toilet Paper Roll Binoculars
Materials:
- two empty toilet paper rolls
- masking tape
- yarn or twine
- paint, stickers, stamps, markers
- Give each child two empty toilet paper rolls and help them tape the rolls together side by side to make the binoculars.
- At one end of the binoculars punch a hole on each side and tie yarn through each hole to make a neck strap.
- Let the kids decorate their binoculars using paint, stickers and stamps.
Making spring crafts using recycled materials such as toilet paper rolls is an easy and cheap way to let preschoolers and toddlers explore their imaginations on a rainy day. For more craft ideas using toilet paper rolls read Summer Toilet Paper Roll Crafts and Fall Toilet Paper Roll Crafts.
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