Have you ever wondered how many useful and necessary things you throw in the trash? But they can be used for other purposes, which means that you are recycling. Accordingly, you will throw away less garbage, pollute our planet less, which means you care about the environment. A toilet paper roll is one such item that often ends up at the bottom of the trash can. But you can’t even imagine how many useful things can be made from bushings. CorgIT.xyz has collected here the best life hacks with a toilet paper roll.
Are you wondering why toilet paper rolls have become the subject of today's life hacks? Because this is one of the few things that billions of people use regularly.
The first thing we'll start with is the use of bushings for gadgets and their accessories.
Smartphone stand
The sleeve will also make an excellent base for a stand. In this case, you only need scissors. But if you plan to make a long-lasting stand for yourself rather than a temporary option, it would be better to decorate it with something, such as wrapping paper.
Smartphone tripod
Portable speaker
In the summer, McDonald's held a promotion where, along with a cardboard drink stand, customers purchased a portable speaker for their smartphone. A portable speaker for a smartphone based on a toilet paper roll, somewhat similar to it. To make your own speaker, you will need one bushing, two disposable cups and glue. The cardboard roller will act as a stand, and the cups will act as amplifiers.
Container for cables, wires, cords and headphones
For those who have a lot of different gadgets at home, there are also a lot of different cables and cords from them, which are constantly getting tangled, lying around the house and eventually getting lost. Cardboard cores make great containers to help sort them. The appearance of these containers depends only on you; the sleeves can remain as is or turn into a bright accessory in which it is not possible to recognize the former toilet paper sleeve.
Organizer for cords and cables
This will require using a lot of toilet paper and a lot of glue.
Little Mermaids
You will need: 2 toilet rolls, colored paper, scissors, paints, glue, markers and glitter.
Master Class
- Paint the bushings a tan beige color.
- Draw a face for the little mermaids.
- Cut out of colored paper: strips for hair, blanks for a bra, a skirt, a starfish to decorate the head and a mermaid tail, as shown in the image.
- Curl the hair strips using a felt-tip pen.
- Glue the cut pieces to the bushings.
- Decorate the mermaid's tail with glitter.
Mermaids made from bushings are ready!
Christmas tree made from toilet paper rolls
- The bushings are the same size (the number depends on the size of the future tree).
- Green and brown paint.
- Glue or glue gun.
- Decor.
Herringbone
Paint the bushings green. Make several bushings brown - this will be the trunk. Start assembling the tree by gluing the side parts of the cylinders together using glue. Decorate the Christmas tree with different toys.
Christmas tree in the form of a spiral.
The simplest Christmas tree will be a craft in the shape of a spiral. You can make a lot of them and decorate the New Year's table. Color the cylinder green. Cut it carefully with scissors in a spiral. Twist the spiral and place it under a book press for 45 minutes. Then decorate with sparkles and beads.
Spirals
Organizer for rubber bands
You will need: a sleeve, fabric, a glue gun, a plastic cap with the diameter of the sleeve, 4 push pins.
Master Class
- Cover the sleeve with fabric, leaving one circle open.
- Cut out a circle of fabric and glue it onto the plastic lid.
- Insert 4 push pins as legs to make the organizer stable.
The organizer for rubber bands from the sleeve is ready!
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Organizer for pencils and markers made from toilet paper rolls
Before assembling the organizer, each element must be decorated. This can be done in different ways:
- Use acrylic paints to paint the details.
- Decorate using decoupage technique.
- Cover with bright paper.
- Cover with burlap, decorative fabric, lace, and ribbons.
- Decorate with buttons.
- Wrap with silk ribbons or twine.
- Decorate with tape with different patterns.
The easiest way is to take a shoebox and insert the cylinders tightly into it. Now place various little things there. Ready! More complex designs also exist.
Practical
You can make an organizer in the shape of a cup. To do this, you will need thick threads of different colors and decor in the form of buttons, leaves and felt circles. Cover the bottom of the cup with round cardboard. Wrap the threads around the cylinder. Collect a flower from felt blanks, decorate it with a button and glue it to the cup.
Bushings, which we use in the form of cups for seedlings, are also an excellent solution for gardeners. Using a sleeve on the fabric you can make a pattern of an even round shape. In this case, you just need to dip the sleeve in fabric paint and that’s it.
Hare binoculars
You will need: 2 bushings, cotton wool, glue, thick mega-fluffy chenille wire, pink pompom.
Master Class
- Glue the 2 bushings together.
- Roll out many cotton balls of approximately the same size.
- Glue cotton balls onto the sleeves.
- Form the bunny's ears out of fluffy wire, then glue them on.
- Glue a pink pom pom between the sleeves as a spout.
The hare binoculars made from bushings are ready! I recommend watching this video!
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
You will need: 2 bushings (for one turtle), scissors, glue, clothespins, black marker, green and yellow paints, painting sponge, colored paper, decorative eyes.
Master Class
- Cut strips of colored paper and make a belt as shown in the image.
- Cut out a strip of colored paper that will later become a blindfold.
- Cut off part of the sleeve, shortening it slightly, then cut off the corners and shape it into a shell.
- Paint the front side of the shell yellow and the back side green.
- Draw abs cubes with a black marker on the yellow side and diamond shapes on the green side.
- Vertically cut off part of the sleeve, glue the edges to make the sleeve narrower, then secure with clothespins until completely dry.
- Remove the clothespins and paint them green.
- Apply glue to the inside of the shell and glue the narrow sleeve.
- Cut out a blindfold from colored paper and glue it on, securing it with a clothespin.
- Glue the belt.
- Make and attach the head as shown in the image.
- Glue on the turtle's eyes.
- Make a whole team of Ninja Turtles the same way.
Ninja Turtles made from bushings are ready!
Llamas
You will need: bushings, colored cardboard, scissors, glue, paints, brush, black marker or felt-tip pen.
Master Class
- Paint the bushing with red paint and wait until it dries.
- Paint the rug with white paint and leave to dry.
- Draw the body and legs of the llama on red cardstock, then cut them out. For the toy to be stable, the legs must be in a U shape.
- Draw eyes and other small details with a black marker as shown in the image.
- Make a cut on the body of the llama and glue it to the sleeve.
- Glue the tabs to the bottom of the sleeve.
- Make llamas of different colors in the same way.
The bushing llamas are ready!
Owl box made from toilet paper rolls
Fold both ends of the cylinder into a crescent shape. Cover the box with decorative paper. For the eyes, cut out 3 circles of different diameters. Small black, medium pink and large white. Glue all 3 circles. Make oval wings from brown cardstock. The feathers will be yellow circles. Also cut out the beak and legs. Assemble everything on the box, securing it with glue.
Owl
Unicorn
You will need: a sleeve, colored paper, scissors, glue, glitter and colored cardboard, rainbow colored yarn, black marker, pink lipstick or pink pencil.
Master Class
- Cover the sleeve with colored paper.
- Wrap different colors of yarn around 3-4 fingers, then cut and shape into a mane and tail.
- Glue the mane and tail to the sleeve.
- Cut a triangle out of glitter cardstock and glue it on as a horn.
- Make ears from triangles of different colors and sizes, as shown in the photo.
- Glue the ears next to the horn.
- Draw eyes and eyelashes with a black marker.
- Draw on the cheeks with pink fondant.
The unicorn from the sleeve is ready!
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Elves made from toilet paper rolls
- Colored paper in green, yellow, black colors.
- Glue
- Marker.
- Bushings
Elf
First we make clothes for the elf. Cut out a rectangle and a triangle for the hat from green paper. Glue the rectangle to the base with a gun - this will be a blouse. Gather the triangle into a cone and decorate with a yellow stripe. We've got a hat. You can embroider snowflakes on the cap. Make a belt from a black strip and decorate it with a yellow buckle. Assemble all the elements onto the base using glue.
The cheerful elf is ready!
Dog puppet
You will need: 3 bushings, a simple pencil, scissors, soft wire, rope, decorative eyes, colored paper, glue gun, wine cork, 2 wooden sticks, paints, a brush, a piece of foam.
Master Class
- Paint the 3 bushings brown and leave to dry.
- Draw 10 small circles and 2 larger circles on construction paper, then cut them out.
- Take the bushing and make 4 holes for the paws.
- Glue 10 circles onto the sleeve.
- Prepare 2 pieces of rope and thread them through the paw holes as shown in the image.
- Make 2 more holes opposite the paws and thread the rope.
- Take the second sleeve, cut off the third piece and set it aside.
- Make the dog's head: Take a large piece of the cut sleeve and make 2 holes in the top opposite each other.
- Measure the distance where the head will be, tie a knot and attach the head by threading a rope.
- Wrap 2 wooden sticks with soft wire and connect them together to form a cross.
- Glue the cross to the ropes.
- Glue 2 blue circles and decorative eyes on top of them.
- Cut ears from the third sleeve and glue them on.
- Glue on a small piece of foam for the nose.
- Screw in the small piece of sleeve that you cut off earlier and glue it in as a tongue.
- Cut the wine cork into 4 parts, make a hole in the center, paint it black and wait for it to dry.
- Attach cork blanks as paws by threading ropes through the holes and securing with knots.
The puppet made from bushings is ready!
Rainbow
You will need: a sleeve, white paper, corrugated paper in rainbow colors, scissors, glue, hole punch, rope, blue paint, brush, black marker, pink pencil.
Master Class
- Paint the bushing blue and leave to dry.
- Punch 2 holes opposite each other with a hole punch.
- Thread the string through the hole and tie a knot.
- Cut out a cloud from white paper.
- Draw eyes, eyelashes and a mouth on the cloud with a black marker.
- Highlight the cheeks of the cloud with a pink pencil.
- Glue the cloud to the sleeve.
- Cut the corrugated paper into strips.
- Glue rainbow stripes to the inside of the sleeve.
The rainbow from the sleeve is ready!
Unusual crafts-houses
It’s easy to get ideas for making and decorating homemade crafts by studying photos of house crafts on the Internet.
- You can make Baba Yaga’s entertaining house from small twigs or pebbles. By using moss, reeds and dry grass for decoration, it is easy to create a unique product.
- It’s easy to make a house from polystyrene foam, polyurethane foam, plywood, leftover laminate or chipboard. It’s easy to make templates yourself or find suitable ones on the Internet.
- The house can be sewn from fabric, equipped with additional fasteners.
- Spectacular crafts are obtained by decorating cardboard bases with various natural materials.
Sweet monsters
You will need: bushings, paints, sponges or brushes, regular and curly scissors, glue gun, black marker, decorative eyes, multi-colored tape, soft wire, bags of candy, ribbons.
Master Class
- Use your imagination and decide on the type of monsters.
- Take the bushings and cut out the mouth holes and the shaped edge of the head.
- Paint the bushings bright colors and leave to dry.
- Glue soft wire and decorative eyes.
- Decorate the monsters with strips of tape.
- Place a bag of candy inside each sleeve and tie with a ribbon.
Candy monsters made from bushings are ready! I recommend watching the video: how to make a miniature watermelon box)
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Bee
You will need: sleeve, colored paper, scissors, glue, black marker, self-adhesive eyes.
Master Class
- Cover the sleeve with yellow paper.
- Cut strips of black paper, then glue them on.
- Cut out the wings from blue paper, then glue them on.
- Attach self-adhesive eyes and draw a mouth with a marker.
- Glue 2 black stripes to the top of the sleeve.
The bee from the sleeve is ready!
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Octopus
You will need: sleeve, orange paper, felt-tip pen, glue, scissors, self-adhesive eyes.
Master Class
- Cut 8 strips of the same size from orange paper.
- Twist them using a felt-tip pen.
- Cover the sleeve with orange paper.
- Glue the twisted strips inside the sleeve around the circumference.
- Glue the eyes and draw a smile on the octopus.
The octopus from the sleeve is ready!
Superheroes
This one is more suitable for boys. They can create their own heroes from cardboard. Here's what we need: cardboard tubes (taken from toilet paper), colorful paper, straws (for juice), they will make wonderful swords, and most of all we need the baby's interest.
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Organizer for office supplies
You will need: bushings, plastic board, colored paper, scissors, glue, rhinestones.
Master Class
- Place the sleeves on the plastic board the way you want the organizer to look.
- Cut the length of some bushings.
- Cover the bushings with colored paper.
- Decorate each sleeve to your taste by gluing rhinestones.
- Glue the sleeves to a plastic board to form an organizer.
- Fill your organizer with office supplies.
The stationery organizer made from a sleeve is ready! I recommend watching this video!
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Napkin ring made from toilet paper rolls
Very expensive restaurants use napkin rings for each guest during table setting. To make guests who come to your home feel like they are in an expensive restaurant, you can make such elements yourself.
Decoration
- To do this, you need to cut the roller in half and decorate it with burlap, beads, and lace.
- You can also wrap it around the entire diameter with lace and decorate it with beautiful decorative flowers.
Toilet paper cylinders can be decorated in any style, it all depends on your imagination and skill. Handmade Christmas decorations can significantly save your family budget. This is a very simple job, and the result will exceed all your expectations and will delight your family and guests.
Christmas tree
You will need: toilet paper or paper towel rolls, scissors, glue gun, paint, sponge, decorative elements - shiny ribbon, rhinestones, sequins...
Master Class
- Cut the bushings as shown in Image 1.
- Paint 4 blanks with green paint and the bottom part with brown. Then leave to dry.
- Glue the blanks together to form a Christmas tree.
- Cut the ribbon into pieces and glue them in a zigzag pattern to the tree.
- Glue sequins and rhinestones.
The Christmas tree made from bushings is ready!
Snowflakes for the New Year from toilet paper rolls
- Cylinders (pre-cut them into 32 pieces).
- Thermal gun.
- Water-based paint.
- Glitter.
Snowflake
Squeeze the pieces at both ends to form a leaf. Create a snowflake shape and glue all the elements together with glue. You can decorate them with sparkles or sequins
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Snowmen
You will need: bushings, felt, glue gun, paints, sponge, decorative eyes, soft wire, buttons, glitter, orange tic-tac, glitter balls.
Master Class
- Paint the bushings with white paint and leave to dry.
- Glue on 3 buttons, eyes and an orange tic-tac for the nose.
- Cut a strip of felt and glue it as a scarf.
- Form a U from soft wire and glue glitter balls as headphones.
- Apply glitter precisely to create a smile.
- Make each snowman unique.
Snowmen made from bushings are ready!
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For animals
We can also come up with something for our smaller “brothers.”
Using large cardboard tubes, you can make a house, a scratching post, and a play complex for your cat.
If you have a rodent, then you can build a labyrinth for it. And even if you just put a few straws in the cage, the rodents will be delighted. Such tubes remind them of minks, and they can be chewed
