Crafting with toilet paper rolls for Christmas: inexpensive and fun ideas for your children

Homemade Christmas ornaments are a joy for children and adults. You can make Christmas decorations from a variety of materials. How can you make crafts with toilet paper rolls for Christmas, we give some interesting ideas.

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Here we show you simple ideas that save money but are beautiful and will delight your children this Christmas. Try making these cute characters with your little ones and decorate your home with them!

Make your own Christmas reindeer out of toilet roll and yarn

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Children love Santa's reindeer. It's very simple, reindeerto make your own, namely, with only a few materials.

Materials required:

  • toilet paper roll
  • Yarn in brown and different colors as desired
  • Goggle-eyed
  • small branches
  • burp Pompon
  • adhesive
  • Scissors
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How to make the cute reindeer yourself:

  • Take the toilet paper roll and start wrapping it with brown yarn. Tighten it well to prevent it from coming loose and falling. Tie the two ends of the yarn tightly together from the back to complete the wrap.
  • Glue the goggle eyes and the red pompom as a nose onto the reindeer's face.
  • Now start making the horns by wrapping the branches with the colored yarn of your choice. Insert the horns into the toilet roll and attach them to both sides. It's so easy to make toilet roll crafts for Christmas and the children will definitely be fascinated.

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Christmas cannot exist without the Christmas tree. SimpleChristmas trees with toilet paper rollsDIY using these instructions.

What you need:

  • Toilet paper rolls
  • Watercolors
  • Paint brush
  • Scissors
  • Colored pencils

Instructions for making a Christmas tree yourself:

  • Collect as many toilet paper rolls as you need if you have multipleMake Christmas treeswant.
  • First color the paper rolls green.
  • Set the painted paper rolls aside until the paint dries thoroughly.
  • Use a pencil to draw the Christmas tree on the paper roll, leaving about an inch free at the base so the tree can stand better.
  • Smooth out the roll. Then cut out the Christmas tree shape from the toilet paper roll. Be careful not to cut through the sides of the roll as it needs to be joined.
  • Now comes the best part: it's time to decorate the trees. Use colorful pens to draw garland and ornaments on the Christmas trees. You can paint Christmas ornaments in different shapes and colors.

Fun craft idea: Let's not forget Santa Claus

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You can make a simple and fun project by making a Santa Claus out of toilet paper roll.

Materials:

  • toilet paper roll
  • Red color
  • Brown foam paper
  • Black foam paper
  • Yellow foam paper
  • Red felt paper
  • White felt paper
  • Roter Pom Pom
  • Two goggle eyes
  • Glue
  • Scissors
  • Paint brush

Instructions:

  • Paint the toilet paper roll with red paint. Set them aside to dry.
  • Cut a circle out of the light brown foam paper. This will be used for Santa's face.
  • Cut out a beard from the white felt paper.
  • Attach Santa's face with glue by attaching the white felt beard, the red pom-pom for the nose, and two googly eyes.
  • While the face dries, make the hat. Cut out a triangular shape for the hat from the red felt paper. Once you have the triangle cut out, cut out a ball and a strip with rounded, puffy edges from the white felt paper. These are the border and ball of Santa's hat. Now glue the white hat parts onto the red triangle.
  • Now glue the hat to the top of Santa's face and then glue the entire face and hat to the top of the red toilet paper roll.
  • The last thing we need to do is make Santa's belt. Cut a thin strip from the foam paper. Make sure it is long enough to wrap around the toilet paper roll. Now cut out a small square from the yellow foam paper for the belt buckle.

How to make Advent calendars out of toilet rolls

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Children will definitely be happy to have oneHave a homemade Advent calendar. Make this colorful Advent calendar with your little ones and give them a treat this Christmas!

Materials:

  • Toilet paper rolls
  • green and brown color
  • red poster paper
  • Hot glue gun
  • Pencil
  • White glue
  • Scissors
  • Glue stick
  • small gifts for the Advent calendar
  • Ribbon
  • paper cutter
  • Christmas stickers

Directions:

  • Paint the paper rolls with green paint and some with brown paint for the bottom row as a tree stump. Place the paper rolls together to form the outline of a Christmas tree and tape them together.
  • Trace the paper rolls onto the red poster paper.
  • Once the front and back walls are secured and glued together after inserting the gifts, stick the individual rolls of paper with the data on them.
  • Small gifts such as sweets or personally written letters fit into this Advent calendar.

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