DIY Paper Flowers Made Out of Toilet Paper Rolls

Learn how to make three types of easy, beautiful DIY paper flowers out of recycled toilet paper rolls in this craft tutorial.

Take one toilet paper tube and press it flat.
This takes the usual circle shape of the tube and makes it eye-shaped, and ready for making petals!
Using scissors, cut the flattened toilet paper roll into equal sections.
It doesn't matter how thick you cut the sections; you just want to make sure they are all roughly equally thick.
These sections are about ¾" wide.
Put hot glue at the base of one petal - (one flattened section of the toilet paper roll.)
Press another petal to it and hold until the glue dries.
Continue hot gluing petals onto the flower until you've completed your 5-petal flower.
If you want to, you can hot glue a felt ball to the center of the flower to add a little color. Or you can leave it rustic!

Fold one section of a toilet paper tube in half, pinching along the fold to crease it.
Open it back up and put a dab of hot glue down near the crease of the fold.
Fold it again and pinch where the glue is until dry.
Once the glue is dry, you can press down on the top and bottom to "fluff" the double leaf shape open.
Repeat the same folding, gluing, and fluffing process on all of the sections of the toilet paper tube.
When you're done, you should have at least 5 double-leaf shapes.
Put hot glue at the base of one petal, and press a second one to it. Let dry.
Continue gluing the sections together until you have a 5-petal flower.

Cut a toilet paper tube open, into a rectangle.
Round the four corners.
Starting on the outside edge of the toilet paper tube rectangle, cut a spiral in toward the center.
Beginning in the center of the spiral, slowly rotate the cardboard in a circle into a rosette shape, hot gluing every centimeter or so to anchor as you go.
Keep turning the rosette and gluing along the way.
Once you reach the end of the cardboard spiral, make sure it's glued well enough to secure it. You don't want it to start to unravel.
You can hold it in place while the glue dries, or use a clothespin like I did to keep it secure until it's dry.
Once the rolled rosette is dry, you're finished!

You can also use the cardboard tubes from paper towel rolls for these flowers!
This is a great kids' craft because it only uses a few supplies and as long as a child is able to use a hot glue gun, they are qualified to make these flowers on their own! Pro Tip: Use silicone fingertip protectors to add another layer of safety when kids are using hot glue guns.
These flowers make gorgeous paper flower garlands if your mantel is looking for something new!