How to Make Toilet Paper Flower Ornaments
Learn how to take old toilet paper cardboard tubes and make recycled DIY toilet paper roll flower ornaments with them! You can make a large version and a smaller version, and even string multiple flowers together to make a pretty upcycled garland!
Materials
- Toilet Paper Tubes
- Scissors
- Hot Glue Gun and Glue
- Single Hole Punch
- Twine
Instructions
- Learn how to take old toilet paper cardboard tubes and make recycled DIY toilet paper roll flower ornaments with them! You can make a large version and a smaller version, and even string multiple flowers together to make a pretty upcycled garland!
- These sections of toilet paper tubes are going to be the flower petals.
- Begin by putting a dab of hot glue near one end of a petal.
- Line another petal up to the first and pinch the ends together until the glue dries.
- Repeat this same procedure for as many flower petals as you want your flower to have.The flower in this photo has 6 cardboard petals.
- You can glue more petals together than the 6 we showed previously.This flower has 10 petals.
- The toilet paper flower in the photo below has 14 paper petals.As you can see, the number of petals changes the look of the flower.
- If you want to make a smaller version of the petal flower flower, cut sections of toilet paper rolls like you did in steps 1 and 2 above.Then fold the cardboard section in half.
- Put a dab of hot glue inside the folded petal to help keep it folded.
- This creates two petals for a smaller version of the toilet paper flower.
- Hot glue petals together the same as you did before, by adding a dab of hot glue to the base and pressing another petal to it.
- Continue to add sections of petals until your flower has the desired number of total petals.The cardboard flower below has 14 total petals or 7 folded 2-petal sections.
- Use a single-hole punch to make a hole at the end of one flower petal.
- Thread a section of twine through the hole as a hanging string and tie a knot at the end to form a loop.Trim off any extra twine from the knot.Your toilet paper flower ornaments are done!
Notes
- You can use the cardboard tubes from inside toilet paper rolls and rolls of paper towels. You might even be able to use the cardboard tube from inside wrapping paper, as long as it's flexible and can be flattened to create petals.
- The number of petals you add to your flowers changes the appearance. You can decide how many to add based on what look you like.
- The flowers can be large from using full-sized sections of the cardboard tubes. You can also fold the sections in half to make smaller, more dense flowers. This is what we did for the toilet paper flower garland that is such a crowd favorite!