Made with toilet paper rolls! Exciting and fun easy handmade toys

Sparkling Kaleidoscope

[How to Make a Kaleidoscope] Easy for Kids! A Handmade Method Using a Toilet Paper Roll

Here’s how to make a beautiful “peeking” kaleidoscope.

Prepare construction paper, black origami paper, mirror-like sheets, beads, cellophane tape, a toilet paper tube, a ruler, OPP tape (clear packing tape), scissors, a bamboo skewer, and rubber bands.

Cut three pieces of mirror-like sheet to 3 cm × 11 cm and peel off the protective film.

Cut the black origami paper into quarters, and cut the construction paper to 4 cm × 15 cm.

Tape the three mirror sheets together side by side with small gaps between them, then form them into a triangular prism with the mirror sides facing inward and secure with tape.

Insert the mirror assembly into the toilet paper tube and tape one end closed.

Cover that end with the origami paper, secure it by wrapping rubber bands around twice, and poke a hole with the bamboo skewer.

Wrap the construction paper around the tube and tape it; shift it by 2–3 cm and tape again to complete the base.

Put in a slightly generous amount of beads, then seal with OPP tape whose stickiness has been reduced a bit to make the lid—and you’re done!

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wiggly snake

Let's make a wiggly snake with a toilet paper roll core!

Let’s make a wiggly snake with addictively strange movements.

First, cut three toilet paper rolls in half.

Open up one of the halves, fold it in half, and crease it.

Fold both edges in toward the crease.

Round off the four corners of the folded piece to make a template.

Wrap this template around the remaining roll pieces and round off their corners to match.

Two of these will be the head and tail parts, so only round off one side for each of those.

Use an awl to make holes at the top, then thread four pipe cleaners through the holes to connect the body segments.

Finally, paint it and draw the face, and you’re done.

It might be fun to use lots of toilet paper rolls and make a really long snake!

boxing machine

[Summer Vacation Craft] Using Toilet Paper Rolls and Cardboard! Handmade Toy! Boxing Machine (A Craft You Can Make and Play with Right Now) [Upcycled Play, Easy Craft] Recycled Cardboard

Here’s how to make a boxing machine.

You will need three toilet paper tubes, a piece of cardboard, glue, tape, something to color with, and scissors.

First, gently flatten one toilet paper tube to make it oval.

Cut it at about one-third from the top; the smaller piece will be the head and the larger piece will be the body.

Make another one the same way.

Next, take a new toilet paper tube, make it oval the same way, and cut it in half.

Cut one of the halves into thirds, then cut one of those pieces into quarters.

Cut two of those pieces into half-circles—these will be the arms and gloves.

Color them to look like boxers.

Close one end of the body piece with tape, then attach the head and arm parts.

Tape the front of the closed end of the body to the cardboard base, and attach a leftover tube behind the body so the boxer leans back slightly.

When you flick the tubes, they bump into each other—your boxing game is complete!

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Wobbly Game

[Playable Craft] Using Toilet Paper Rolls! Wobbly Game 2 (Straws, Marbles, Rubber Bands, Construction Paper) [Preschool Craft, Wobbly Game, Easy Craft] Recycled Toy, How-To, Summer Vacation Project

Want to make and play a wobbly game that gives you a thrilling, heart-pounding feeling? First, point the bendable parts of three bendy straws upward, stagger them slightly up and down so they look like tree branches, and tape them together.

Cut the bottom ends of the straws to the same length, then tape two marbles to that lower section.

The key is to make it so the straws can stand upright when placed on the floor.

Next, take a toilet paper roll that’s been cut open, and tape a marble to the center of the inside to secure it.

Tape another straw the same way as the first three, and bend all the straws.

Finally, draw fruit on small pieces of paper, attach rubber bands to them, and make a few of these to finish.

It’s a fun toy that will get everyone excited when you make and play it together.

sushi

[Waku Waku-san’s Craft Classroom] It’s a “sushi craft” made with toilet paper cores! Make it and have fun playing with it!

Perfect for pretend play like house or running a shop! Let’s make sushi using toilet paper rolls.

Cut a toilet paper roll into 3 cm-wide rings, then shape them to resemble the rice (shari).

Stuff some tissues inside, place a “topping” made from construction paper on top, and you’re done.

If you want to make makizushi (rolls), wrap the cut ring with black origami paper, and put rolled-up construction paper inside as the filling—it’s an easy way to make them.

It’s great that they’re so simple to create.

Try making delicious-looking sushi with the kids using a variety of “ingredients”!