Pins and Princesses: toilet paper tubes

Well, we all know "it" happens. We all have these tp tubes. Why not reuse them? There are a blue billion crafty ideas for them. I've tried many, and pinned even more. Are you ready? Start saving those little cylinders of fun, because I guarantee you are going to want to do at least 1 of these!! Okay, okay, some are paper towel tubes, too. You caught me.

Make a microphone

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Make a roller stamp

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Castle

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Marble run, car ramp

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Owls

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Tinkertoys

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Make a ring toss - original source A Little Learning for Two

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Use them for counting practice

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Make a bird feeder

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Put them in a shoebox and organize your cables and chargers

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Keep one in the bathroom for hairbows, clips, and bobby pins

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Organize your pencils, pens, markers, paintbrushes

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Start some seedlings

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*Use them to corral cords when storing appliances. I love to use these for my hair dryer/curling iron. I don't need the length of the cords in my bathroom. No, I didn't get all the paper off this one. Sorry. :)

DIY crafts to make showcased a collection of 40+ artsy uses for tp tubes.

Seasonal:
Don't have enough ornaments/jelly beans, whatever to fill your vase? Grab a tp tube

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Make a Christmas nativity

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Make napkin/utensil holders.
This picture inspired me for Christmas, she used cardstock, but I thought it was a tp tube. Other seasonal ideas: Halloween- paint them orange, draw or glue jack-o-lantern faces. Easter - paint pink or white, add bunny faces, pom pom noses, and bunny ears. Let your creativity take you there!