Recently Kara was assigned a recycling project in school. The object was to make something out of recycled items and use as many pieces as you could. She decided to make this colorful flower which was made with over 50 pieces.
Since we collect empty toilet paper rolls for crafts, we had quite a few that she could use. She thought it would be fun to make an extra large flower that she could use as a decoration in her room or for her upcoming birthday party. She started by cutting 1" pieces from the rolls.
She started the design by making the center flower first.
She then built more colors around it..
until she had all the colors in the rainbow.
Using a hot glue gun, she glued all the pieces together one by one.
It really didn't take that long. She did one color at a time to make sure they lined up correctly.
In addition to making this colorful flower, she also took almost all of the picture. She liked to take a lot of side views, because you could really see the colors.
In the next few months, I am going to need to collect a lot of toilet paper tubes. We have decided that we are going to have hanging rainbow flowers at this year's birthday party.
Wow, that's beautiful! I'd love to have that hanging in the room I'm in right now. And she looks so proud in the picture. Pinning!
ReplyDeleteThank you! She was very proud that it turned out so well.
DeleteVery cool! This is beautiful and I love that it's kid friendly :)
ReplyDeleteShe made it completely by herself. I even allowed her to use the glue gun this time by herself and she didnt burn herself..(unlike me, who manages to burn myself almost every time.. LOL)
DeleteWhat a fun project! It turned out SO CUTE! Pinned ;) Thanks for sharing! Have a wonderful weekend!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for pinning!
DeleteSo pretty - when I clicked on the link I never would have guessed it was made from toilet roll tubes! Thanks for sharing the idea.
ReplyDeleteAngela @ A Typical English Home
Even up close it doesn't really look like TP tubes once it is painted. Glad you like it.
DeleteHow did she color them? Love the idea.
ReplyDeleteI'm surfing on over from the UBP! Hope you'll swing by and pay me a visit as well. Party on! ::: Tossing Confetti :::
{Big hugs}
@Dayngr
She just painted it with acrylic paint and foam brushes. Glad to meet you.
DeleteThis is the prettiest toilet paper flower I've seen! Love the colors!
ReplyDeleteThank you.. She was the one that chose to paint it the colors of the rainbow. I have had to agree it is was a pretty choice.
Deleteso cute!
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteThis turned out so great. I love when people craft with something that could just be thrown away.
ReplyDeleteShe made it for an upcycling project at school. Their class is going to have a bazaar and raise money for the Heffer Foundation.
DeleteI love this, so pretty! You and your daughter did a great job!! I would love for you to come and share this at our Much Ado About Monday link party.
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Hope to see you there,
Jamie
www.huckleberrylove.com
Thanks for the invite.. I wrote down your url to link up on Monday..
DeleteLove love it...so cute I will be trying this out myself thanks for sharing.
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Glad to hear you like it.. I would love to see your project when you finish it.
DeleteGorgeous - so pretty! And all from tp rolls!! I would love for you to share this on my weekly link party Blog Stalking Thursday. Thanks for the inspiration!
ReplyDeleteWill do! Your link did not work, but I have your button already in Party Links at the top of the page.
DeleteI love this! I'm dying to do this in my teen's bedroom!
ReplyDeleteThis would be great in a teen's room. My daughter is not quite a teen, but is beginning to want to update her bedroom.
Deleteoh fun! That looks great! Love it! I came over from Ginger Snap... but I would love for you to link up to my party too! It will be open for another day :o)
ReplyDeleteEmily
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Thanks for the invite. Just linked up! So cool that you got to go to China.
DeleteWhat a great idea, you'd never know it was toilet rolls.
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Thank you Ruth!
DeleteWhat a lovely and fun craft project for kids! And you can make them in different sizes as well :-) {I see a little photographer in the making!} Thank you for sharing at our ALL MY BLOGGY FRIENDS party !
ReplyDeleteShe does really enjoy taking photos. I think you might be right..
DeleteHi Pam,
ReplyDeleteI am Judy. I just love this clever idea. Pinned this. It is nice to meet you, Pam. Please share this project at Pin It Monday Hop#3 Where you pin and get pinned (LINK). We are also giving away an IPAD Mini to one lucky reader. We'd love to have you in hop. I hope to see you there :D
Judy
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http://www.kusinaniinday.blogspot.com/
Thank you Judy.. We will be linking up!
DeleteWhat a great job! I love the colors. Just pinned. Thank you so much for sharing at A Bouquet of Talent this week. So thrilled to have you share with us. Have a wonderful weekend. :)
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Kathy
Thanks Kathy!
DeleteThanks for linking up to Tasteful Tuesdays at Nap-Time Creations.com This project is being featured {right now!} at my Cute Crafts for the Weekend post.... come check it out.
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oh and I would be THRILLED if you would put my featured button on this post or mention the feature in a text link... {hugs!} see you next week for a new party.
Thanks!I showed it to Kara and she is very excited. I added you to my As Seen On page.
DeleteI love that this has a 3-D quality to it. I want one to hang on my wall.
ReplyDeleteI love that you put color in this, so fun!!
ReplyDeleteVisiting from Whimsy Wednesday. My Family-Focused Monday hop is live now and I would love to see one of your awesome posts linked up @ www.mondaykidcorner.blogspot.com.
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful week.
It turned out beautifully! I'm thinking I could do one with metallics... Pinned and featuring tonight!
ReplyDeleteI tried looking on your blog Trish - I couldn't find the project with metallics :-(
DeleteLove this huge flower! Your dd must feel proud of her creation and 40+ comments!
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