Take your empty toilet roll and paint the entire surface lime green. This might take two coats of paint. Once the paint has been applied, allow the roll to dry before moving on to the next step. If you don’t want to use paint, you can also simply cover your roll in green craft card. Take your scissors and cut each kitchen roll tube lengthwise. This will create the two collars that will need to go around the base of the cress. Step two: Add damp kitchen paper towels You can keep spare cords, chargers and wires organised by wrapping them and then stuffing inside an empty toilet roll tube.

It’s one of those projects that also appeals to different age groups. My two and three year old love playing with it but it would make a great rainy day project for an older kid. How to I collect them for use on organizing loose cords around the house. This especially works great around your entertainment system and desktop areas. I can even Label them with a permanent marker so it’s easy to see “who” the cord belongs/connects to, hee hee… So when it comes to recycling, your toilet roll tubes are good to go. Of course, you can always reuse your cardboard toilet roll tubes in some creative ways too. If you’re camping or caravanning and or planning an al fresco meal and need to carry a sharper knife, a cardboard tube makes a safe and effective makeshift sheath. Flatten the tube and place the blade inside, then securely tape shut. Simple bird feeder As we said, growing your own cress is fun! Keep it as your own enjoyable pastime, or get the whole family involved in (what can be) such an educational activity.Why throw the tube away when you can instead use it to get a taste for the wonderful hobby that’s gardening? A taste for what it’s like to grow something all by yourself? A taste for (quite literally) delicious, fresh cress? Next, cover your tubes with cling film, but be sure to poke a few holes to give the seeds room to breathe. My family knows they’re not allowed to throw out any kind of cardboard roll. Ha! They think I’m nuts for hoarding them, but there are so many ways to use them for daycare crafts and activities, I hate to throw them away.

Sorry it’s been a little while in between posts….I’ve got a number of projects on the go and it’s been a bit of a struggle to actually get one finished!

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Paint an empty tube a skin colour of your choice. Again, allow for two coats and always make sure the paint is fully dry before moving onto the next step. Pour your beads into the end of the tube. Don’t overfill as the beads need to be able to move around. I smash them flat and rubber-band them together since i can’t seem to use them fast enough so Thank you for sharing other ideas and just knowing i’m NOT the few who does this is great to share with my other half who thinks i’m crazy for saving them! But then again, he doesn’t practice sustainable living much either, hee hee.. Tubes of wrapping paper are brilliant at Christmas but notoriously difficult to store. Instead of taping the ends down and wasting paper later, slide a cardboard tube over the wrapping paper to keep everything organised. Organise spare cords