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December 14, 2015

Toilet Paper Roll Christmas Tree Craft

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We love turning our recycled toilet paper rolls into crafts. It makes for a very inexpensive craft project! This Christmas season so far, we have used toilet paper rolls to make a toilet paper roll reindeer and now we are transforming them into a Christmas Tree Craft. 

Upcycle your toilet paper rolls into this fun and easy Christmas craft or ornament for kids to make.
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Supplies

  • 2 toilet paper rolls
  • Green and brown paint for the tree (or a different color if your child has a preference)
  • Q-Tips
  • Assorted paint colors (for the lights)
  • Glue gun
  • Twine or string (optional)

Directions

1. Cut each toilet paper roll in 1/2 longwise, so you have 4 equal sized pieces. 

2. Leave one piece as is. Holding the pieces horizontal, cut a little off each of of the other 3 pieces, cutting a little more as you progress through the pieces. The idea is that when you lay them down, they progressively get shorter to the top of the tree.

3. Take the piece you cut off the last piece and use it for your tree stump.

4. Lay all the pieces out to form a tree. Use a hot glue gun to attach them. I had to mold them a little once the glue was dry. 

Toilet paper roll Christmas tree kid craft

5. Paint the tree green and the stem brown and allow to dry. 

6. Once dry, take q-tips and paint lights on the tree with various colors of paint.

paint for toilet paper roll Christmas tree craft

7. If you want to make this into an ornament, make a loop with a piece of string or twine and glue the ends to the back of the top of the tree forming a hook to hang it from the tree. 

I did this craft with my preschooler. I did the cutting and gluing and she did the painting for her tree. 

preschool made toilet paper roll Christmas tree craft

More Ornament Inspiration

Join our Facebook Homemade Kid Ornament group for more Christmas ornament inspiration and follow our Christmas ornament board on Pinterest. 

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Comments

  1. Shellie says

    October 17, 2016 at 5:17 am

    These are cute project, I have so many toilet rolls waiting to be crafted. This is a great Christmas craft idea.

    Reply
    • Kim says

      October 19, 2016 at 12:30 pm

      Thank you Shellie! I have everyone in my house trained to save toilet paper rolls ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  2. Erin says

    December 11, 2016 at 9:35 am

    My kids loved making this craft! We loved that you shared the picture of the tree your preschooler made! It’s nice to see the “real” final product.

    Reply
    • Kim says

      December 11, 2016 at 8:53 pm

      I’m so glad they loved it!

      Reply
  3. Stacey says

    December 15, 2016 at 8:59 pm

    Thanks for this great idea Kim! My daughter and I had so much fun creating our Toilet Paper Roll Christmas Tree! We decided to decorate our tree by gluing on some of our colorful puffs (poms) and it turned out great!

    Reply
    • Kim says

      December 26, 2016 at 10:27 pm

      You are welcome Stacey! So glad you enjoyed it and love the idea of using colorful poms!

      Reply
  4. Victoria says

    September 23, 2017 at 4:23 pm

    Great craft for little fingers. I made these with my 2 1/2 year old daughter. We added glitter for tinsel and pom poms for baubles. We’ve made more for grandparents and aunty and uncle too!

    Reply
    • Kim says

      September 23, 2017 at 8:21 pm

      Love the addition of glitter and pom poms!

      Reply

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