3 Dimensional Cardboard Tube Pictures

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Toilet paper tubes are a cheap and simple start to some cute recycled crafts.  After all, you always seem to have an empy cardboard tube somwhere!  

Your child will have fun creating 3-dimensional pictures with toilet paper rolls.   

preschool craft with toilet paper tubes

Cardboard Tube 3 Dimensional Pictures 

Start by cutting a few empty toilet paper rolls (or paper towel rolls) into 1/4 inch thick rings.   

Flatten them a bit into oval shapes.  This is the body of a fish!  

Cut one of your rings in half and sit it next to an oval piece.  Suddenly your fish has a tail.  

You can use crumpled up pieces of tissue paper to give each fish body some color.  

Use a bit of craft glue to glue your fish onto a piece of blue construction paper.  

It’s a super simple fish craft for toddlers!    

cardboard tube craft

For more cute fish, check out these sea animal crafts. 

 

The little toilet paper roll slices also look a little like flower petals when pressed into oval shapes.  

Arrange 6 ovals together to form a flower shape.  

Use a bit of crumpled tissue paper to fill in the cardboard ovals.   

Then add a small circle of construction paper for the flower’s center.  (A button would be super cute, too!) 

toilet paper tube craft

Love flowers?   Check out these kids flower crafts. 

Your child can use slices of cardboard tubes to make a wide variety of 3D pictures. 

Try this simple preschool craft today and see where their imagination leads them. 

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  3. This is something my girls will still love to do at their ages. We have plenty of spare toilet tubes stored up too. They never want to recycle any because they “have plans for them.” This will be something good to use them with. Thanks for sharing!

  4. You always come up with the cutest crafts! There’s a link to this post on SITS today…have you seen it yet? Can’t wait to make this craft with my girls!

    • Thank you so much! 🙂
      Yes, I saw it just before I checked comments – made my day!

      Hope your girls enjoy the craft as much as we did! (Ours are decorating our pantry door right now.)

  5. What an adorable and easy craft. I taught preschool and had an artsy crafty home when my boys were young and toilet paper rolls are so useful 🙂 (SITS)

  7. Love this idea! I have so many tissue paper scraps, and this is a great way to use them. Guess I know what we’ll be doing the next time my kids ask for a “project”!

    Found you through SITS. Have a great weekend!

    • So glad to help! 🙂 I know people at birthday parties are probably thinking I’m crazy when I keep all the ripped tissue paper scraps, but this is one reason why!

      Can’t wait to read your mud day post!

  8. How fun! And, easy too, because I have all the supplies! Thanks for the ideas and congrats on the feature on SITS! 🙂
    ~Andrea

    • Thanks!
      I think using cut up strips of the tubes could really provide endless possibilities for older kids to explore.

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