What would be something cool I could make from these cardboard tubes? I feel bad throwing them away...
2007-01-04 09:17:29 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Games & Recreation ➔ Hobbies & Crafts
In addition to the great answers already given (my kids love making "christmas crackers" out of the tubes, by the way):
1) Firestarters. Stuff with old dryer lint and pour in melted wax from your old candle stubs, then put them under your wood next time you try to start a fire. Light the tube itself. They really work!
2) Kid bracelets. Cut down the long side, then cut into rings. The rings can be decorated with markers or glue stuff on them. Cutting the ring allows it to be opened and put around the small wrist. Just for fun, not long term jewelry, of course.
3) Napkin rings for kids' parties. If you don't like the idea that they've been in the bathroom, use paper towel tubes.
4) Marble games. Use tubes and masking tape. You can make a long, twisting contraption and drop a marble in one end, for it to roll out the other end. Kids love this one.
My dad used to put them around extension cords for storage, loop the cords, slide them through the tube. I've also included links to websites that have lots of ideas. Great question!
2007-01-04 15:30:15 · answer #1 · answered by Torchbug 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well...you can tear it apart so it looks like a squiggle, then write a letter on it and send it to someone. It is maddening, esp if it is a juicy letter that the person really wants to read but it's hard to get through it. Snail mailers unite. You can also toss them in the kids art box. It might be wheels for a cereal box car...or a telescope for a pirate raid, or a musical instrument. Plug one end, fill with uncooked rice, and plug the other end, then decorate it for a percussion piece. You can tear it apart and use it for a cat toy, it kind of bounces on itself in a way that makes a cat very frisky. They also like the plastic stuff that binds packages together because it does the same thing, due to being bent around the box. You can use them in a purely functional way, maybe you can rest a wet paintbrush (art brush, not a housepainting brush) inside so it doesn't leave a mark on the furniture. Cover the whole thing in plastic and it won't dry out between creative bursts.
2016-03-14 01:39:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Elementary schools can usually use them if you have a large amount of them.
Someone suggested a candleholder, be very careful with that... paper and fire can be a little risky.
2007-01-04 12:27:22 · answer #3 · answered by DishclothDiaries 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you put paper around the outside and give it a bottom you can use it as a candle holder.
2007-01-04 09:24:39 · answer #4 · answered by Lump Of Coal 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
On PBS, I saw someone make a small tree using that for the trunk and an empty Renuzit room deodorizer for the tree.
2007-01-04 11:09:58 · answer #5 · answered by cowgirl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Throw them away.....they have been close to the toilet and everytime you flush the toilet,bacteria aerosolizes and travels through the air and inevitably, some will be on those cardboard rolls.
2007-01-04 11:04:56 · answer #6 · answered by jidwg 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Give them to people who have hamsters as pets. They love to chew them and hide inside them. Schools often use them for craft projects, too.
Recycling is great!
2007-01-07 19:32:27 · answer #7 · answered by oolishfay 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have used them to raise seeds in, when the seedlings are big enough you can put the whole thing in the ground and the tube just rots away, good for the earth, you go boyfriend......
2007-01-05 14:36:15 · answer #8 · answered by Yo Mum Mum 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
FILL THEM WITH CANDY AND WRAP TISSUE PAPER AROUND THEM KIDS LOVE THEM
2007-01-04 09:20:06 · answer #9 · answered by TERRI 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋