I know we all can easily collect toilet paper rolls or paper towel rolls – especially when I order large amounts of TP and paper towels on Amazon like deals from here and here!
Materials you will need to make your own:
- Toilet paper rolls – I used about 30. If you have paper towel rolls though, you’ll use less.
- Circular base to hold the cardboard “petals.” I just formed some rope from a brown paper bag to use. A cross stitch hoop would also work well.
- Some sort of flower decor to add to the cardboard petals. I had scrapbook paper flowers on hand.
Or maybe you could buy a similar set of 6 flowers pictured over on Amazon.
I found a satin belt ribbon in my material scrap drawer that I used for the ribbon roses. You can use any material you want. All you do is roll it up and hot glue it until it looks like a pretty rose.
Because I didn’t have any cross stitch hoops on hand, and didn’t want to buy one for this project, I just made my own circle base out of rope handles from a brown paper bag I had. I just wrapped the rope around a small pot and used some hot glue to re-enforce the circular shape. 
I had folded in half the toilet paper rolls (to create “tips” on the petals) and just cut them about 1/4″ in width. Then I just proceeded to hot glue them in the pattern above on the rope circle.
I continued gluing until I formed a wreath shape I liked. No real pattern to follow – just eyed it until I liked it.
I had some scrapbook flowers in my craft bin (that I probably grabbed at Michael’s as a clearance item because they were cute) and used those along with the ribbon roses to embellish the toilet paper roll wreath.
All in all, this is one of the easiest frugal projects I think I have done. I didn’t shop for any of the these supplies – I used just what I hand laying around my house. I think it turned out pretty cute – right? 🙂
If you have any unique crafts you’ve made from items you get dirt cheap/free using coupons, send them my way for possible posting!!
This isn’t the first wreath I’ve made! Check out some others for inspiration:
Valentine’s Yarn and Burlap Wreath
Spring Wreath with Forsythia and Burlap
Yarn and Panty Liner Flower Wreath
25 DIY Wreath Ideas | Inspiration for All Seasons!
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T'onna says
Cute wreath! Love the flowers!
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Elizabeth @ Lizzi's Creations says
That is so creative! It’s amazing how beautiful you can make something out of toilet paper rolls!
Krista @ the happy housie says
This is a super cute idea… the rolls have such a cool shape to them when designed like that. Great job on this wreath!! The embellishments are so pretty as well!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
SO creative! Love it 🙂
Sleepyheadedmom says
I had no idea toilet paper rolls could be that pretty.
Koren says
Wow, this looks simply beautiful. Nice work! We did something similar with friends as a shared “crafternoon” activity awhile back and loads of different free-form shapes came together. Plus it was fun!
PJ says
I love how this wreath looks and it’s so resourceful. Kudos to you.
Maura says
Thanks PJ!
Wendy Doyle says
What a gorgeous idea. One of the best recycling projects I have seen!
Maura says
Thanks Wendy!! I agree- turned out very pretty for TP rolls! 🙂
Kristina and Millie says
totally awesome! who would have thought something you throw away almost every day could make something so gorgeous!
Kelly says
I love this! What a great way to turn trash into treasure! Pinning!
Jeanette says
Just adorable! The flowers are the perfect finishing touch. Love it and pinning!
Amy says
1What a great idea!! It looks fantastic!
Chelsey says
This is so cute! I should start gathering up some toilet paper rolls. Thanks for the great idea!
Kelley says
That wreath is gorgeous. You would never know that it is made from toilet rolls. Amazing and beautiful.
Jennifer Dawn says
This is so cute! I can’t believe you made it with toilet paper rolls!
Deana says
What?! Those are toilet paper rolls? I would have never though. Very, very cute!!
Amanda @ Dwelling in Happiness says
This is so pretty and unique! At first glance, I didn’t know where the toilet paper rolls were! Totally fooled me. Great job! Visiting from Say G’day 🙂
Amber L. says
Gorgeous wreath!
Katerina says
This is so cool! I work in tissue paper industry, so I will definitely make this one! Again, thanks for coming and linking up at The Weekend Social. All posts get pinned in our pinterest board! Please be sure to come back next week starting Thursdays at 9PM EST on culinaryflavors.gr ! I hope to see you there!
the cape on the corner says
this is gorgeous, with those extra colors! saw your feature at the be awesome party and had to come over and tell you i loved your wreath.
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Naomi @ How To Heat Press says
Looks great – especially after adding the scrap-booking flowers. It’s a great way to use rubbish!
Sabrina Meredith says
Never in a hundred years would I have thought you could make something so cool from cut up toilet rolls. Project posts like this never cease to amaze me.
Maura says
Thank you Sabrina!
Kathy Moore says
Love your creative
Emma says
Howdy, Great project! I was flipping through images on Google for ideas of what to do with 100 paper rolls that was originally supposed to be a 5th grade art project and your image appeared amongst paper roll stars, snowflakes, lady bugs and snowmen.
I completed the projected trying to use the same colours and I found some of the flower embellishments at Michaels in the scrapbooking product.
Maura says
Wow Emma – so glad you found a new use for those TP rolls!! Glad you enjoyed!