Toilet paper roll crafts for kids are cute, fun, and easy to make. Did I mention that they’re free and double as a teaching tool for learning the alphabet? The kids and I crafted all 26 animals from free materials that I can guarantee you have in your house right now. You’ll never throw away another cardboard tube after scrolling this list!
Here’s what you need to make toilet paper roll crafts
- Empty toilet paper rolls (Here’s a 30 pack if you don’t have time to save them!)
- Empty cereal box
- Single hole punch
- Glue (or glue stick)
- White scrap paper
- Small scissors
- Permanent marker
- Scrap yarn (for the jellyfish and the unicorn)
You can easily substitute supplies on this list. For instance, paper towel rolls work just as well as tp rolls, simply cut a paper towel roll in half. If you don’t have empty cereal boxes, you can use any other empty food box container in your pantry or even a cardboard box. I prefer crafting with empty food boxes because they are easier to cut with scissors than a typical cardboard shipping box.
What crafts can you make with cardboard tubes?
Short answer- anything! I dare you 😉 You can turn a toilet paper tube into any person, place or thing! Here are 5 more things to make with empty toilet paper rolls.
- Leprechaun tp tube craft
- Watch or bracelets
- Napkin rings
- Gift boxes
- Binoculars
The Complete List of A-Z TP Tube Alphabet Crafts
Each animal on the list below has a detailed tp tube craft tutorial and fun facts to get preschool kids interested in learning more about that animal. We used a hole punch for all of the animals eyes, but googly eyes would be fun too!
Letter A craft
A is for anteater! Did you know that an anteaters tongue is about 2 feet long? Me either!
Letter B craft
B is for beaver and this tp tube beaver craft is cute and easy! Did you know that beavers can see underwater?
Letter C craft
C is for cat! Did you know that cats sleep 13-14 hours a day?
Letter D craft
The dog toilet paper roll craft can be made to resemble any breed by changing the head and ear shape. Did you know that puppies are born blind, deaf, and without teeth?
Letter E craft
Did you know that female elephants are called cows?
Letter F craft
Grab some construction paper and add colorful scales to the tp tube fish! Did you know there are over 30,000 known species of fish?
Letter G craft
This giraffe cardboard tube craft would be fun to make with a paper towel roll so the next can be extra long! Did you know giraffes have 4 stomaches, the extra stomaches help with digestion?
Letter H craft
Did you know horses can sleep both standing up and laying down?
Letter I craft
Did you know iguanas have a 3rd eye?
Letter J craft
Cardboard tube Jellyfish might be the easiest tp roll craft on the list! Did you know jellyfish do not have brains?
Letter K craft
Did you know kangaroos can not walk backwards and a baby kangaroo is called a Joey? How cute is the tp tube Joey?
Letter L craft
Did you know llamas are herbivores which means they don’t eat meat?
Letter M craft
Did you know mice tails can grow as long as their bodies?
Letter N craft
Did you know numbats eat up to 20,000 termites each day?
Letter O craft
Did you know crab, shrimp, and lobsters are octopuses favorite foods? Another fun “O” toilet paper tube craft for kids is an owl! How cute is this kid made owl using the same simple technique?
Letter P craft
Did you know pigs are very clean animals?
Letter Q craft
Did you know quails can only fly a short distance?
Letter R craft
Did you know raccoons are excellent swimmers?
Letter S craft
Did you know seals can sleep underwater?
Letter T craft
Did you know wild turkeys sleep in trees to keep away from predators?
Letter U craft
The cardboard tube unicorn craft might be my fave! Did you know the unicorn has been a part of the Royal Coat of Arms of Scotland since the 1300s?
Letter V craft
Did you know vultures have really strong immune systems so they don’t get sick from eating rotten meat?
Letter W craft
Did you know walruses spend half of their time on land and half in water.
Letter X craft
Did you know xenops are found in Mexico, Central America and South America and tropical rain forest?
Letter Y craft
Did you know 90% of all known yaks are found in Tibetan Plateau in the Himalayas?
Letter Z craft
Did you know like horses, zebras sleep standing up, and usually only when in the safety of a group?
I mean how cute do the paper towel roll crafts look all lined up in alphabetical order?! Can you even pick a favorite? I thought the llama was my favorite until the unicorn appeared. And then I fell in love with the yak.
U-V-W-X-Y-Z! Now we know our ABC’s! This is Max’s go to song to sing to Mila when she is crying in the car.
Another fun tip for toilet paper roll crafts? Any of these toilet paper roll animal crafts can turned into puppets by attaching a popsicle stick! Want more toilet paper roll craft ideas? Here are a few more easy ones:
And if you likes these crafts with toilet paper rolls, don’t miss these:
Comments & Reviews
These are so cute!
I can’t tell you how much I love these! They’re frugal, which is a plus but they are so surprising (in a good way) and absolutely adorable!!
Thanks for sharing with us at Throwback Thursday! I peeked in earlier, but didn’t get a chance to comment before now! Have a great weekend!
Mollie
I had to stop back to see the complete set. Awesome!!
Wow. Those turned out so cute. My granddaughter would love it. Time to start saving tp rolls!
Aw, those are adorable little toilet paper rolls, lol! My kids made wind socks out of a paper towel tube I cut in half last week. We taped crepe paper to the bottom- I finally ripped it off the ceiling after a party we had in the basement months ago… Thanks for sharing at the Family Joy link-up!