Every once and a while, I seem to go through a paper roll collecting stage. I have no idea why, because I truly never have anything planned for them, but it happens none the less. When I noticed a little collection of them today during nap time, I decided we’d put them to use this afternoon.
Though we really haven’t done a whole lot of paper tube crafts, I remembered how much Miss G enjoyed the heart stamping activity we did last fall. Not wanting to do the exact same thing again, I decided to create several different shapes to switch things up a little bit. To start off, I gently cut the tubes in half.
Next, came shaping them. The good news is that it wasn’t difficult. For the triangle, square, and rectangle, I basically made the required number of corners by folding the tubes, then played with the shapes a little bit until I was happy with them. You can see exactly how to form the heart shape here, and the circle, well, you just leave it as is {obviously}.
At this point, Gracen was still asleep and I just couldn’t wait test them out. So I didn’t. ☺
When my little lady woke up, she quickly discovered the stamping station I’d set out for her, and she was thrilled.
She stamped away testing out each shape thoroughly…
Her personal favourite? My impromptu bow tie stamp dipped in purple paint (of course).
Depending on the paper used for this project, your little one(s) could create a new piece of art for the wall, a piece of wrap for a gift, or a greeting card for someone special.
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Oh!!!. this is magnificent
Kisses
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Thank you!!!
Love them and want to make them too!
Thanks, Deborah! I bet your little preschoolers would enjoy it!
PS. I just pinned your coloured water activity – fun!
I love these!
Thanks, Dyan!!! I *adore* your dinosaur dress-up felt board activity… It may just have to be the next one I make! :)
Yay! I love using recycled materials and this makes for a beautiful project. Thx!
Thanks, Krissy! I love recycling materials for art projects too! :)
Love these! What a great idea, so simple and a great zero waste craft idea to boot! :)
Thanks, Erin! I just checked out your blog and saw that you’re also in Vancouver – yay for Vancouver mamas! :)
bellissimo! :) …beautiful idea!
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THANK YOU, Jolie! :)
So,so cute! we love it!!
Thank you!!!
What a brilliant idea! It not only teaches the child to be creative, but also teaches about recycling. =D Thanks for sharing this!
Happy to share, Priscilla! :)
I love this idea! I started collecting empty loo rolls last week in the hope I would find something to do with them – and now I have!
YAY! I love when that happens! Enjoy. :)
love this idea! will try with my little one!
Thanks, Anita! I hope he likes it as much as my little lady liked it!
Awesome, awesome, awesome! I looove cardboard roll crafts and activities, and this one is so great! Super simple, but looks fab!
Thanks so much, Jackie!!!
You know we’ve done lots of heart stamping but never tried to make any other shapes- you’ve made it look so easy I just have to give it a try. Thank you.
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I finally had the chance to try this with my little girl!
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Had a little variation as well ;) thanks again for this idea. Phoebie and I enjoyed it!
So cool, Priscilla! I just took a look at your post and love all of the fun pictures you made with your stamps. :)
Haha… Thanks. It all started from ur inspiration ;)
I really love this! So simple and easy!
Thanks so much, Ana!!!
Absolutely great idea! Just made it and had lots of fun :)
Yay!!! So glad you enjoyed it, Lena! :)
Thanx for the inspiration! I’m using your post as inspiration for my weekly pin project on my blog, had so much fun doing this with the kids this weekend! I link to your post of course, hope that’s okay?
Love your photos as well, so bright and clean!
Of course, Nienke! Send me the link when the post is live – I’d LOVE to see it. :D
My playgroup is adapting this to make a spring-y field of flowers at our art playdate tomorrow, should be blogging about it next week!
Thanks so much for sharing!
Great idea. I wanted to let you know that I am featuring this on my site.
I love this idea so much!! We love upcycling paper rolls, and this activity inspired me to use it to make it a multilingual learning game for my toddler who is learning English, Chinese, and Korean!! :) https://chalkacademy.com/trilingual-shape-stamping/