Wall Art from Toilet Rolls

Carlos and I love to recycle things that we normally discard. Part of my collection is a bunch of toilet rolls. When I started keeping them early this year I didn't have any specific project in mind. I think I just saw their "potential". After months of accumulating this treasure, I saw a picture posted on Facebook by one of friends that used toilet rolls as a wall art. Chaching! I "Mitchinized" it.

Materials that I used for this project were toilet rolls, ruler, pencil, glue, clothes pegs, scraps of crafts paper, craft paints, and blue tack.

Directions: First, I painted the rolls. Then, cut each roll into  5 pieces, petals, (the height of the roll was 10cm so each petal was 2cm). Glued them together and I used the clothes-pegs to clip them together. Last, I stuffed the middle with scraps of crafts paper to form a bud. I attached them to the wall using blue tack.

It wasn't just fun for me but Ian also enjoyed helping mem by painting some of the toilet rolls.

For this version 2, I added details on each petal.

Recyle. Recreate!