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DIY Toilet Paper Roll Ornament

November 17, 2020 by Bre 4 Comments

Never did I ever think that a DIY Toilet Paper Roll Ornament is something I would make . . . let alone blog about!  But alas, here we are in 2020 where everything is weird!  A toilet paper roll ornament is just what we need to decorate our trees this year, and to remember everything we’ve been through in 2020 – including the great toilet paper shortage!

This is the BEST DIY ornament for 2020! Learn how to make this toilet paper ornament, which will bring a grin to everyone's face this year! Who can forget the great TP shortage of 2020?

Seriously though, this ornament brings a smile to my face.  I remember being elated to find a package of toilet paper at Target sometime in April, and I also remember telling my kids to only use two sheets at a time! I even wrote a Facebook post lamenting how I used to take the TP for granted.  

SO BIZARRE!

I have a feeling many of you can relate: this was an experience that brought us all together!  So grab some simple supplies and whip up a bunch of these toilet paper roll ornaments for your friends and family.  You won’t believe how easy they are to make!

Supplies Needed to Make DIY Toilet Paper Roll Ornaments

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  • Paper straw (preferably in brown, or in a light color so you can color it with a marker)
  • White felt (I used a standard 9″ x 12″ size sheet)
  • Sharp scissors
  • Ruler
  • Pencil
  • Brown marker (unless you found brown paper straws with brown insides)
  • Fine tip paint marker (I used these metallic paint markers.  They worked the best of the ones I tested, which included Sharpies and acrylic paint markers)
  • Hot glue and hot glue gun
  • Thin ribbon or colored twine

How to Make a DIY Toilet Paper Roll Ornament

Start by cutting off a piece of the paper straw to be about 3″ long.

Use paper straws to make toilet paper roll ornaments.

Next, color the outer edges and inner edges of the paper straw with the brown marker.

Learn how to make a DIY toilet paper roll ornament with a paper straw.

Once the marker has dried on the straw, lay the straw piece at the bottom of a piece of white felt, and mark the edge with pencil.  Do this again at the top of the felt.  Then, use the ruler to connect those two markings, and draw a faint line with the pencil onto the felt.

Learn how to make the perfect Christmas ornament for 2020 in this blog post.

Cut out that strip of felt, and then repeat this process to cut a second piece of felt the exact same width.

Use white felt to craft the perfect DIY Christmas ornament for 2020!

Next, hot glue one strip of felt to the paper straw.  Just put a thin line of hot glue onto the straw, and press the felt on top of that.

This post shows you how to make a DIY toilet paper roll ornament with felt and a straw. It's so cute and easy!

Now, carefully roll that strip of felt around the straw.  Every once in a while, dab some hot glue onto the felt to hold it in place as you’re rolling.

When you finish rolling the first strip of felt, glue it down.  Then, put a thin line of hot glue right where that piece of felt ends, and place the second strip of felt onto the hot glue.  The felt strips should be flush with one another.  (No, that’s not a bathroom joke. HA!)

Continue rolling and gluing until you’ve almost rolled that entire second strip of felt around the straw.  Leave a slight tail hanging, and hot glue the felt slightly above that tail.

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Next, use a paint marker (I used these metallic paint markers as they wrote the cleanest and boldest of others that I tested), to write the year 2020 on the tail, and also to add dashes around the “toilet paper” to show the perforation marks.  I accidentally wrote the year a little off center, so I popped a tiny heart next to the year, too. 

Learn how to make a DIY toilet paper roll ornament in this post.

Finally, thread a skinny piece of ribbon or colored twine through the paper straw to create the ornament hanger.  

This is the best DIY ornament for 2020! Learn how to make a DIY toilet paper roll ornament with simple supplies. This ornament will put a smile on people's faces when they see it.

With that, you’ve created a special ornament to help cement this awful year in your mind, to be remembered every Christmas from here on out.  Hahahaha!  

This is the perfect ornament for 2020! Make this DIY toilet paper roll ornament to bring a smile to people's faces this year. The great toilet paper shortage is something we'll never forget!

Tell me in the comments below – do you have a funny toilet paper-related memory from 2020?

-Bre

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  1. Debra says

    December 14, 2020 at 1:34 pm

    We were fortunate to not be without toilet paper. We live out in the country and had just been to Costco before the shortage and limits started. I always stocked up because my mother lives with us, has Alzheimer’s, and always uses a LOT of paper. Her room always had a thin layer of “snow” from all the paper she used!
    I find it funny to still go to stores and see empty shelves of cleaners and TP, yet Hobby Lobby has sold out of almost all their Christmas trees and many other Christmas decor’. People are going crazy for Christmas this year like they never had Christmas before. I am amazed at all of us! We are an unusual group of humans! Merry Christmas to you and yours!! Thank you for your tutorial! I love it.

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    • Bre says

      December 30, 2020 at 2:26 pm

      Hi Debra! Thank you for this comment! You made me LOL! We are an unusual group indeed!

  2. Pam says

    December 13, 2020 at 8:59 am

    That is so cute! I think I am going to make these for family members! One of my funny toilet paper memories from this year was when my Shipt shopper excitedly texted me while she was filling my order, that she had found a few packages of small core toilet paper on the shelf. I immediately told her to get one. It was a huge package of 36 rolls of the roughest tp you can imagine, and the core was too small to fit on our toilet paper stand, but I was ecstatic! We still have some of it left and keep it as our “last resort” toilet paper.

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    • Bre says

      December 30, 2020 at 2:26 pm

      That is hilarious!! I have some last resort paper towels I’m still working through! They’re AWFUL!

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